The postholder's will deliver high-quality community coaching and intervention delivery within the primary school age group of Lancashire. Whilst delivering for Blackburn Rovers Community Trust, you will support individuals to develop their abilities to their potential and enjoy physical activity which will encourage them to sustain activity levels. Coaches will also promote positive healthy lifestyle choices and deliver educational messages through football and sport. The postholder will also have a responsibility to mentor teachers to help grow confidence and enhance quality of PE in schools, in order to assist schools in sustainably developing this area.

The postholder will deliver against KPI’s from the Premier League Primary Stars programme and the EFL Trust Joy of Moving initiatives.

Helping Hands Community Trust provides independent advice and is really successful in supporting clients who have multiple and complex needs enabling them to overcome personal barriers, access services and secure welfare rights to which they are entitled.

New Work Opportunities is a project funded by a European Social Fund Community Fund Grant.

You will work in collaboration with members of a dedicated and compassionate team who enable clients to access opportunities relating to: 

• skills training, further education, securing voluntary and paid work, community inclusion, and improve future prospects.

You will be required to work closely with and mentor clients, provide ongoing support, enable them to agree and follow a bespoke ‘roadmap’, help motivate them to achieve personal goals and outcomes.

You must:

• have a proven track record of working with and supporting people with complex needs,
• be highly motivated,
• have excellent communication, interpersonal and IT skills,
• be experienced in working with a computerised client database such as AdvicePRO,
• be able to work on your own initiative to tight deadlines, achieve agreed targets,
• work as an effective member of a wider project team,
• have good report writing skills,
• be able to manage data, produce reports and prepare case studies,
• have a current driving licence and your own motor vehicle,
• have enhanced Barring Agency clearance to work with children and vulnerable adults.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Chapter, requiring a highly capable team member to support and motivate individuals to improve their mental health and wellbeing.

Our Wellbeing Coaches provide direct support to service users, putting their views at the forefront of our work. We believe that individuals are the experts in their own mental health and work to empower them to develop the skills to be able to play an equal role in managing their own mental health and wellbeing.

As a Wellbeing Coach you will support individuals through face to face, one to one coaching sessions, group workshops and peer group activities. A diverse role- with current activities ranging from supporting service users at our local allotment, online support sessions and a weekly board game group - it requires a passion for working with those who face mental health challenges.

We have a strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental illhealth.

Key Responsibilities

• To manage a caseload of service users and support them in maintaining their mental health and wellbeing

• Use a variety of person centred and evidence-based tools and techniques to support individuals in managing their mental health and wellbeing

• Provide motivation to service users, supporting them to set and work towards SMART goals

• Support service users to build confidence, develop resilience and improve their ability to self-manage their mental wellbeing

• Signpost and refer service users to relevant services to meet their needs and assist them in working towards achieving their goals

• Plan and deliver a range of group activities that enable service users to achieve their personal goals

• Contribute to the recruitment and supervision of volunteers that support Chapter’s services Develop and deliver wellbeing workshops (including our RE:SET programme) as part of Chapter’s ongoing service development

 • Maintain accurate information systems, documenting activities and interventions appropriately and ensure client information is kept up to date

Promote all of Chapter’s services to local communities and other agencies as appropriate

• Keep up to date with relevant local and national policy, news, reports, guidance, and campaigns

• To ensure quality standards are adhered to and met and that audits are passed

• To work in accordance with all policies and procedures of Chapter, in particular health and safety, information governance and safeguarding

• To undergo regular supervision and an annual appraisal in line with Chapter's HR policies and procedures

• To commit to own personal training development and attend minimum training and development activities as required

• To ensure that all activities within the service embody Chapter’s values

Job title: Lead Job Coach – Supported Internship
Line Manager: Generate Project Manager
Reports on internship to: Hackney Supported Internship Manager - Supported Employment Programme Manager
Salary: £24,261.12 per annum
Contract: Fixed Term until 31st August 2022, with the possibility for this to be extended subject to further funding.
Hours: 36 hours per week
Location: Hackney, occasional travel to Generate’s office in Wandsworth may be required.

Introduction to Generate 
Generate has been creating opportunities and offering support to people with a learning disability since 1972.  We are committed to improving the lives of people with a learning disability by supporting and encouraging them in a creative way to access opportunities in their communities, take their place as citizens and reduce their reliance on services.

