Skills Coach - Job in London Education & Training Jobs
* Sector: Assessor / Skills Coach, Support / IAG
Job Description
Do you have experience of working with people with a learning disability? Are you passionate about working for an organisation that drives change? Then we may have the role for you within our Pre-Internship team. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and self-motivated Skills Coach to join our Supported Internship programme team in Barnet. The role is part-time (22.5 hours per week). As a Skills Coach, your role is central to the delivery of our Mencap Training Academy. You will support learners with SEN to complete all elements of the programme in line with requirements by providing tailored support. The role will be based in the community and classroom of our Supported Internship programme supporting learners with mild to moderate learning disabilities and difficulties.
What you will do as a Skills Coach:
- Be accountable for learner progression and ensuring the young adults achieve the skills they need to make progress onto paid employment.
- Deliver support in various ways: 1-1 job coaching, working with learners in the classroom to develop employability skills and embed English and Maths learning in the workplace.
- Support people to learn the skills they need to achieve sustained paid employment.
Key Skills and Requirements (essential):
- Experience of supporting people
- Experience of delivering against targets
- Knowledge of safe working practices
- Knowledge of sector
- A-C/9-4 English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent)
- Good ICT skills
- Effective communicator
- Effective record keeping and reporting
All candidates offered an interview for this role will need to provide evidence of their GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) at interview stage. Please have your certificates ready to be emailed across if you are contacted for an interview.
Job ID: 33338
Benefits:
We offer an excellent benefits package to support our team members. For more information, please see the attached details.
About Mencap:
We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose. Everyone wants a purposeful job - to do something meaningful. At Mencap, we can give you that. You will have opportunities to develop as a person, colleague, leader, and activist. We want to make you feel inspired to reach your potential. Our work includes providing high-quality, flexible services that allow people to live as independently as possible in a place they choose, providing advice through our help lines and websites.
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