Support Coach - Harrogate

Horton Housing; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Horton Housing is recruiting two Support Coaches to join the LIFE team in Harrogate. We offer flexible hours, up to 52.5 per week, with options for full-time or part-time arrangements to suit your availability.

As a Support Coach, you will help people set and achieve personal goals, develop tailored support plans, assist with welfare access and life skills coaching, and provide welfare checks while following safeguarding policies.

Qualifications

• Be empathetic and caring, showing understanding and respect to people experiencing difficult circumstances.
• Excellent communication and listening skills, with the ability to recognise the people we support as experts in their own lives.
• Be resilient and adaptable with the ability to think on your feet and make sound decisions in line with our procedures.
• Be observant, with the ability to identify risk and follow safeguarding policies.
• Experience in a similar role would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Work with people to devise tailored support plans and support them in becoming tenancy ready.
• Help people access welfare, life skills coaching, and attend appointments as needed.
• Undertake welfare checks and follow safeguarding policies.
• Support people living in both our accommodation and in the community.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Active listening

Resilience

Adaptability

Risk awareness

Safeguarding knowledge

Job description

Are you passionate about giving back to your community? Do you want to make a difference in people’s lives?

We are currently recruiting for two Support Coaches to join our brand-new LIFE (Living Independently For Everyone) team in Harrogate . We have 52.5 hours per week available, to be split between two roles. This could be one full-time role (35 hours), and one part-time (17.5 hours across 3 days), or two part-time roles e.g. 25 hours and 27.5 hours (or any other variation). Please let us know your preferred hours per week as part of your Supporting Statement.

As a Support Coach at LIFE Harrogate, you will work with the people we support, helping them to achieve their individual goals . You will work in partnership with them to devise a tailored support plan and support them in becoming tenancy ready . This may include helping them to access welfare, life skills coaching, and supporting them to attend any appointments. You will also be responsible for the welfare of the people we support, undertaking welfare checks and following safeguarding policies . You will support both people living in our supported accommodation, as well as people living in the community .

What you will need:

• Be empathetic and caring, showing understanding and respect to people experiencing difficult circumstances
• Have excellent communication and listening skills, with the ability to recognise the people we support as experts in their own lives
• Be resilient and adaptable with the ability to think on your feet and make sound decisions in line with our procedures
• Be observant, with the ability to identify risk and follow safeguarding policies
• Experience in a similar role would be advantageous

Please note this role requires a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle which can be insured for business use.

Horton Housing is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting the people that we support . Positions here at Horton require a fully completed application form with any gaps explored back to the age of 18, as well as a right to work check, two references and a DBS check to identify and reject applicants who are unsuitable to work with children or vulnerable adults.

Please be aware that Horton Housing Association is not a sponsoring organisation. Therefore the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently .

For more information on this role, get in touch with Service Manager Niamh Braithwaite: [e-mail]

Reference
hortonhousingcareers/TP/105/195