Supported Internship Job Coach

Job title and organisation: Supported Internship, Job Coach - Lighthouse Futures Trust
Salary: £27,770
Hours: 37.5
Contract: Permanent
Location: Carlton House, Alma Road, Headingley
Closing Date and Time: Sunday 1st November 2026

About this Role

Lighthouse Futures Trust is an SPI (Specialist Post-16 Institution) and a registered charity that was established in 2018. Our focus is on supporting young adults, aged 16- 25, to gain the social and employability skills they need to find and sustain paid employment. Our purpose is to prepare them to be independent in life and develop skills that enable them to enter the world of work. We do this by offering bespoke pathways that empower them to build confidence, skills and knowledge – and ultimately, to thrive.

Our principle programmes are:

• Pre-internship: this lasts for 1 to 2 years and is primarily based on our college site but includes regular trips and business visits.
• Supported internship: this lasts for 10 months and includes 3 to 4 days a week on site with a major local employer
• Branching Out: this is a practical programme that lasts for 10 months which focuses on gardening/landscaping and other hands on roles.

About this Role

As a Job Coach you will develop positive relationships with students, ensuring the programme helps to foster self-confidence, alongside social and employability skills, tailored to meet individual needs ensuring interns make successful transitions into paid employment. You will maintain positive relationships with employers onsite and create strong partnerships. You will play a crucial role in ensuring high-quality service delivery, building strong relationships with employers and external agencies, and ultimately, empowering your interns to achieve their career goals.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The Job Coach will support all aspects of the learner’s journey on a Supported internship including preparing and working with employers, liaising with parents and carers where appropriate and supporting the young person through each stage of the programme.
• Plan and deliver high quality innovative and engaging sessions and Employability workshops to ensure the interns wider understanding of the work of work is embedded throughout and cover other sessions as required.
• Ensure interns gain confidence, feels valued and builds self-esteem as well as developing work-based skills.
• Collaborate with SENCO and wider colleagues to set, monitor, review and record progress at all times for each intern against personal, EHCP and work-based targets on LFT based systems as required.
• Develop wider independence skills for the interns to ensure they can lead fulfilled lives e.g. travel training, banking and finance, social events and social groups, health and well-being and self-advocacy.
• Provide and coordinate support in the workplace to enable them to be successful in their individual roles including responsibility of planning and delivering inspiration days and induction activities.
• Develop positive relationships with employers including work buddies and support them to work successfully with each intern and help them build confidence in their daily interactions with interns.
• Ensure each intern has highest chance of employment through liaison with the host employer and other employers to secure paid work for each intern.
• Ensure students are safe at all times through appropriate risk assessments and following safeguarding procedures and policies at all times.
• Deliver all the above to the highest standards at all times and have regard to the SI SIQAF which will be used to measure quality.
• Liaise with external agencies and partners as appropriate and in a professional manner.
• Professionally represent LFT at events, conferences, exhibitions and meetings to contribute to the ongoing positive reputation of the college
• Always have very high regard for the interns, seeing their strengths and talents and be ambitious for their futures.
• Complete relevant paperwork to ensure the students placement runs as effectively and efficiently as possible throughout their internship e.g. risk assessments, IPRA, PEEPs, support plans, employer induction/on boarding paperwork.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with employers, external agencies and colleagues
• Represent Supported Internships at events and meetings when required and promote within your allocated employer site.

Please follow the link for more information and how to apply:

Supported Intern Job Coach at Lighthouse Futures Trust, Leeds, West Yorkshire | MyNewTerm

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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