In addition to our youth and community services targeted at people with a learning disability, we also provide Job coaches to supported internship programs through the Access to Work government grant.  Internship are targeted at people between Special Educational Needs between the ages of 16-25. The aim is to give vital experience to the Intern in the workplace and transition them to paid employment.

Main Purpose of the Job 
To provide effective Job Coaching to interns aged 16-25, including robust employment planning and employer engagement, leading to successful outcomes for young people with SEND.

About you

• Experience in the supported employment sector/experience of working with individuals with people with special education needs/ learning disabilities/ autism.
• Experience of proactively developing partnerships with employers and brokering suitable employment opportunities for disabled candidates.
• Working knowledge of the IPS/ Supported Employment Models.
• Basic understanding of Health and Safety in the workplace.
• Experience being a positive role model in the workplace and leading by example.
• Working knowledge of Supported Employment Model and current thinking in this field/the welfare to work sector.
• Knowledge of mental health conditions and techniques that support people best into employment.
• Knowledge of safeguarding & risk management.
• A patient, creative approach to supporting people with learning disabilities to learn tasks.
• Clear written and spoken English and ability to manage appropriate communication with people with various disabilities.
• Reliable, punctual, flexible, and honest working approach.
• Ability to follow procedures such as safeguarding and risk assessment swiftly and accurately.
• Ability to understand equality and diversity issues and to place them at the heart of your work.
• Competent IT skills.
• Ability to liaise effectively with local community, social, health, voluntary agencies colleagues and carers.
• Able to advocate on behalf of people with mental health conditions to access training and job opportunities.
• Able to effectively coach employability skills to people with SEND.
• Able to prioritise work/manage workload and meet targets/deadlines.

Closing date: 11th August 2021 at 5pm.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient applications are received, so please don’t delay in applying.

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION

Please click ‘Apply’ to be redirected to our website, where you can view the full Job Description and full details on how to complete your application.
Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Generate is committed to equality and valuing diversity.

No agencies please.

Are you a confident and outstanding coach with a passion to work alongside the local church to transform communities? If you have a heart for urban communities and seeing the direction of young people’s lives radically changed, this may be for you.

We are now recruiting for a Lead Coach for a new Spear centre in Bristol– a great opportunity to work as part of a new Spear team together with Christ Church Clifton to deliver the Spear Programme, equipping and empowering unemployed 16 – 24 year olds to overcome barriers to employment and turn their lives around by moving into sustainable work or further education.

Please see the attached job description for more detailed information. 

Responsibilities:

• Running Spear Foundation Programme group sessions, coaching young people in skills and mindsets to help them into work over 6 weeks
• Delivery of Spear Career, staying in touch with trainees for a year after they finish Spear Foundation, to offer bespoke support and workshops to help them as they apply for jobs, and once they're offered a role, supporting them to stay there 
• Networking with local organsations to enrol young people onto the Programme 
• Receiving regular feedback to support your own development, and helping to train the Graduate Coach
• Active participation in and support for the church team and mission

Person Specification

• An active Christian, passionate about personally representing the values and beliefs of Resurgo and Christ Church Clifton.
• Qualifications at degree level or equivalent
• Dynamic and engaging Coach with experience of and enthusiasm for the practice of coaching and training techniques, and a desire to develop as a coach
• A minimum of one years’ experience in training and development design and delivery
• Heart for working with young people and commitment to transforming urban communities
• Effective interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence with a sense of humour and fun
• Ability to lead others effectively
• Exercises initiative, highly self-motivated and a forward planner
• Good time management and organisational skills, working well under pressure with the ability to prioritise workload
• Excellent communication skills and telephone manner
• Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint competent and accurate and efficient in typing and work methods

Working requirements, salary & benefits

• Starting salary from £24,000 dependent on  experience, plus pension scheme
• Full-time Monday to Friday, 9.30am – 5.30pm
• 25 days annual leave
• Occasional evening working required (for events such as termly Spear Celebration evenings and the annual fundraising party).
• Excellent staff development and training opportunities, including attendance on either our Coaching Academy or ‘Coaching for Leadership’ course – a programme of coaching and leadership training within your first 6 months (valued at £2,500).
• You will be expected to participate in Spear team events and be integrated in the local church  community and Spear Trust, as well as wider Resurgo team events, including prayer meetings and staff conferences.
• We offer an Employee Assistance Programme (a confidential support service for staff) as well as the option to take advantage of Give as you Earn (GAYE)
• A DBS check will be requested in the event of a job offer

The programme is run in partnership with our partner churches and the role will require that the successful applicant attends becomes part of the partner church congregation. For more information on other Spear roles and partner churches, please get in touch with our People & Culture team.

