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Work Coach

Nigel Wright Group
Posted 4 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland NE19 2BG, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Nigel Wright is seeking a Work Coach for a charitable organization focused on helping adults with learning disabilities find employment and volunteering opportunities.
  • The role involves skills development, training, and collaboration with various local authorities and community partners to secure work placements.
  • Candidates should have relevant experience or qualifications in areas such as social care or teaching, along with a proven track record of supporting vulnerable adults.
  • A current UK driving license and access to transportation are essential, as the position requires frequent travel within the organization's operational area.
  • The salary for this role is £30,000, and applicants should have at least two years of relevant experience.
The RoleNigel Wright is pleased to support a charitable organisation in their search for a Work Coach. This new role has arisen due to ongoing growth and focuses on helping adults with learning disabilities find employment, self-employment, and volunteering opportunities. By offering skills development, training, volunteering, and work experience placements, the goal is to help clients achieve meaningful work outcomes. The position will require frequent travel across the organization's area of operations.Principal Duties
  • Liaise with Local Authority’s Transitions & Learning Disability teams to identify Clients in receipt of Day Services for the Working Journey’s Programme;
  • Link to Health & Social Care teams and students to promote Working Journeys;
  • Work collaboratively with Job Centre Plus, the National Careers Services, Schools./Colleges and local employers to access suitable work-experience and employment opportunities;
  • Work collaboratively with Voluntary Sector, Local Authority and NHS Partners to secure transition from day-care to volunteering & work placements;
  • Advise on work placements and employment opportunities;
  • Prepare Clients through job search, application and interview stages;
  • Provide mentoring & support for Clients who are volunteering;
  • Provide in-work facilitation for Clients who have progressed to employment;
  • Provide information and guidance on DWP’s in-work benefits and services to support Clients and hosting employers (e.g. Universal Credit, Access to Work, Disability Confident);
  • Provide pre-employment & retention support for hosting employers.
The PersonSkills and attributes
  • Career experience and/or qualification in a relevant discipline (Advice and Guidance, Information, Advice & Guidance, Social Care, Teaching (secondary or FE)  (essential)
  • English and Maths Level 4+/5   (essential)
  • Disability-specialist training e.g. positive behaviour support, person-centred practice, autism awareness, Makaton, BSL (Desirable)
  • Recent Safeguarding Adults training (Desirable)
  • Experience supporting vulnerable adults in to employment, volunteering and/or self-employment    (Essential)
  • Experience working with partnerships within the community e.g. Voluntary Sector, Education, Employers, Job Centre Plus    (Essential)
  • Working with people with learning disability and/or complex needs    (Desirable)
  • Current UK driving licence and access to transportation for the role (or Access to Work ‘to’ and ‘within work’ transport package)    (Essential)
  • Confident IT skills i.e. Windows, Microsoft 365 (email, Word, Publisher, Powerpoint, Excel, Yammer, Teams) and Adobe, web Chat Forums, Video Conference Calling (Facetime, Zoom and MS Teams), social media (Facebook and Instagram)    (Essential)
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