Employment Coach

We are looking for a competent employability coach to support women who have experienced domestic abuse and are at risk of offending to gain employment skills and work experience. You will work with clients who want guidance for career development and need assistance in functioning in a workplace.

The clients will be young women offenders affected by domestic abuse and your role is to offer sustainable employability pathways that supports access to employment and training opportunities, creating positive distractions to reduce risks of re-offending or re-entering harmful relationships in the future.

A job coach must be a mentor, eager to support their clients You must be able to discover people’s strengths and weaknesses and tell them what works best for them. Having communication skills partnered with critical thinking are requisites for this job.

Coach responsibilities include:

·       To assist clients to discover and overcome their personal barriers and set goals.

·       To assess the strengths of individuals and teach them to use them effectively.

·       To develop effective job coaching and employability support plans with clients.

·       To deliver 10-week rolling programmes of employability workshops to develop skills including confidence and motivation, CV writing, interview techniques, skill checks, digital skills and job search.

·       To provide mentoring and coaching in effective job search techniques.

·       To have a creative approach to engaging with participants.

·       To be responsible for a caseload of participants, providing signposting and advocacy, addressing their needs and barriers to employment.  

·       To work with participants on a one to one or group basis as appropriate.

·       To interview participants to gain information and ascertain their requirements.

·       To motivate, encourage and support participants to move towards employments and tailor a package of support to meet their individual needs.

·       To assist participants to plan and progress, in line with their action plans, towards improving their life and employment chances.

·       To be responsible for ensuring all Key Performance Indicators are consistently achieved.

·       To meet deadlines and targets as required by the needs of the programme.

·       To organise work placement experience – by matching the skills of women with business, charities, other agencies.

·       Work closely with external organisations to ensure you achieve referrals onto programme.

Other duties:

• Assist with fundraising, as required.
• Attend WAITS team Meeting
• Writing reports for trustees and funders, as necessary.
• Undergoing staff training, as required.
• Any other duties appropriate to position which may be allocated from time to time

The list of tasks is not exclusive, and the line manager may vary duties from time to time     dependent on the project’s requirements. Some weekend work may be needed

 The job description is subject to review.

Requirements and skills

Proven experience as job coach.

Experience in working with vulnerability people is a plus.

Experience in developing employment plans.

Compassionate.

Ability to adhere to regulations and standards.

Working knowledge of MS Office.

Excellent organisational and problem-solving ability.

Respect of diversity.

Ability to inspire and motivate.