In 2016 we were listed as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in the ‘Great Place to Work’ Awards. In 2017 we won the Princess Royal Training Awards which honours employers that have created outstanding training and skills development programmes.

Please see our website as well as the attached job description for further information, and head to our jobs portal to apply. 

Make a change!

This role is an exciting addition to our Social Prescribing team. We are looking for an innovative, motivated Health Coach to join the Medway Peninsula Primary Care Network (PCN); helping to strengthen, develop and support local general practice, delivering high-quality care to local people.

You will deliver group and one-to-one sessions on healthy eating, physical activity, and health and wellbeing, in line with personalised care plans; engaging with patients to support them to take an active role in their health care, and providing advice and support for both patients and colleagues. In addition, the post-holder will also support the multi-disciplinary team in line with the strategic objectives of the PCN.

Applicants must have relevant personal or professional experience of working with vulnerable adults and mental health in the social care, health, education or voluntary and community sector; and ideally experience of working in a health environment, GP Surgery, Health Centre or Hospital. You must be able to demonstrate a robust knowledge of confidentiality, data protection, safeguarding and boundaries in all aspects of your work. Car driver essential.

Imago is leading the way in Social Prescribing across the South East. We have the infrastructure, relationships and potential for our teams to make a significant difference to GP practices, local populations and to individual lives across the area

Be part of it.

Job Title: Wellbeing Coach

Hours: 35 hours per week, 12-month fixed term contract

Salary: £23,080 to £25,481

Responsible to: Mental Health Lead

We are looking for a passionate, hardworking, and caring individual to work as a Wellbeing Coach on a new project supporting people aged 16-35 in Blackburn with Darwen.

You will have previous experience of supporting people with a mental health condition, and ideally have some experience of using coaching techniques such as guided self-help, psychoeducation and thought challenging.

You will have excellent communication skills and experience of working in partnership with other stakeholders to deliver projects. To excel in the role, you will be able to motivate, inspire and engage a wide range of people and be proactive in your approach.

Lancashire Mind is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community, particularly candidates with a lived experience of mental health conditions who fulfil all the criteria within the person specification.

We offer a workplace pension scheme, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), a sick pay scheme, paid emergency time off to care for dependents, regular supervision, and a variety of learning and development opportunities.

Please note: This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Deadline for applications: 9am on 2 August

Interviews will be held on 19 August on Zoom

Registered Charity Number 1081427

Registered Company Number 3888655

Lancashire Mind

Service Delivery Coach

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Locality Impact directorate as a Service Delivery Coach in London.

Position: Service Delivery Coach

Location: Homebased London with extensive travel across the service area

Hours: 28 hours per week

Salary: Salary circa £22,000 per annum (inner London weighting £2,639 per annum or outer London weighting £1,404 per annum may be applied in accordance to where you live)

Contract: Permanent

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 15 August 2021

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic interviews may be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application

The Role

Reporting to the Service Delivery Lead, the Service Delivery Coach will empower Stroke Support Coordinators to take ownership for the continuous improvement of quality and consistency of the services we provide. Whilst a coaching style will be appropriate for many aspects of the role, there will be occasions where strong leadership and management will need to be demonstrated to ensure coordinators are maintaining compliance of the services against organisational and contractual policies and procedures and addressing performance related issues. Coaches may be required to work across locality boundaries.

Key responsibilities will include supporting and empowering coordinators through a coaching ethos to:

• Deliver high quality stroke support services, ensuring stroke survivors and their carers receive the best possible support to rebuild their lives after stroke. 
• Identify gaps and respond to opportunities for service growth.
• Identify and address capability gaps and build volunteer capacity where required. 
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Understand and be responsible for the active monitoring of data quality, reporting and service delivery against their national and local key performance indicators.
• Effectively manage service volunteers.

