Job Description

Role Description

Join Our Team as a Supported Employment Coach

Location:London (Home-based with the expectation of travelling to meetings, appointments, and events across London)

Salary:From £29,000 to £33,000 per annum based on experience plus benefits 

33 days annual holiday (incl. bank holidays)

TfL Travel Card Zones 1-6

Hours:Full Time (37.5 hours)

Contract:Fixed Term 12 Month Contract with the ambition of extending to permanent

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.  You will be working in partnership with employers, the DWP, local authorities and other referral partners in the Central London Area to make worthwhile paid employment a reality for everyone.

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 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 Central London and London Boroughs (Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Tower Hamlets, City, Westminster, Camden, Islington)

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” (url removed) 

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 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. (url removed) or you can call (phone number removed).

Please see an easy read job description here:

Easy read JD RWA - Employment Coach Easy Read.pdf

Full job description Employment Coach JD London 2024.docx

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 

28 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