Senior Coach

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 Supported Internship team.

An exciting opportunity for a passionate and self-motivated Senior Skills Coach to join our Supported Internship programme team in Ealing on a full time (37.5 hour per week) basis.

As a Senior Skills Coach, your role is central to the delivery of our Mencap Training Academy. You will lead a team of Skills Coaches to support learners with SEN to complete all elements of the programme in line with requirements by providing tailored support.

What you will do as a Senior Skills Coach?

• Line manage and coach a team to support learners to progress towards paid employment.
• Plan Skills Coach in work support hours to meet agreed targets to receive Access to Work funding.
• Support and ensure the team build and maintain good relationships with parents, carers, learner support networks and employers.
• Ensure accurate and up to date record keeping and reporting.
• Conduct quality assurance activity to drive constant improvement.
• Work closely with the wider team to ensure the needs of the learner are being met.

Do you have the key skills and requirements to be a Skills Coach? (essential):

• Experience of supporting people
• Experience of delivering against targets
• Experience of risk management
• Knowledge of sector
• Knowledge of safe working practices
• A-C/9-4 English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent)

*This is not an exhaustive list of the role and its requirements, please look at the full job description for further information.

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.

This vacancy closes on Monday 9th January, with interviews to be held soon after.

Here at Mencap we operate a blinded recruitment process for a lot of our roles, please ensure you apply with a full application and covering statement.

£36,673 per annum + excellent benefits