Work Coach in Oakham, Rutland

Based on-site at HMP Stocken, as a Work Coach you will be working with small groups of prison-based learners to develop their skills, knowledge and behaviours while supporting them with their long-term goals and aspirations. Our Trainers ensure that the appropriate training plans are in place and that the advice and guidance is given when required while ensuring they deliver the highest level of quality courses that engage with the learners and help them to reach their potential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify skills and goals to help individuals understand their strengths and set realistic career goals.
• Find opportunities to help assist individuals with job searches, review job vacancies, and connect them with potential employers and training courses.
• Develop job searching skills by providing guidance on writing effective CVs and completing job applications.
• Address challenges by offering support with difficult or challenging times in their lives and discuss any necessary adjustments for health conditions.
• Connect with resources to help individuals understand financial implications of a job and provide information on relevant benefits and training.

What we are looking for:

• Ideally an expert in your field with substantial vocational experience.
• Experience of delivering vocational based training.
• Ability to display a wide range of training methods to engage learners.
• If you don’t currently hold a teaching or assessing qualification, we are able to support you through the appropriate qualifications and assessments, as part of your probationary period.

For full details of the role and the person specification please review the job description or if you would like to speak to the recruitment team before you apply, please email any questions and one of the team will come back to you. If you wish to apply, please ensure this is done via the apply now button. Applications cannot be accepted via email.

Here at People Plus, we make a positive difference to people’s lives every single day. We use our experience to support hundreds of thousands of people each year. Our committed teams work across Britain to deliver a range of public services, including employment support, skills training, prison education, starting a business, and support to help employers grow.

To put it simply, we:

• Support people to find and keep jobs.
• Help people to set up their own businesses.
• Deliver skills training to further people’s careers.
• Work with employers to build a skilled and happy workforce.
• Rehabilitate people with convictions.
• Tackle the root causes of offending.
• Support carers.

We are extremely proud to be a Gold accredited Investors in People organisation. This demonstrates our commitment to creating the very best environment and culture for our colleagues to succeed and thrive. We are committed to transforming the lives of people with convictions through our work in prisons. Our services have been designed to tackle the underlying causes of offending behaviour so people can make positive changes to their lives.

With more than 500 people working to support people with convictions in custody and in the community, we bring passion, experience and innovation to public sector rehabilitation services. We also work with specialist partner organisations to help people move away from their past and look forward to a brighter future.

All of our services are designed in partnership with the people we are trying to help and away from our direct work with people serving their sentences, we are working hard to change attitudes towards people who can often be tarnished unfairly following criminal convictions. Our Social Recruitment Framework brings together organisations to tackle any pre-conceived ideas about hiring people who have previously been involved in crime. We also work with employers on the Ban the Box initiative to support fair and equal recruitment processes and have engaged industry to influence our employer-led curriculum delivered to our learners.