Employability Coach - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Supporting Futures Consulting Ltd

Supporting Futures Consulting Ltd

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Role:
Employment Coach

Based:
Birmingham

Salary:
£23,000

Start Date:

ASAP

Duration:2 year Fixed Term Contract

Hours:
Mon - Fri 9.30am-5pm (1 hour break for lunch)

Our client, an established domestic violence charity is looking to recruit an Employment Coach to support women who have experienced domestic abuse and are at risk of offending, to gain employment skills and work experience

Synopsis of Duties:

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 10week 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.

Essential Requirements:

Proven experience as job coach
Experience in working with vulnerable people
Experience in developing employment plans
Working knowledge of MS Office.
Enhanced Child and Adult workforce DBS on the update service

Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.

Job Types:
Full-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 24 months

Salary:
£23,000
.00 per year

Schedule: