Employment and Skills Coach - Berkshire, United Kingdom - Sovereign Housing

Sovereign Housing

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Berkshire, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

As a leading Housing Association, we are committed to providing quality, affordable homes and services within sustainable, successful communities.

We're led by our values and driven by a strong social purpose, placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a forward thinking
Employment and Skills Coach to join our team in Berkshire. You'll combine office and home working with travel as required.

What you'll be doing:

This is an incredibly rewarding role in which you'll coach residents to achieve their work aspirations, either gaining qualifications, returning to or finding better work.

It's a real opportunity to help residents to maintain their tenancies, maximise their opportunities and improve their quality of life as well as support the development of our employment and skills service in the community.

Responsibilities include:

Providing information, advice and guidance services to a caseload of identified or referred residents, supporting them to access employability provision, training, workplacements, sustainable work and better work opportunities
Developing a service offer and effective network of support agencies and providers who will contribute to and support the delivery of the Thriving Communities strategy, creating positive opportunities for progression of our residents
Implementing a blended approach of advice and guidance by utilising a combination of digital, phone and direct delivery to maximise engagement, support and progression to residents
Developing personalised needsled action plans in partnership with residents that outlines personal needs and goals, enabling them to develop the skills they need to seek, secure and sustain employment
Effectively utilising internal and external commissioning and partnership opportunities to maximise the support available to residents, including our internal grants and digital learning offers

What we need from you
You should have demonstrable experience from a similar role with good knowledge of the local labour market.

We're looking for someone who:

Has the skills and passion to work with customers in a solutions focused way and creating and supporting the delivery of action plans that create positive and sustainable change
Collaborates effectively and can quickly build positive relationships with residents as well as the job centre and other local employment support networks
Enjoys understanding residents needs and hopes for the future, helping to extend their thinking about what they can do to sustain their tenancy through employment while achieving their work goals
Has a flexible and positive attitude with the ability to selfmanage, prioritising and managing multiple caseloads
Brings experience in mentoring and coaching people to realise and achieve their potential

What you can expect from us:

£450 yearly flexible benefit pot to use against benefits of your choice
25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and life cover
Flexible working

It's an exciting time to be joining Sovereign so if you're looking for your next opportunity and working somewhere that makes a real difference to the Community is important to you, then we'd love to hear from you