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Senior Skills Coach

On-site in the UK·Full-time·Added today (last checked 9 Nov)

Royal Mencap Society

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Our summary

Salary: £34,287 a year
About £2,350 a month after tax.
Work mode: On-site, the UK
Contract: Permanent, full-time hours
Closing date: Apply by Wednesday 18 November
Holiday: 32 days holiday inc. bank holidays

Skills

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

£34,287 per annum

Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package offers 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings. For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!

The role

Do you have experience of working with people with a learning disability? Are you passionate about working for an organisation that drives change? Then we may have the role for you within our Supported Internship team.

An exciting opportunity for a passionate and self-motivated Senior Skills Coach to join our Supported Internship programme team in Birmingham on a full time (37.5 hour per week) basis.

As a Senior Skills Coach, your role is central to the delivery of our Mencap Training Academy You will lead a team of Skills Coaches to support learners with SEN to complete all elements of the programme in line with requirements by providing tailored support.

What you'll do

Line manage and coach a team to support learners to progress towards paid employment.
Plan Skills Coach in work support hours to meet agreed targets to receive Access to Work funding.
Support and ensure the team build and maintain good relationships with parents, carers, learner support networks and employers.
Ensure accurate and up to date record keeping and reporting.
Conduct quality assurance activity to drive constant improvement.
Work closely with the wider team to ensure the needs of the learner are being met.

Do you have the key skills and requirements to be a Skills Coach? (essential):

Experience of supporting people
Experience of delivering against targets
Experience of risk management
Knowledge of sector
Knowledge of safe working practices
A-C/9-4 English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent)

*This is not an exhaustive list of the role and its requirements, please look at the full job description for further information.

All candidates offered an interview for this role will need to provide evidence of their GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent) at interview stage. Please have your certificates ready to be emailed across if you are contacted for an interview.

This vacancy closes on Wednesday 18th November, with interviews to be held soon after.

At Mencap our approach to AI is to 'support, not replace' our work. Please write your application in the same spirit. You're welcome to use AI to support you to write your application but we want to hear your voice as much as we can. Taking the time to create a thoughtful and personalised application will help the hiring manager fully appreciate your unique strengths and experience.

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About Royal Mencap Society

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In their own words

About the company & team

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live their lives to the full. We campaign for a fairer society. We work with families and partners to build inclusive communities. And we deliver the services people need to live their lives.

Everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.
Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes.
Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.

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