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Job Coach

Mencap

Birmingham

Salary:
£21,755 per annum pro rata plus excellent benefits
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
ASAP
Apply by:
5 June 2023

Job overview

Mencap are recruiting for Job Coaches to fill contracts with various hours available. You will be working around Birmingham as part of the delivery of our Supported Internship Programme, travel in the Birmingham area is part of the role so you will need access to a vehicle.

As a Job Coach you will be working with learners individually and in groups (online and face-to-face) to put their individual learning plans into action. These activities will include supporting learners to develop skills in the workplace, job search activities and travel training. You will play a large role in taking learners into paid employment.

At Mencap, we value a diverse and inclusive workplace and we intentionally plan for the success of our colleagues in everything we do. We welcome applications from everyone, so come as you are and join us. Together we are Mencap! 

To see what we do click here

Our programme offers a wide range of benefits, helping young people with learning disabilities:

  •  To raise their aspirations
  •  Have a better understanding of employment
  •  Show employers what they can do
  •  Progress towards paid work, a traineeship, apprenticeship or voluntary work.

Do you have the ability to work on your own initiative? Are you passionate about supporting people with a learning disability? 

Good interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills as well as the ability to work effectively with learners, employers and parents/carers are essential. The ability to maintain accurate and up to date records using IT based systems is also required.

The Job Coach will be required to find and liaise with Employers to offer work experience placements with the possibility of paid employment.  You will work with a variety of employers and their teams to support their understanding of reasonable adjustments/ buddying opportunities. 

Job Coaching is a large part of this role. 

  • To enable students to learn roles & tasks within the workplace environment
  • building their skills and confidence to become independent, for some this may require Travel training.
  • Application and claims to Access to work will be required as well as ensuring the safety of our students and completion of all required H&S paperwork.

If you feel that this role is for you, please apply with a full and up to date CV that demonstrates your skills, knowledge and experience and why you want to work for Mencap. Please contact Kirsty in our recruitment team for more information at Kirsty.ford@mencap.org.uk

Job ID: 28844

 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and welcome applicants with disabilities to apply for all roles with us. To find out more about the scheme please visit the direct gov website.

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About Mencap

  • Mencap
  • 6 Cyrus Way, Hampton, Peterborough
  • PE7 8HP
  • United Kingdom
+44 20 7454 0454

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Mencap is the voice of learning disability. Everything we do is about valuing and supporting people with a learning disability, and their families and carers.

We work in partnership with people with a learning disability, and all our services support people to live life as they choose.

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 helplines and websites
campaigning for the changes that people with a learning disability want.

We are an individual membership organisation, with a local network of more than 500 affiliated groups. Our work is shaped by what our members tell us about their needs and wishes
 

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