The role is responsible for day to day line management of coordinators.

About You

As Service Delivery Coach you will have experience of:

• Supporting remote teams with paid staff and volunteers using a coaching style of management.
• Using relevant knowledge and awareness of health and social care systems, ideally within the stroke pathway.
• Managing performance improvement.
• Championing diversity internally and externally.
• Effectively balancing a number of competing priorities.
• Using excellent communication skills.

The ability to travel extensively across the locality is essential to be able to fulfil the requirements of the role. To fulfil the requirements of the role you must abode and have the right to work in the U.K

You will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience. Please state the reference to the role you are applying for and any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter. Applications from individuals who are seeking flexible working options, including reduced hours or job shares are welcomed.

In return…

This is an exciting opportunity to work with stroke survivors and their families to support them following stroke and to raise stroke awareness in the local population. We offer a host of amazing benefits and flexible working options, with opportunities to progress your career.

About the Organisation

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke.

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

We’re working to improve the diversity of our team.  Because we know that individuality leads to a richer experience for our people and better support for those affected by stroke.

We strongly encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. And we’re particularly looking to increase the number of applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team.

In 2019, we developed a bold new corporate strategy so that we can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help us deliver our strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles. If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Service, Service Delivery, Service Delivery Lead, Service Manager, Service Delivery Manager, Locality Impact, Volunteer, Volunteer Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Volunteer Engagement, Volunteering Manager, Impact, Impact and Engagement, Impact and Engagement Lead, Impact and Engagement Manager, Impact and Engagement Officer, Community, Community Engagement, Social Care, Care, Health, Disability, Outreach, Community Outreach, Programme, Programmes, Stroke, Charity, Impact, Impact and Evaluation, Coach, Coaching, Mentor.

Job title: Youth Coach
Salary: Circa £21,500 per annum
Hours: Full time 37 hours per week (fixed until June 2022)
Location: Tees Valley

About us

Groundwork is a leading regeneration charity, working through partnership to create communities in which people are proud to live and work.

The Tees Valley Pathways Programme is part-funded by the European Social Fund and supported under the Youth Employment Initiative. This will help to move young unemployed people closer to the labour market, whether that’s getting a job, setting up their own business, starting an apprenticeship, or progressing into further learning.

About the role

We have a dedicated Youth Team delivering a successful Youth Programme which engages with young people across our region. You will work with vulnerable young people and young adults who have significant and complex barriers to help and support them to identify solutions and progress towards entry into education, employment or training. You will engage in effective multi-agency working with all agencies responsible for those in these cohorts and you will have significant experience of working with young people, young adults and employers.

This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure endorsed by the Disclosure and Barring Service

A bit about you

We are seeking a self-motivated, enthusiastic professional to join our team and lead in the engagement of young people and young adults to develop positive working relationships that will enable them to achieve their potential. We want someone like you who has experience of engaging partners and partnership working to provide solutions for progression for young people and young adults. Having experience of successfully achieving programme performance targets is essential. Your role will require you to have the ability to work effectively as a member of a team within a complex, changing and challenging environment.

Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 8th August 2021

To Apply and for More Information:

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website where you can download the job description and application form. 

Make yourself at home

We want you to be yourself at Groundwork and we value everything that makes you unique. We recognise and celebrate your difference and together we make Groundwork a special and great place to work.

Groundwork NE & Cumbria is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The Tees Valley Pathways Programme is part-funded by the European Social Fund and supported under the Youth Employment Initiative.

No agencies please. 

About ThinkForward 

Why we exist
ThinkForward exists to empower young people to create better and brighter futures. We want them to be able to identify, realiseand shape their aspirations and be ready to make a successful transition into work.
Young people experiencing barriers such as challenging relationships, living in low-income households, or growing up in areas with a lack of access to opportunities can be confronted with hurdles. Without the right support these can lead to high risks of unemployment and long-term effects on their career and life chances.

There are more than 800,000 16-24-yearolds in the UK who aren’t at school or college, or don’t have a job or training place. Our ambition is to prevent young people becoming one of these statistics. In 2021 we will be supporting more than 1000 young people.

What we do

We run two programmes that young people to gain the independence, skills and confidence they need to fulfil their potential and have happy and successful futures. In an ever-changing world we support them to prepare for their move to adulthood, the working world and the start of the rest of their lives.

