Supported Employment Coach

Join Our Team as a Supported Employment Coach

We have an exciting opportunity for a Supported Employment Coach to join our Ready, Willing & Able Supported Employment team to work with people in our SeeAbility homes to secure and sustain employment.

Established in 2021, Ready, Willing and Able is looking to expand. This role is an exciting opportunity to spearhead our presence in Oxfordshire for the first time.

Do you have a passion for inclusion and share our belief that with the right support everyone can fulfil their ambitions? If you do, working as a coach on Ready, Willing and Able, SeeAbility’s Supported Employment Programme, is a fantastic opportunity to enable inclusion to become a reality for everyone.

As a Supported Employment Coach, you will be identifying and delivering tailored support to people with learning disabilities and autism enabling them to achieve their career ambitions.

We are looking for someone who shares our values and is passionate about inclusion in the workplace. That person will share our belief that paid work is positive and possible for everyone and will have a record of accomplishment in supporting people with learning disabilities and autism to achieve their goals. Ideally but not essential you will have successfully worked on supported employment programmes implementing the recognised five stage model for Supported Employment.

The role is Home-based with the expectation of travelling to meetings, appointments, and events across Oxfordshire.

SeeAbility provides extraordinary support and champions better eye care for people with learning disabilities and autism, many of whom have sight loss. We encourage people with disabilities to challenge what they expect from life and we support people to achieve exciting new things every day.

In 2020, SeeAbility launched our first supported employment programme Ready, Willing & Able (RWA). Our mission is to enable people with learning disabilities and autism to secure and retain paid employment that fulfils their career ambitions.

The RWA team are creative, we think outside the box and push boundaries. We strive to break down barriers within the world of employment. We have high expectations for the people we coach and high expectations of ourselves.

To find out more about the role please read “Life as a Supported Employment Coach” https://www.seeability.org/news/life-supported-employment-coach

As inclusion is at the heart of the work that we do, we will accept alternative applications and are more than willing to make reasonable adjustments throughout the application and recruitment process. If you would like to have an informal chat about the role please get in touch with the coach team, Harley H.Teagle@seeability.org or Rhian R.Airey@seeability.org or you can call 07711317225.

If you would require support throughout the application process, require reasonable adjustments, or would like to apply for the role using alternative methods or to have an informal chat about the role please feel free to get in touch with someone from the RWA team. rwa@seeability.org.

Your development and appreciation:

1. Fully paid essential training inc. Care Certificate
2. Funded professional qualifications – QCF levels 2-6 available (valued at £3,000+)
3. Annual excellence awards
4. Long service awards every 5 years and recognition
5. Development Discussions: Opportunity to discuss your progress and your future
6. Leadership development academy for the next steps in your career

Your work-life balance:

1. 33 days holiday (incl. bank holidays), increasing to 36 days with long service (1 extra day for each year of service)
2. Life events: Time off when you need it most
3. 2 weeks Organisational Sick Pay after 6 months service, increasing to 12 weeks over your first 3 years
4. Enhanced Family-Friendly Pay
5. Paid Fertility Leave
6. Carers Leave available
7. Flexible Working: We are up for anything that works for your team and the wider organisation

Your money goes further:

1. £500 monthly bonus scheme for two lucky colleagues
2. Enhanced overtime rates for working bank holidays and weekends
3. Eligible for Blue Light Card discounts
4. Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants and activities
5. Access to Tickets for Good
6. Pay reviews and commitment to pay competitive rates
7. Employer contributory pension scheme: Support and tools to help you make the right decisions about your future
8. Refer a friend and receive £600
9. Paid DBS and renewals
10. Season ticket loans

Your wellbeing counts:

1. Cycle to Work scheme
2. Life assurance of 2x annual salary
3. Free 24/7 employee assistance programme for advice and support
4. Free eye test
5. Discounted Gym Membership
6. Dedicated in house Wellbeing Coach for your team