Employment Coach

Ashberry Recruitment are looking for an Employment Coach on a fixed term basis to provide information, support and coaching to enable customers to progress into education, training and employment.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• To provide information and intensive support and coaching to customers on employment and training issues, utilising an individually tailored approach in order to achieve progression
• To identify suitable training, employment and education opportunities, ensuring that customers can access these effectively
• To work with a variety of local agencies including Lancaster City Council
• To create individual action plans to support with customers progression into work education or training; reviewing these within appropriate timescales
• To maintain records of clients, contacts and action taken & record information in the required format on the VIEWS database
• To organise work experience placements where appropriate in accordance with their needs, providing support throughout
• Transitional support and guidance once clients are employed or in training.
• To develop links with local employers/ training agencies
• To collect monitoring information to help evaluate the success of the project, and to produce reports and information as required for management, trustees and funders
• To ensure that people are protected through knowledge of adult and child safeguarding procedures
• To offer a non-discriminatory service and work within an equal opportunity’s framework
• To work within with Key’s policies and procedures including data protection and health and safety
• To participate fully in supervision meetings and the annual appraisal process and undertake any training deemed necessary for the role
• To regularly attend staff meetings
• To have access to a car and be prepared to use it for work in all parts of Lancaster and surrounding areas

Essential Experience:

• 1:1 Support
• Education/Employment focussed work
• Effective partnership working
• Equality and diversity
• Knowledge of issues affecting vulnerable customers
• Knowledge of local training and education/work opportunities
• Ability to liaise and network effectively
• Driving Licence