Overview of the role
The FutureMe programme provides young people with personalised one-to-one coaching and group activities, as well as exposure to the world of work and enrichment activities to broaden their horizons and provide experience of the workplace.

The key to our success is our highly skilled coaches who build consistent, trusted relationships with their young people.Coaching enables young people to overcome challenges holding them back from achieving their potential and guides them onto a successful pathway into employment and adulthood. Our young people are supported by FutureMefor five years, from 13 to 18 years old.

Coaches run the FutureMeprogramme within one of our schools and the local community, ensuring that quality and impact are achieved. They are also responsible for managing successful relationships with their partner school and businesses.

Interested candidates should read the job information pack attached to this advert. To apply please submit your CV and a cover via charityjobs.Your cover letter should outline your suitability for the role as described in theperson specification. Applications close at 9AM on August 9th, with the first round of interview taking place of 17th of August, and the second round the week commencing 23rd of August.

About us
Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. We know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know that together we can end it.

Crisis Skylight Brent is a building based service that also conducts some outreach work in the community. We work with people who are homeless or at risk of losing their home, and our aim is to end homelessness for all those who we support. Our services include progression and housing support, a wellbeing and mental health offer, arts and engagement activities, learning, and employment support. Crisis Brent works in a psychologically informed environment, and both reflection and learning is important to us as a team. This is an exciting time to join the team as we are moving to a new building in October 2021 and so there will be opportunities to get involved in shaping our offer to members. 

About the role
As Progression Coach, you will be supporting members to overcome any barriers they face in achieving their goals and ending their homelessness. This role requires creativity, skilled delivery of psycho-social interventions and a passion for working with those who face multiple disadvantages in society. 

About you
To be successful in this role you will have proven experience and skills in the following areas:
•  Engaging and working with adults experiencing multiple disadvantage 
•  Supporting people to end their homelessness and achieve their goals 
•  Offering psycho-social interventions to a high standard
•  Being creative in your interventions and member (client) work
•  Member/client involvement and member/client-led support planning 
•  Working in a multiple disciplinary team or/and joint working with other services to deliver the highest possible level of support to the people you work with.

We want Crisis to be an inclusive employer which then reflects our members and the communities we work in. We want to offer opportunities to everyone regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age. We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of homelessness.

Working at Crisis
As a member of the team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:
· Interest free loans to purchase a train season ticket or a bike or for a deposit to secure a tenancy
· Mandatory pension scheme, with an employer contribution of 8.5%
· 25 days’ annual leave which increases with service to 28 days

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career.

When you join us you will have the opportunity to join our staff diversity networks, which aim to champion issues across the organisation, enable staff to be their authentic and best selves and contribute to making Crisis a truly diverse organisation. We have 5 staff diversity networks which include Black, Asian and Ethnic people, LGBTQ+ people, those with Lived Experience of Homelessness, Women at Crisis and Disability Awareness.

How to apply
If this sound likes the opportunity for you, please click on the 'Apply for Job' button below.
 

Closing date: Sunday 1st August 2021 (at 23:59)
Interviews will be held on the 9th and 10th August 2021
 

Accessibility
We welcome applications from people who identify as neuro diverse and want our recruitment process to be as accessible as possible. If you need us to make an adjustment or provide additional support as you apply for a role, please email our Recruitment team, contact details can be found on our website.

About ThinkForward 

Why we exist

ThinkForward exists to empower young people to create better and brighter futures. We want them to be able to identify, realiseand shape their aspirations and be ready to make a successful transition into work.
Young people experiencing barriers such as challenging relationships, living in low-income households, or growing up in areas with a lack of access to opportunities can be confronted with hurdles. Without the right support these can lead to high risks of unemployment and long-term effects on their career and life chances.

There are more than 800,000 16-24-yearolds in the UK who aren’t at school or college, or don’t have a job or training place. Our ambition is to prevent young people becoming one of these statistics. In 2021 we will be supporting more than 1000 young people.

What we do

We run two programmes that young people to gain the independence, skills and confidence they need to fulfil their potential and have happy and successful futures. In an ever-changing world we support them to prepare for their move to adulthood, the working world and the start of the rest of their lives.

