Reed in Partnership has been delivering public services since 1998. We are a British, family-owned company, whose mission has always been to positively transform people and their communities. This is reflected in our services, which we deliver to help people from all backgrounds and circumstances to change their lives for the better.
Pay Range
£30,000 - £31,500
Working Hours/Pattern:
Full-time, although we would be happy to consider applicants who are looking to work on a part time basis. If you would like to explore this further please discuss this with the talent partner for this role. Please note our ability to accommodate flexible working arrangements will vary from role to role, dependent on business requirements.
Job Description
Are you passionate about helping young people overcome barriers and move into sustainable employment?
Do you have the resilience, coaching skills and drive to succeed in a target-driven environment?
Then consider the role of a Career Coach at Reed in Partnership!
Who we are:
Reed's Employability Division aims to positively transform lives by helping individuals who are unemployed, economically inactive, or facing challenges such as health conditions, disabilities, or caring responsibilities to find sustainable employment. Through a wide range of tailored support services including one-to-one careers guidance, CV writing, interview preparation, and skills training, we have supported over 250,000 people on their journey into work.
Youth Jobs Guarantee is a mandatory programme for 18-21 year olds who have been on Universal Credit for 18 months or more, providing a fully subsidised six month paid job of up to 25 hours per week at minimum wage.
What is the role about?
A Career Coach is responsible for the registration and progression of participants to achieve placements, as well as the generation of leads with regards to sourcing employment opportunities for programme participants. A Career Coach will use a variety of techniques including effective diagnosis, individual and group coaching, maximising on any participant funding available to achieve a fully subsidised six month paid placement, of up to 25 hours. Career Coaches will deliver our services both in fixed Reed in Partnership locations, co-location sites and where appropriate within community venues, to ensure our services are accessible to all.
A Career Coach will work towards strict targets and guidelines in accordance to the programme obligations and Reed in Partnership process. This is not an exhaustive list and a Career Coach will be expected to carry out any other duties as may be specified by their manager from time to time. This profile is non-contractual.
Just some of your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
Builds and maintains relationships with the Job Centre Plus and other relevant partners through regular telephone contact, visits and newsletters as appropriate to ensure participants are aware of our services and to allay any concerns they may have with accessing or utilising our services.
Conduct introductory calls to sell the benefits of our programmes and service offering, tailoring as appropriate to needs of the individual concerned e.g. address accessibility barriers, identifying best location of initial assessment, making them aware they can bring a friend/Support Worker etc
Ensure Initial Assessments focus on getting to know the participant, understanding their motivation for joining the programme (if voluntary participation) and exploration of their aspirations and needs.
Develops and manages participants job goals using creative techniques and deep level questioning as necessary for the participants needs, to assist with diagnosis and progression
Motivates, encourages and empowers participants, identifying barriers, realistic job goals and social training needs, referring as appropriate to internal employability skills, mind set and employer/sector focussed training courses, Health & Wellbeing advisory services…