Va40 - Engagement and Employability Coach X2

**Location**: Hastings **Team**: Youth Programmes **Salary**: £24,286 - £29,732 depending on experience **Closing Date**: 11th March 2025

**Job Title**:VA40 - Engagement and Employability Coach x2
**Location**: Hastings
**Salary**: £24,286 - £29,732 depending on experience
**Contract**: Permanent or Part-time (0.8 FTE minimum)
**Report to**: Area Manager
**About CXK**

CXK empowers people to succeed in employment, education and training. The charity strives for a fairer society where everyone can grow and realise their potential. “The CXK Way” embodies the following core values:
**Ethical** - We work with professionalism, honesty and integrity.
**Passionate** - We reach out enthusiastically to all who need out support.
**Innovative** - We inspire, enhance and improve.
**Collaborative** - We engage, support and share with others.
You can click here to learn more about us.
**The Team**
The Targeted Support Team deliver a wide variety of programmes to empower young people and adults to improve their confidence and skills and then progress into training and employment. Leading group sessions and individualised mentoring, the team deliver with passion and expertise to individuals from a range of backgrounds, offering person-centred guidance and support.
**The Role**
This is an exciting time to join CXK as we are looking to extend our work in Supported Employment. These roles will support a small caseload of individuals with a range of needs who are looking to move into work, enabling them to find the right opportunities and sustain the roles through in-work support. The coaches will also need to be skilled in working with employers to support them to make their roles accessible and sustainable. Growing and maintaining a strong employer base will be a central part of these exciting new roles.
**Skills and Knowledge**
**Minimum Criteria**
- An understanding of the employment needs, and challenges faced by people who experience labour market exclusion
- Experience of working with individuals on a one-to-one basis, developing personalised plans and goal setting
- Experience of managing a range of tasks at any one time, and holding positive relationships with different stakeholders

**Essential Criteria**
- Maths and English GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent)
- Experience working in employment services supporting people to obtain or keep work
- Proven experience of meeting and exceeding outcomes and targets
- An understanding of the employment needs, and challenges faced by people who experience labour market exclusion
- Experience of working with someone on a one-to-one basis
- Experience of providing supported employment services

You can read more about the person specification here.

**Employee Experience**

A career with CXK is rewarding work, enabling you to fulfil your potential. This fulfilling and exciting role provides the opportunity to develop and grow meaningful relationships with a range of services and employers in East Sussex. You will build upon the specialised skills and knowledge relating to Supported Employment and be a positive influence on the lives of people entering work.
**Benefits of working with us**
Our employee benefits include:

- 30-33 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Defined contribution pension scheme (matched by CXK up to 10% depending on length of service criteria)
- Benenden private healthcare cover
- Flexible working
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Training and development programmes and opportunities
- Mental and physical healthcare initiatives

and more
**Recruitment Timeline**
Vacancy closing date: Tuesday 11th March 2025 at 9:00am
Application review date: Thursday 13th March
Interview dates: From 24th March 2025
**Useful Information**

**Please note**: Applicants will need to complete an enhanced DBS check and provide references before any offer of employment is made.
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