Overview of the role

The FutureMe programme provides young people with personalised one-to-one coaching and group activities, as well as exposure to the world of work and enrichment activities to broaden their horizons and provide experience of the workplace.

The key to our success is our highly skilled coaches who build consistent, trusted relationships with their young people.Coaching enables young people to overcome challenges holding them back from achieving their potential and guides them onto a successful pathway into employment and adulthood. Our young people are supported by FutureMefor five years, from 13 to 18 years old.

Coaches run the FutureMeprogramme within one of our schools and the local community, ensuring that quality and impact are achieved. They are also responsible for managing successful relationships with their partner school and businesses.

Interested candidates should read the job information pack attached to this advert. To apply please submit your CV and a cover via charityjobs.Your cover letter should outline your suitability for the role as described in theperson specification. Applications close at 9AM on August 9th, with the first round of interview taking place of 17th of August, and the second round the week commencing 23rd of August.

About the Together Trust

We’re one of the North West’s leading disability charities, offering individual care, support and education to thousands of people each year.

Our work wouldn’t be possible without our incredible team of staff and volunteers who are positive role models to the people we support.

You’ll be joining an organisation driven by its values and desire to see meaningful change - the people we support really are at the heart of everything we do.

We want you to grow and develop - so we’ll support you to shape the career that you want to have.

A job with us can be challenging but it also extremely rewarding and filled with meaning.

A job at the Together Trust is more than just a job. Together we’ll change lives.

The Together Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. It is a commitment we expect and require from all our staff and volunteers. All Successful applicants will undertake stringent recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS.

Job advert

Bridge College is the Together Trust’s specialist education college for students aged 16 to 25 years with disabilities, complex needs and autism. Bridge College promotes a multidisciplinary approach to learning and has expertise in supporting students with a wide range of needs.

The post holder will work with young adults with learning difficulties and disabilities to enable them to pursue their ambitions of gaining sustainable employment through our newly emerging Supported Internship programme at Bridge College.

The role will include developing, building, supporting and maintaining relationships with local and regional employers to develop sustainable Supported Internship placements.

The post holder will spend their time between the locations of the college and various work placements.

Bridge College has a large multi-disciplinary team which comprises of teachers, support staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists.It is essential that the post holder works collaboratively with this multi-disciplinary team to ensure the needs of students are addressed and learning is accessible and inclusive.

The post holder will be expected to proactively promote excellent health and safety practices.

The post holder will ensure that they keep up to date with educational related standards and other professional development pertaining to their role.

The post holder will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the student body.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable people is a priority for all employees.

(Full Job Description attached)

About you

The successful candidate must meet the below criteria;

• Level 3 qualification or above in a relevant discipline
• Demonstrate high standards in English, Maths and IT
• Experience of working with and teaching young people with learning difficulties and disabilities
• Experience of risk assessment and task analysis
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team

• Knowledge and understanding of learning programmes
• Knowledge and understanding of ‘Disability Confident’
• Capacity to adapt to changes within role and in character of student cohort
• Positive attitude to trying new approaches
• Ability to meet deadlines, at times under pressure
• A strong commitment to working co-operatively with a multi disciplinary team
• Ability to use IT innovatively in a range of context
• Ability to meet the challenges of working with young people whose needs are complex
• Full commitment to continuous professional development
• Ability to commit to evening meetings, value added recreational and residential activities, parents evenings and open evenings which may be outside normal college hours

Benefits

You'll get to help the people we support celebrate along the road to a brighter future. And, be part of an incredible team of like-minded peers. Together we work hard, laugh a lot, and support each other. We also have a range of rewards and benefits for our staff:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays. Pro rated for part time roles) rising to 27 days after 5 years and 30 days after 10 years.
• A company pension plan with 7% employer contribution

• Opportunity to purchase a health plan to claim towards therapy, dental and more
• Unlimited access to our employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Support from mental health first aiders
• Follow your ambitions and progress your career through on-the-job training, apprenticeships and qualifications

This is a paid, dynamic, one year opportunity to develop coaching and leadership skills whilst bringing about social transformation in the local community as a powerful expression of the Christian life and faith.

We are recruiting for Graduate Coaches to join Spear teams at several locations, and have vacancies from mid-October 2021 at a new Spear centre in Bristol, as well as other centres from January 2022 onwards.

