Basic Life Skills Coach

7 days ago

Dewsbury, United Kingdom Fusion Housing Full time

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**FUSION HOUSING** works across the Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield districts of West Yorkshire, providing help for our communities to find and maintain housing through legal advice, employment support, learning opportunities, supported accommodation and local food bank provision

**Basic Life Skills Coach - Dewsbury**

**Hours**:Full Time (37 hours) Monday to Friday

**Salary**:Band 3A **£24,432 to £25,418 p/a**

**Contract**:Permanent

**Location**:Dewsbury (Empire House, Wakefield Old Road, WF12 8DJ)**

Fusion Housing operates a Food Bank in the North Kirklees area for households experiencing food poverty. Our Food Bank service includes a skilled team of volunteers and paid staff who offer additional advice, support and resources to help people improve life skills and build confidence.

Through funding from the National Lottery Communities Fund, we are offering the opportunity for a passionate and motivated Basic Life Skills Coach to join our Team. Your role will involve providing one to one coaching, facilitating workshops and fostering a supportive environment that encourages personal growth and independence, reducing reliance on emergency food provision.

**The role includes**:

- Conducting assessments to identify client strengths and goals with living skills.
- Providing one-on-one coaching sessions and group workshops on topics such as confident communication, budgeting, cooking, and time management.
- Encouraging self-advocacy and independence in everyday situations.
- Collaborating with other professionals and community resources.
- Supporting client involvement to help create an effective service.

**The qualities and skills we’re looking for**:

- Relevant qualifications in areas such as coaching, education or social work.
- Experience of coaching, teaching or other support work roles.
- Strong understanding of life skills development principles.
- Appreciation of food poverty and how this arises.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and active listening skills.
- Ability to motivate and inspire clients.
- Strong organizational and planning abilities.

Further information, eg job description and employee specification, are available to download from the Fusion Housing website

**TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE**:
**CLOSING DATE: 12 noon on Monday 13th January 2025**

**INTERVIEWS: Tuesday 21st January 2025 at our Dewsbury office**

Fusion Housing has a commitment to safeguarding children and adults at risk and will ensure that all its policies reflect this. This recruitment is taking place under our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy and Procedures.

**An Enhanced DBS check will be required**

**As an employee of Fusion Housing, all successful applicants benefit from the following**:

- 30 days annual leave; 2 floating day; statutory bank holidays (all pro-rata for P/T staff)
- Flexible working
- Hybrid working policy
- 30-minute paid break per day
- 5% employer pension contribution
- Pension salary sacrifice scheme
- Sick pay scheme
- Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
- Health cash plan
- Access to corporate KAL membership
- A full range of staff and peer support networks

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