Skills Coach- Ealing

Mencap; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An organization supporting individuals with disabilities is seeking a Skills Coach to join their Supported Internship programme in Ealing. This role focuses on helping learners achieve skills necessary for paid employment through tailored support. Candidates should have strong communication skills, effective record keeping, and a relevant educational background. The role offers full-time and part-time options and includes a comprehensive benefits package including paid holidays and discounts.

Benefits

32 days of paid holiday

Health cash plans

Discounts at leading high-street retailers

Interest-free loans

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering against targets.
• Knowledge of safe working practices.
• Knowledge of sector.
• Effective record keeping and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for learner progression towards paid employment.
• Deliver 1-1 job coaching and support in classroom.
• Support skill development for sustained paid employment.

Skills

Experience of supporting people

Effective Communicator

Good ICT skills

Education

A-C/9-4 English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent)

Job description

Overview

Job Advert

Do you have experience of working with people with a learning disability? Are you passionate about working for an organisation that drives change? Then we may have the role for you within our Supported Internship team. An exciting opportunity for a passionate and self-motivated Skills Coach to join our Supported Internship programme team in Ealing. We have 1 full time (37.5 hours per week) and 1 part time (22 hours per week) contract to offer.

As a Skills Coach, your role is central to the delivery of our Mencap Training Academy. You will support learners with SEN to complete all elements of the programme in line with requirements by providing tailored support. The role will be based in the community classroom of our supported internship programme supporting learners with mild to moderate learning disabilities and difficulties. Do you want to see what we do? If so click here

Responsibilities

• Be accountable for learner progression and ensuring the young adults achieve the skills they need to make progress onto paid employment.
• You will deliver support in various ways; 1-1 job coaching, working with learners in the classroom to develop employability skills and embed English and Maths learning in the workplace.
• You will support people to learn the skills they need to go on and achieve sustained paid employment.

Qualifications (essential)

• Experience of supporting people
• Experience of delivering against targets
• Knowledge of safe working practices
• Knowledge of sector
• A-C/9-4 English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent)
• Good ICT skills
• Effective Communicator
• Effective record keeping and reporting

All candidates offered an interview for this role will need to provide evidence of their GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) at interview stage. Please have your certificates ready to be emailed across if you are contacted for an interview.

This role closes on 29th June and interviews will take place in person soon after.

Job ID- 34192

Benefits

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings. For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!

About Mencap

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We\'re here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in. At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere. We encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We\'re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you\'re applying for.