Job Coach

Job title: Job Coach

Salary: Up to £25,250 depending on experience

Hours: 37hrs per week

Contract type:  Full-time, Permanent

Site: Nelson & Colne College

Closing date: 5th September

Interview date: TBC

‘Would you like to be part of a team that aims to create the extraordinary?’

Our Organisation 

Nelson and Colne College Group is made up of a family of colleges – Nelson & Colne College, Lancashire Adult Learning and Accrington & Rossendale College. Our College Group is now the only Further Education college in Lancashire to be graded as ‘Outstanding’ under the new Ofsted inspection framework.

Together the Group forms a Sixth Form, Skills and Technology Centre, University Centre, Employer Training and Adult Learning Provider delivering exceptional teaching and learning to all ages and at all levels. 

Nelson and Colne College has a national reputation for educational success that generations of families have benefited from. We pride ourselves on our individual approach to learning, where students receive outstanding teaching and support, extensive extracurricular opportunities and fantastic facilities.

The Exciting Role 

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Job Coach to work within our SEND provision, supporting learners with special educational needs and/or disabilities and Supported Interns to develop the work skills necessary to obtain employment and become independent.

We have partnered with Project SEARCH, Asda and Lancashire County Council to offer a new Supported Internship programme at the Asda Colne store. The successful candidate will be primarily based at Asda in Colne for the 2024-25 academic year. However, there will also be a requirement to travel across sites and to a variety of businesses within East Lancashire as needed.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Supporting high needs learners both within college and in a variety of workplaces by enabling them to develop the independence required to plan for, practice and develop the employability skills, behaviours and attitudes required to succeed.
• Along with the Supported Internship Trainer, acting as the main point of contact and maintain positive relationships with high needs students, their families, staff and employers to ensure appropriate work placements opportunities are identified and undertaken, responding to queries and concerns as they arise.
• Ensuring the individual needs of learners are considered and plans of support are implemented to minimise barriers in relation to accessing and undertaking work placements.
• Providing support and guidance to employers with regards to the workplace reasonable adjustments that are required to support high needs students such as adaptations to recruitment processes e.g. working interviews.
• Using systematic instruction techniques to support learners / interns to learn practical work skills needed to perform specified job roles.

What We Are Looking For:

• 4 GCSEs or equivalent including Maths and English at Grade C/4 or above
• Full Level 3 or Degree Level Qualification
• Driver’s Licence & access to your own vehicle
• Experience working with young people who have learning difficulties and/or disabilities
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with a wide range of people
• Ability to work with organisational and contractual targets ensuring the needs of learners are met
• Ability to work on a 1:1 basis with learners
• Experience of writing professional reports and completing skills assessments

What We Offer in Return:

• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing to a maximum of 28 days (with service), plus Bank Holidays and closure days – totalling 41 days per year
• Access to a workplace pension scheme – with employer contributions of 5% 
• Enhanced occupational sick pay scheme and access to family friendly policies and benefits
• ​A range of health and wellbeing benefits and support
• Staff recognition scheme, including long service awards
• Free on-site parking on all College sites

Please visit our ‘working for us’ section of our website for a full list of our benefits https://careers.nelson.ac.uk/working-for-us/benefits/

How to Apply:

Still Interested?

If you're interested in this post and would like to know more, then please visit our website and complete an application form. 

Website: https://careers.nelson.ac.uk/

Further questions: please contact our friendly HR Team h.resources@nelsongroup.ac.uk

*Please note we only accept applications submitted via our website*

Please note: All of our posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check due to working with vulnerable adults and children. Should you wish to discuss this further, please get in touch with the HR team.