Our Supported Learning Department is looking to recruit a term time only Job Coach to work with both individuals and small groups of learners to support and facilitate student’s learning, success and progress at work. The learners that you will be working with may have mild or complex learning difficulties or disabilities, autism, health/medical or other support needs. The role also includes engaging with and supporting employers to source and set up new placements and ensure that appropriate health and safety, safeguarding and monitoring processes are in place.

In this extremely rewarding role, you will provide high quality and appropriately targeted support to enable learners to successfully engage with work placements, carry out tasks at work and develop their independence and ability to progress to work in future. To help you achieve this, you will be working as part of a hardworking, passionate and supportive team that is committed to providing the best for our learners to enable them to achieve their potential.

The successful candidate will have sound literacy and numeracy skills (Level 2 achievement/ability in English and Math’s), competent IT skills and be willing to undertake regular CPD. Experience of working with and supporting special needs learners, a proven ability of building good relationships, professionalism, excellent communication skills and the ability to take the initiative are essential.

All roles are term time only, which means you will work for 38 weeks in the year. We are happy to receive both part-time and full-time applications but due to the nature of the role can only accept applications for a minimum of three days a week. These roles are currently based at our Lewisham Way Campus but involve travelling around London.

Lewisham College is a large further education college in London and we’re proud of our reputation for producing knowledgeable, successful students with great employment potential. We offer an exciting range of work-focused courses, and provide a friendly, supportive learning environment where talent is nurtured.

We have achieved excellent results in recent years, but we know that we can only continue our success, and grow, by recruiting and retaining the best possible talent. We set out to employ staff with a genuine passion for further education and a commitment to ensuring all students achieve their potential, whatever barriers they need to overcome. Our people make a real difference not only to the lives of students, but also to local employers and the wider Lewisham community.

Every colleague has a valuable and important part to play here at Lewisham College and all of our employees are well-supported. We offer a wide range of staff development programmes, benefits and support all designed to enable our people to continually improve and reward them for their hard work and dedication. If you have a passion for education and its power to improve lives, and want to inspire young people and adults, we’d love to welcome you to our team.

Lewisham College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment.

At Lewisham College, our values are not just about what we do, but also about how we do things.

Our values underpin the culture and beliefs of our organisation, we expect all our staff to demonstrate behaviours in line with our core values.

1. Being both inclusive and diverse

2. Trusting and respecting our communities

3. Taking ownership whilst working collaboratively

4. Inspiring excellence and curiosity.

As part of the NCG Group, Lewisham College offers an excellent benefits package, including generous holiday entitlement, access to the Teachers’ pension scheme (for teaching posts) or Local Government pension scheme (non-teaching posts), company sick pay, a cycle to work scheme and much more.

NCG seeks to promote and maintain an equal, diverse, inclusive and supportive environment for work and study that assists all members of our communities to reach their full potential. We are committed to achieving a truly representative workforce and therefore welcome applications from across the national and regional communities that we work with and serve.

To view Job Description, Person Specification and NCG Values Pack please click the document attachment at the bottom of this advert. No agency applications will be accepted.

NCG reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

Telephone: 07810 631364

Email: NCGRecruitment@ncgrp.co.uk