Job Coach

About the team we are recruiting to
The Employment & Skills Service is part of Coventry City Council. We work with a range of delivery partners to provide a wide portfolio of top quality support to Coventry residents of all ages who are looking for work. We work with partners across the city and our Employer Hub actively works with local employers to generate opportunities for local people.

Our friendly and welcoming Job Shop is situated in Coventry City Centre. We are here to support all Coventry residents to search for employment, training, apprenticeships and work placements. People can explore a wide range of local vacancies that are updated daily and access training opportunities.

We also provide ground-breaking specialist support for local residents who face multiple and sometimes complex barriers that make it hard for them to find a job. The Job Shop and our exciting range of specialist employment support programmes are among the very best support available in the UK

What is the job role?
**Do you thrive on enabling people to achieve and believe that disabled people should have the same employment and life opportunities as everyone else?**

If the answer is yes, then please read on.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our growing Pathways to Employment Team and make a real difference to the lives of adults and young disabled people by helping them to develop their employment skills and progress into meaningful, sustainable and good quality employment opportunities.

The Pathways to Employment Team is part of the Employment and Skills Service, which includes our Adult Education Service. We work in partnership with the Council’s SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) Team to ensure that our residents have choice and control, good quality support and the opportunity to progress through a range of employment pathways. We support individuals with learning disabilities, autism/neurodiverse, physical disabilities and other people who also face major barriers when it comes to gaining employment.

You will support individuals on our Step into Work study programmes, working with them to identify their skills, experience and aspirations. Supporting individuals to develop their employment skills, including independent travel and then working with other members of the team to identify appropriate employment paths ways.

Your role will be to support individuals to access employment related opportunities and become independent in their roles and provide the necessary coaching, training and encouragement to enable them to succeed. This will include getting to know each individual, helping to match them to the right opportunities and then providing them with on-the-job training and support in the workplace. You will also liaise with the young person’s family, education provider and other people involved in their life to ensure that the support you provide is tailored to the young person’s needs.

You will work closely with employers to identify and create opportunities and ensure that they are supported and can confidently manage, train and support customers once your support has been faded and withdrawn. This will involve working with the individual’s workplace colleagues to help them to develop the skills and confidence they need, identifying the various tasks that make up the role and working with the employer to develop a training plan. You will carry out regular monitoring visits and reviews to ensure that placements are going well and that individuals are progressing.

The Pathways to Employment Team operates in line with the Supported Employment Model (please see attached information sheet). Training and support will be provided but you should have an understanding of the approach and how this differs from traditional models of work readiness.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?
You will be committed to Equality and Inclusion and fundamentally believe that everyone has the right to be part of and contribute to the economy regardless of the challenges they may experience. You will believe that with the right opportunity and support everyone can achieve, make a positive contribution and have a meaningful and fulfilling life.

You will be passionate about promoting independence and enabling people to achieve.

You will have a can-do approach and the ability to find creative solutions to overcome obstacles.

You will have the skills and ability to provide support and guidance in a discreet manner ensuring that individuals are enabled to show their potential and that employers are supported to see the skills and abilities the young person has to offer.

You will be an excellent communicator who is approachable, outgoing and able to communicate with a wide rang