Job Coach Team Lead - Supported Internships (Part Time, Reduced Year), Keighley

Keighley College are seeking a Job Coach Team Lead to join our Supported Internships department. As Job Coach Team Lead, you will lead and inspire a dedicated team to empower learners with disabilities to develop the confidence, skills and experience needed to secure meaningful paid employment. By building strong partnerships with employers, supporting colleagues, and working collaboratively with students, families and external agencies, you will play a pivotal role in creating inclusive opportunities that transform lives. This is a rewarding leadership role where your passion for developing people, driving high-quality support and championing equality will have a lasting impact on students' futures. Please note, this is a part-time, reduced year role. You will work 30 hours per week, 36 weeks per year. The pro rata'd salary is 20,560 with progression to 21,796.

What You Will Do

• Lead and support a team of Job Coaches.
• Develop learners' employability skills and confidence.
• Build strong partnerships with employers and external agencies.
• Secure and support paid employment opportunities.
• Monitor learner progress and ensure quality standards.
• Support job matching, workplace transitions and reviews.
• Oversee funding, compliance and safeguarding.
• Promote inclusive employment and celebrate student success.

About You

• Experience leading and developing a team.
• Knowledge of supporting learners with SEND.
• Understanding of disability rights and equality legislation.
• Experience working with young people and employers.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to coach, motivate and influence others.
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of education, employment and supported internship programmes.
• Commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and professional standards.
• Proactive, collaborative and passionate about improving outcomes for learners.

Benefits

• Annual leave: Curriculum and Management: 44 days plus bank holidays; Curriculum support and business support: 39 days plus bank holidays.
• Pension schemes with generous employer contributions: Teachers Pension Scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, Peoples Pension Scheme.
• CPD opportunities: Annual staff conference plus 2 additional staff development days.
• Qualifications including PGCE, Apprenticeships, Leadership and Management courses.
• Employee wellbeing initiatives: Family Friendly Policies, discounted onsite spa (Printworks) and gym (Park Lane).
• Travel and commuting: Discounted travel available through Metro card, Northern Rail, First Bus, Arriva Bus and Cycle to work schemes.
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities: Please speak to the recruiting manager regarding flexible opportunities as these differ between roles.

About Us

Keighley College has excellent modern facilities and provides a professional and friendly environment. We pride ourselves on working closely with employers, the local community and other stakeholders to provide curriculum and support that meets the needs of our students. Our core purpose is to improve the life chances of our learners. We are passionate about helping our students to achieve their goals. We have state-of-the-art facilities in a central location, close to public transport links and great industry connections. Choosing to work for Keighley College means that you will be part of an enterprising, inclusive, inspiring, collaborative, empowering, and dynamic environment. We hope that we will be part of the next step in your career and look forward to welcoming you to Keighley College.

SAFEGUARDING

At Luminate Education Group we are committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students including children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow the Safer Recruitment requirements and best practice as set out within Keeping Children Safe in Education statutory guidance. All successful applicants will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS check, online checks and must have two satisfactory references. Please be aware that it is a criminal offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity in connection to children.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

We recognise, value and champion diversity & Inclusion. As we engage with a diverse student population we want to ensure we reflect that in our staff population too. For us diversity is about building happy teams, full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other, by our different experiences and backgrounds. It is important to us that both staff and students achieve their full potential. Diversity is important to us, but inclusion is equally, if not more important. It's not just about having the representation but also providing the people we recruit with opportunities and valuing everyone's contributions and perspectives.

RECRUITMENT AGENCIES

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not forward any unsolicited CVs in relation to any of our advertised roles or speculatively. If we require support with any of our vacancies we will get in touch with agencies directly. We do not recognise submissions of unsolicited or speculative CV applications from recruitment agencies. We shall not be liable for any fee/commission in the event we employ a candidate that may have been submitted as an unsolicited/speculative application from an uninstructed recruitment agency.