Job Description: Work Coach
Reports to: Volunteering and Employability Manager
Salary: £25,081 - £27,453 per annum plus generous benefits package and mileage for within work travel
Hours: 37 hrs/week
Based at: The role is primarily covering Durham and South Northumberland and will involve significant work within the community.
Do you have experience supporting vulnerable adults into employment, volunteering and/or self-employment?
Do you have experience working with partnerships within the community e.g. voluntary sector, education, employers, Job Centre Plus?
The Role
Generously funded by a charity, our Work Coaches support adults with learning disabilities into employment, self-employment, and volunteering. Through skills development, training, volunteering, and work experience placements, we aim to enable our clients to achieve real work outcomes. This role requires a current UK driving licence and a car (no transportation of clients involved).
Principal Duties
The postholder will:
* 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 the service;
* 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.
Responsibilities of all Staff
* To ensure client safeguarding in line with the Safeguarding Policy and the Care Act 2014;
* To work within Health and Safety guidelines and follow safe working practices;
* To be an ambassador, promoting, embodying, and upholding our values with all stakeholders;
* To work as part of the team, attending and contributing to team and whole-staff meetings as required;
* To undertake training as required by the Organisation including mandatory whole-staff training days.
Benefits
Employees are provided with 36 days leave/annum pro rata, a contributory pension scheme, a healthcare package, holiday buy-back scheme, Cycle2Work Scheme, and a promotional items welcome pack. Staff are also offered discounted lunches and free refreshments. Three additional gifted holiday days between Christmas and New Year. There is also one day a week of home working.
This role will be subject to an Enhanced DBS on the Update Service.
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