This is an amazing opportunity to join our experienced and passionate team of coaches to deliver the Spear Programme, equipping and empowering unemployed 16 – 24 year olds to overcome challenges to employment and turn their lives around by moving into sustainable work or further education.

What will you do?

- Coach on Spear Foundation

The year-long programme kicks off with Spear Foundation, a 6-week initial phase running 6 times a year at each Centre. We coach young people facing barriers to employment around skills and mindsets to support them in returning to work or education, and equipping them with the skills to stay there. You’ll be given all the training needed to deliver this, preparing and coaching group and 1-1 sessions, and support the daily administrative function of the programme. You’ll also oversee the Spear Celebration Events at the end of each programme, assigning roles, organising volunteers, and planning equipment/resources.

- Spear Career

You’ll meet with trainees 1:1 on a regular basis as part of the ongoing support offered to those who complete Spear Foundation, supporting them to stay in work and progress over the year that follows.

- External Relationship-Building

You’ll purposefully build relationships with relevant professionals at local organisations, and communicate directly with young people, to encourage referrals onto the Spear programme.

- Intentional Church Community

Spear Graduate Coaches are directly employed by the partner church at which their Centre is based, meaning you’re part of a vibrant church staff team and submerged in an exciting faith community, whilst remaining robustly supported by the Resurgo coaching team and expertise. Part of your role is establish a personal presence within the community as your regular place of worship, and build a strong and committed network of supporters in the partner church to help source employment, funding and volunteer opportunities for Spear. You’ll also have the opportunity to work with church staff to engage trainees in the wider church programme, helping them find community and explore life’s big questions.

What will you gain?

- Christian Leadership Skills  through continual feedback, vulnerability, and challenge, and have opportunities to practise these skills in regular staff prayer meetings for both Resurgo and the church, as well as in Spear team meetings and events. 

- Social Impact Awareness – you’ll gain a working understanding of the issues affecting your church’s community, work with the church to tailor Spear accordingly and understand effective and meaningful ways of measuring this impact.

- Excellent coaching capability, through the iLM accredited 5-day ‘Coaching for Leadership’ programme or our extended bespoke version for all Graduate coaches, the 2 week Coaching Academy. You’ll continue to develop your coaching skills while delivering the Spear programme through intensive on-the-job support and weekly 1-1 mentoring.

- Management skills, so that you have the skills and confidence needed to become a Lead Coach within a year, and then a Spear Centre Manager within 3 years, with responsibility for Centre staff, young people and outcomes.

Person Specification

Please see the Team Guide on the 'work with us' page of our website for the kind of person who thrives with us; below are a few things we’re particularly looking for in this role: 

• Effective interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence, a sense of humour and sense of fun!
• Excellent communication skills, confident face to face communication, and a great telephone manner.
• Desire to grow and learn spiritually and as a leader, including a desire to learn and understand coaching technique.
• Ambitious and self-motivated with good time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload, exercise initiative and work well under pressure.
• A-levels or equivalent are essential; degree level or equivalent qualifications desirable.

Working requirements, salary & benefits

• Starting salary £20,500 in London centres, dependent on location and experience, plus pension scheme. An additional bursary of up to £5,000 is available for UK minority ethnic candidates and those who have faced disadvantage, as we work with many young people from UK minority ethnic backgrounds and those who have faced barriers to employment. Further information is available from our People and Culture team.
• One year fixed term contract with potential for renewal and excellent progression opportunities - we aim to give all Graduate coaches the skills and training to progress to the role of Centre Manager at one of our Spear centres within 3 years.
• Full-time Monday to Friday, 9.30am – 5.30pm
• Flexible locations - please specify your preferred Spear centre on your application
• 25 days annual leave.
• Occasional evening working required (for events such as termly Spear Celebration evenings and the annual Resurgo fundraising party).
• Excellent staff development and training opportunities, including accredited coaching and leadership training 
• There may be a requirement to become part of the partner church congregation, and you will be expected to participate in church team events as well as wider Resurgo team events, including weekly staff prayer meetings and annual staff conferences in summer and winter (one residential)
• We offer an Employee Assistance Programme (a confidential support service for staff)
• A DBS check will be requested in the event of a job offer

In 2017 Resurgo won the Princess Royal Training Awards which honours employers that have created outstanding training and skills development programmes.