Reed Further Education are working closely with an Educational Charity based in Leeds who are looking for Job Coaches to join them on a permanent basis.
Job Title: Supported Internship Assistant Job Coach (1-1)
Reports to: Supported Internship Lead
Terms of Contract: Permanent; 5 days a week; 37.5 hours, term-time only
Pay Scale: FTE £22,350; actual £19,169
The job description below is not exhaustive, and it is expected that the post holder will undertake
additional duties on occasion, within their capabilities.
- Help to ensure high-quality programme delivery, building strong relationships with students, parents/carers, employers and external agencies, and ultimately, empowering students to achieve their career goals.
- Support the Job Coach to deliver an exciting and highly innovative curriculum centred around employability and skills development, ensuring the interns' wider understanding of the work of work is embedded throughout.
- With support from the Job Coach, work successfully with each intern and help them build confidence in their daily interactions, including facilitating any specific interventions.
- Develop positive relationships with all interns and with parents/ carers.
- Ensure interns gain confidence, feel valued and build self-esteem as well as developing work-based skills through daily interactions and delivery of programme.
- Help interns develop wider independence skills to ensure they can lead fulfilled lives through areas such as independent travel, knowledge of banking and finance, attending social events, joining social groups, focusing on personal health and well- being and developing self-advocacy.
- Collaborate with the wider Pre-Intern team and core curriculum staff to support the Job Coach to design and plan termly expeditions and ensure that this is successfully facilitated and embedded throughout all aspects of the programme.
- Support the Job Coach to set, monitor, review and record progress on a regular basis for each intern against personal, EHCP and work-based targets on LFT based systems.
- With guidance from the Specialist tutors, provide support in English and Maths sessions and highlight any progression concerns to the tutor in a timely manner.
- Liaise with external agencies and partners as appropriate and in a professional manner.
- Support the Job Coach to maintain key relationships with employers and external organisations to provide access to employer sites and visits, including co-ordination of attendance schedule.
- Support the Job Coach to ensure each intern has access to a wide range of opportunities through liaison with employers and providing impartial career advice and guidance.
- Read all external trips/visits risk assessments and have an oversight of the trip/visit.
- Ensure interns are always safe through appropriate risk assessments and by following safeguarding procedures and policies - including recording and monitoring attendance in a timely manner.
If you are interested and this role is for you, click ‘Apply Now', and register to Reed - Further Education. Alternatively, contact your local Reed - Further Education branch today, where we would love to hear from you and help you shape your next career step.
Reed - Further Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.