Job Description
Job Coach – Pre and Supported Internships
Location: Worksop (With subsidised travel to a range of employer sites)
Salary: £25,090 (£15,257.43 pro-rata) per annum
Hours: Part Time (22.5hrs per week, all year round)
The Role
As a Job Coach you will ensure that learners with High Needs and young people with Education Health and Care Plans (EHC Plans), who are studying on the Pre & Supported Internship Programmes, are supported whilst out on placement with an employer. You will support young people with EHC Plans to transition and progress onto sustained and paid employment.
You will share a strong belief in young people's ability and right to work. You will facilitate the substantial work placement element, of the structured work-based study programme, by providing in-work instruction and support in the employer's setting.
You will support young people with EHC Plans to develop their independent travel skills, and you will provide in-work instruction and support that tapers off, as appropriate, as the supported intern becomes familiar with their job role and real job conditions such as timekeeping, health & safety, dress code etc.
You will maintain administrative tasks such as:
1. Record keeping
2. Progress reviews
3. Tracking of learner skills development
4. Capturing of