In Work Employment Coach - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Autism Plus

Autism Plus

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Salary:
£23,000 Per Annum

Contract:
Full-time, 37.5 Hours per week

Hours:
Monday to Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Desirable:
Full Driving Licence and access to a vehicle

The Team

As a member of the Specialist Employment Team, you will improve life opportunities for individuals with neurodiverse conditions, supporting individuals who are in paid employment to overcome workplace barriers and sustain employment long term.

You will predominately be supporting individuals already in paid employment that require support to sustain employment long term.

You will work from our offices, as well as travel to meet individuals in their workplaces, you will also provide support to individuals across the UK via video call.

The role will involve

Developing individual workplace development plans, identifying barriers, assisting with overcoming these barriers, and utilising knowledge of local resources and networks to provide appropriate support.

You will be working with the employer and Hr teams to create supportive workplaces ongoing.

Enabling individuals to grow in confidence, ability, and personal effectiveness, you will deliver a range of interventions to support progression in the following areas:

Selforganisation, motivation, and coping abilities.
Employability skills and workplace strategies
Increasing confidence and communication skills with the aim of supporting progression.
Coaching and mentoring to support sustainable employment

This would be achieved through person-centred support, practical assistance, teaching, advice, role modelling, encouragement, and positive feedback.

You will be involved in facilitating awareness for employers, one to one support to individuals as well as supporting employers to build awareness ongoing to individual needs.

You will succeed because

You are experienced in supporting individuals with additional needs e.g., autism, mental health, and Learning Disabilities, ideally in a similar role. You're proactive, selfmotivated, and resilient.
You have excellent interpersonal skills and are experienced in communicating outcomes.
You are skilled in working with people at all levels, including individuals, professionals, and parents/carers.
You will support individuals in the workplace as a job coach where necessary, provide advocacy, and work effectively with employers.

You will love it because

You seek a varied role which enables you to promote independence and make a difference to people's lives.
You're keen to develop your career, Autism Plus will pay for membership to the Institute of Employability Professionals for all employability team members on successful completion of probation.
You will have the opportunity for progression through training, gaining relevant qualifications, and ongoing support from your Line Manager with a dedicated budget for each team member annually for personal development.
We provide parking passes for team members as a staff benefit whilst working at the office
You will be involved in developing new projects, generating ideas, and delivering elements of projects once funding is secured.
All employment team members have 25 days annual leave per year.

Disabilities

As a disability confident employer, all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for this position are offered an interview.

If this is something that interests you, and you feel you could make a real difference, we would love to hear from you

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent

Salary:
£23,000.00 per year

Schedule: