Job Coach

Joining our experienced Job Coach team, you will be supporting our learners with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities to find and gain experience in employment or voluntary work placementsopportunitiesthat meets their aspirations. 

Working with the individual learner to develop their skills, confidence and independence to take their first step into employment, your role will be varied and will include visiting employers and supporting learners to acquire and maintain employability skills through training and work experience, on a 1:1 basis or in small groups. 

We have opportunities for learners both with external organisations and within the college and the role will also include supporting students to manage a small college store, including some responsibility for stock processes and end of day reconciliation which offers a great opportunity for students to build practical work, academic and lifelong learning skills. 

Training and support will of course be provided to develop your skills but we hope that you will bring some previous experience of working with young adults with learning / physical disabilities and you will need enthusiasm, energy and commitment, along with great communication skills, initiative, self-motivation and good written skills.

A key part of the role will be seeking and establishing opportunities with employers using your influence and networking skills to broker work outcomes. You will build rapport and support the learner and employer with the work placement, whilst also linking with parent/carers, and other National Star teams. Keeping sight of each learner’s individual goals, you will plan practical work and lifelong learning skills that meet their needs, administering accurate and detailed records of assessment and learner progress.

Based primarily at our main site in Ullenwood on the outskirts of Cheltenham, you will also be supporting students at our Greensteps Learning Centre in Cheltenham and there may be opportunity to support our young people in South Gloucestershire and the Bristol areas. We would like you to have access to your own transport to visit other sites and to support your learners through their work placement programmes.