Role Description
Join Our Team as a Supported Employment Coach
Location:Oxfordshire – Bicester and Banbury initially but likely to expand to the wider Oxfordshire region (Home-based with the expectation of travelling to meetings, appointments and events across Oxfordshire)
Salary:
£26,000 pro rata per annum plus benefits
-33 days annual holiday (incl. bank holidays)

Hours:Part-time over 4 days a week (21 hours per week)
Contract:Ongoing

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 grow. This role is an exciting opportunity to spearhead our presence in Oxfordshire for the first time.

About you:
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.
About Us:
SeeAbility provides extraordinary support and champion’s 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.
About the role:
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 or Rhian 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 please get in touch with someone from the RWA team. .

Our Benefits
Why work for us?
Your development and appreciation

Fully paid essential training inc. Care Certificate

Funded professional qualifications –QCF levels 2-6 available (valued at £3,000+)

Annual excellence awards

Long service awards every 5 years and recognition

Development Discussions: Opportunity to discuss your progress and your future

Leadership development academy for the next steps in your career

Your work-life balance

33 days holiday (incl. bank holidays), increasing to 36 days with long service (1 extra day for each year of service)

Life events: Time off when you need it most

2 weeks Organisational Sick Pay after 6 months service, increasing to 12 weeks over your first 3 years

Enhanced Family-Friendly Pay

Paid Fertility Leave

Carers Leave available

Flexible Working: We are up for anything that works for your team and the wider organisation

Your money goes further

£500 monthly bonus scheme for two lucky colleagues

Enhanced overtime rates for working bank holidays and weekends

Eligible for Blue Light Card discounts

Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants and activities

Access to Tickets for Good

Pay reviews and commitment to pay competitive rates

Employer contributory pension scheme: Support and tools to help you make the right decisions about your future

Refer a friend and receive £600

Paid DBS and renewals

Season ticket loans

Your wellbeing counts

Cycle to Work scheme

Life assurance of 2x annual salary

Free 24/7 employee assistance programme for advice and support

Free eye test

Discounted Gym Membership

Dedicated in house Wellbeing Coach for your team

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