Support and Progression Coach

**We are excited to be recruiting into our Youth Education Service (YES). This role is designed to offer the most deserving young people the best chance at being successful in education and employment. The successful applicant will be trained to use psychologically informed techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to support YES students to thrive in their education at YES and access sustainable employment opportunities beyond their time at YES, through using a relationship-based and trauma informed approach.**

**YES, is a registered alternative learning provision (ALP) which offers English and Maths functional skills tuition and/or qualifications in small friendly classes, or 1:1, to 16-25 year old's experiencing barriers to their learning. This role has been created to offer 1:1 tailored support to young people to overcome physical or emotional barriers to attending through using ACT techniques.**

If you need an adjustment to be made to any part of the recruitment process, please let us know as soon as possible.

**Who are we?**
We are a leading youth homelessness charity based in the Southwest, working with over 1,500 young people. At 1625ip we are driven by Social Justice and Passion: we strive to do something that matters and take pride in seeing the results of our work in social outcomes and improving young people’s lives.

**What you will be doing**:

- **By adopting a flexible and creative approach, you will enable young people to improve their confidence and wellbeing and overcome physical barriers (such as travel) to empower them to consistently engage in their education.
- You will use your experience of consistent and effective partnership working and strong communication skills to engage referral partners, other support services internal and external to 1625ip, and employers.
- You will be part of a passionate team of people surrounding each young person, providing holistic and specialist support adapted to meet the needs of each individual.
- By being empathetic and truly understanding the complex needs of our students, you will work with them 1:1 to create realistic and ambitious progression plans.
- Being well organised and efficient, you will effectively record, and evidence education, employment and wellbeing outcomes achieved by young people, ensuring safe working practice, and contributing to our effort to secure future funding of the project.

You will be in the Youth Education Service (YES) team and your line manager will be our YES Development Manager.

**Contract details**
- **Hours per week**:37.5 (this represents full time)
- **Contract type**:Fixed term 2 years (until July 2027)
- **Pay**: £29,572 - £31,067 per annum (NJC scale 16 - 19 starting at the bottom of the scale)
- **The location**: Youth Education Service, close to Bristol’s main train and bus stations as well as the vibrant city centre.

**A few benefits at 1625ip**
In return for your dedication, we offer:

- A generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days per annum plus all Bank Holidays.
- Employee Health Cash Plan with HSF.
- A supportive and approachable team with an emphasis on colleague wellbeing.
- “1625 Independent People is an amazing organisation and I feel very lucky to work here”, Colleague Wellbeing Survey 2024.
- “I couldn’t be happier with the opportunities and support I have received in my career progression that has led me to my dream job” See what other colleagues have said about their career development with us, on the vacancy page of our website.
- 1625ip is a Disability Confident Employer.

**Important dates**
- **Application deadline closes**:23:59, Monday 30 June 2025**.
- Interviews are on **Monday 07 July 2025**.

**Application information**
Ready to see yourself in this rewarding role? We can’t wait to hear from you.

**Contact us**

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