Pathway 4 Work Coach

Description

The post provides an exciting and challenging opportunity for a pro-active and innovative person to play a major role in the day to day development of Pathway 4 provision in Coleg Sir Gar through supporting and development of interns to meet the needs of our local employers.

All activities linked to this role will involve extensive collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders. The nature of the services involved are likely to change over time reflecting the diverse needs of learners and new opportunities as they arise. The post holder will be required to work with the wider ILS team and will be a key player in the development and implementation of Pathway 4 provision at Coleg Sir Gar.

The post will be based at the Ammanford Campus, but will involve travel to work alongside interns in their daily work.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with interns utilising specialist assessment methods, identify work related goals, job preferences, barriers to employment and support needs
• Develop learners in pre-employment related activities
• To support individual learner targets within a non-accredited curriculum, including accredited elements if this supports learner progression
• To assist with the identification of job opportunities for interns
• Liaise with employers and negotiate sustainable, work trials, placements or volunteering opportunities
• Monitor and record learner progress against targets and add further responsibilities or tasks into the daily/weekly routine of the intern to enhance learning and self development
• To create a needs analysis for the interns to be prepared for placement
• To mentor interns by regularly liaising with the employer
• To facilitate family involvement through emails, by phone and face to face
• To assist interns with planning travel arrangements to work
• To complete necessary Risk Assessments paperwork
• To complete the relevant training and processes involved with intern placements
• To ensure interns complete all relevant training and processes relevant to their placements
• To ensure that interns are supported at all times on their work placement
• Promote to employers the benefits of recruiting a diverse workforce. Ensure individual learner details are kept up-to-date and maintain records of learner progress, In accordance with the college GDPR policy

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential

• Supported employment practitioners qualification or equivalent
• GCSE English or O Level Minimum Grade C or equivalent
• GCSE Mathematics or O Level Minimum Grade C or equivalent
• Relevant experience of working with young people
• Understanding of issues for learners with ALN
• Experience of working in partnership with external agencies
• Work effectively with learners with ALN
• Good communicator with diplomacy and tact
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Ability to work harmoniously with colleagues
• Good presentational skills
• Competence in the use of a range of IT systems and packages
• Ability to display confidence and establish positive relationships
• Ability to travel as required in role

Desirable

• Experience of tracking and monitoring
• Experience of pastoral care of learners

Welsh Language Requirements:

• Welsh Oracy (Listening/Speaking) - Level 0/1 Desirable
• Welsh Literacy (Writing/Reading) - Level 0/1 Desirable

(See detailed language descriptions attached)

Persons are welcome to apply for posts in Welsh and applications made in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

Job Benefits

• You will receive 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays and five closure days which totals at 41 days holiday per year. You also receive an additional 4 days after 5 years service.
• Extremely generous pension scheme with employer contributions of 20%.
• Award-winning professional learning and development programme.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free on-site car parking
• Online and instore retail discounts

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
At Coleg Sir Gar & Coleg Ceredigion, we inspire learners to fulfil potential and achieve excellence. To do this, we need the best employees to continue our culture of respect, unity and professionalism. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and therefore welcome applications from all backgrounds and areas of the community to the college.

Visit our dedicated page to find out more.

Disability Confident
Coleg Sir Gar and Coleg Ceredigion are proud to be a disability confident employer. As a result, we ensure our recruitment process is fully inclusive and accessible to all, communicate and promote all opportunities, anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments, support existing employees who acquire a disability or long term health condition to stay in work, and offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Coleg Sir Gâr was created in 1985 and became a corporate institution in 1993. In 2013 it became Coleg Sir Gar Ltd, a company within the University of Wales: Trinity Saint David Group, and part of a regional Dual Sector University. The College has an annual turnover of over £35m and employs around 800 staff.

Coleg Ceredigion was created in 1985 and became a corporate institution in 1993. The college merged with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David as a subsidiary company in 2014. The college has an annual turnover of £6m and employs around 180 staff.

The College is based in South West Wales and has seven main campuses at Llanelli (Graig), Carmarthen (Pibwrlwyd and Jobs Well), Ammanford, Llandeilo (Gelli Aur), Aberystwyth and Cardigan. The College is also home to Carmarthen School of Art which has its origins dating back to 1854.

Inspiring Learners
Fulfilling Potential
Achieving Excellence