Job Coach

**Job Purpose**

To support learners/interns with special educational needs and disabilities at work to facilitate their learning, success and progress in work-based learning settings and to progress from college into employment.

To work with learners/interns, tutors, managers, employers, families and external agencies to provide high quality experiences, support and coaching for learners with learning difficulties and disabilities at work.

To positively and professionally engage with employers to develop and maintain appropriate placements and work opportunities for young people with support needs and take responsibility for ensuring that appropriate health and safety and safeguarding and recording and monitoring of progress are in place.

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**
- To support and coach people with learning difficulties and disabilities into and at work using systematic instruction techniques to teach roles and tasks.
- Work with employers to understand roles that learners or interns will fill so that tasks can be broken down and introduced in appropriate ways. This could include creating supporting materials such as job description, task lists, maps and plans etc).
- Understand the concept of job brokering and be able to negotiate job descriptions that meet employer needs and match to the skills and abilities of learners.
- Demonstrate innovative approaches to employer engagement through marketing and promotion to identify and secure potential opportunities for both paid employment and work experience placements.
- Carry out health and safety checks of placements and supported internship partners premises in collaboration with health and safety colleagues and create risk assessments as required.
- Support employers or providers to make reasonable adjustments and reduce barriers to employment for young people with SEND.
- Support employees at host businesses to become confident in working with and supporting interns and learners to carry out their duties.
- To promote and model professionalism and excellent working behaviours and interpersonal skills with students/trainees at and into work.
- Continually assess each young person both formally and informally to create an adap, personalised employability plan and contribute to individual learning plans
- Keep accurate records of job coaching support provided and liaise closely with the Supported Internship Curriculum Manager and Head of School to agree appropriate levels of support for learners
- Work closely with course tutors where appropriate to provide feedback, take part in learner reviews, contribute to support planning processes and update learner monitoring paperwork including Support Plans and Annual Reviews.
- Undertake and contribute to the development of learning resources and independent learning strategies.
- Undertake entry phase activities such as the interviewing, selection, enrolment, and induction of learners.
- To travel with and travel train or route train students/interns as needed.
- Support with work readiness skills such as time keeping, presentation and attitudes.
- Undertake stretch and challenge opportunities and identify increased responsibilities within job rotations in relation to abilities and skills of young people.
- Support learners within English, maths, employability, and tutorial sessions, liaising with the course teacher to relate the sessions towards the learners’ individual placements.
- Support in coordinating activities with other external agencies such as the Youth Participation Service and or any other relevant external providers.
- Manage enterprise projects as appropriate with colleagues and learners.
- Gather and relay information between staff, project partners and providers of work placements.
- Develop an awareness raising programme around employing people with disabilities to be delivered to employers, partners and to colleagues at Newham college where appropriate
- To assist learners with personal hygiene and health needs including the administration of medication as directed.
- To ensure the safety and safeguarding of learners/interns at all times and report using the agreed college procedures.

**This job description and person specification is current at the date of issue. Changing organisational needs may require the job description to change, within reason, after prior consultation with the post holder.**

**The work may be carried out in the post described in any of the College's centres.**

**Person Specification**

**Qualifications**

**Essential**

**Desirable**

To hold a level 4 teaching qualification or above (CET)

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1st Degree or equivalent

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Minimum of Level 2 literacy and numeracy (GCSE Grade C/4)

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Training in Systematic Instruction

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**Experience**

**Essential**

**Desirable**

Experience of supporting young people with SEND to develop work skills

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Experience of supporting young people with SEND in the workplace, on work experience or on Supported Internship