Employment Coach

Employment Coach

Location: HMP Bullingdon

Salary: £23,316 per annum

Please note the closing date for this role is 6th January 2025.

We are looking for an Employment Coach at HMP Bullingdon in Bicester to join our Employment Services Team.

We are The Forward Trust, the social enterprise with charitable status that empowers people to break the often interlinked cycles of crime and addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

What you will be doing

You will be working with prison learners to undertake inductions, preparing and reviewing Digital Personal Learning Plans, helping to allocate learners to right educational courses and prison jobs, undertaking employability workshops, supporting careers fairs, the work of the Employment Hub and helping prisoners prepare well for jobs/apprenticeships in the community, upon release. We will expect the IAG Advisor to work to high quality standards set out in the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework. We are looking for someone who will go above and beyond and deliver a high quality IAG Service.

What we are looking for

We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and practical individuals who are passionate about making a difference and are committed to providing high quality independent and impartial IAG and careers advice. This must in accordance with the Matrix and Gatsby standards, as well as the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework. We want people who genuinely care about the people they are supporting.

• Experience in providing careers advice/IAG services on a one to one and group work setting
• Experience of working in prisons and working with HMPS and other external providers e.g. JCP
• Experience of working to targets and quality standards in the skills, education or employability sector
• Motivating, inspiring and enthusing clients/learners to progress in life
• The ability to multitask and manage a diverse case load of clients or learners
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to motivate and inspire others
• Good working knowledge of the Matrix Standard, Ofsted EIF
• A tenacious approach and an understanding of how employers recruit and select based on talent
• Good administration, IT and organisational skills with good experience of using MS office software and management information systems e.g. NOMIS

What we offer

• Training and development opportunities
• Flexible working
• Simply Health Cashback Scheme (Optional)
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Crisis Loan Scheme
• Electric Car Scheme
• 3 x Wellbeing Days (pro rata'd for part time employees)
• Access to Blue Light Card
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

Diversity at Forward Trust

Our workforce is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

* We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. *

* Please note that previous applicants need not apply. *