Job Coach/Lead Learning Mentor – Pathway+

Job Coach/Lead Learning Mentor – Pathway+

• £16 per hour
• Term time only (39 weeks per year)
• 35 hours per week
• £24,024 per annum, including 19.5 days paid holiday (FTE £29,120)
• Opportunity to work additional weeks as provision grows

About Network Learning Pathways

Network Learning Pathways is a specialist transition service providing bespoke pathways for young people with additional needs and barriers to learning.

We support learners to achieve positive outcomes through personalised programmes that enable successful transitions back into mainstream education, specialist education, Preparation for Adulthood, EOTAS, and education, employment or training.

Our Pathway+ Programme is our enhanced progression programme for young people who are NEET, or at risk of becoming NEET, and require additional support to develop the confidence, skills and experience needed to take their next steps.

Purpose of the Role

As a Job Coach within the Pathways+ Programme, you will support young people who are NEET, or at risk of becoming NEET, to overcome barriers to learning and progression.

Through personalised coaching, vocational profiling, employer engagement and workplace support, you will help learners identify realistic goals and progress towards sustained education, employment or training. You will empower learners to develop the confidence, independence, resilience and employability skills needed to achieve positive long-term outcomes.

Working collaboratively with colleagues, employers, families and partner agencies, you will play a key role in helping learners make successful transitions into their chosen pathway.

Key Responsibilities

Learner Support

• Carry out high-quality initial needs assessments, vocational profiling and person-centred reviews to identify learners' strengths, aspirations, interests and support needs.
• Develop and review individual progression plans with clear, achievable education, employment or training goals.
• Manage a caseload of learners, providing regular one-to-one coaching, reviews and personalised support.
• Build positive, trusting relationships that encourage learner engagement, motivation and resilience.
• Support learners to develop confidence, communication, emotional wellbeing, independence and workplace behaviours.
• Deliver employability activities that prepare learners for work experience, interviews, further education and employment.
• Plan and deliver elements of the ASDAN Employability qualification, supporting learners to achieve accreditation while developing the practical skills, behaviours and confidence required for education, employment and training.
• Support learners to identify and overcome personal, social and practical barriers to progression.
• Promote learner voice, ensuring young people are actively involved in identifying their goals and planning their future pathway.

Job Coaching

• Provide workplace job coaching during work experience placements and employment opportunities.
• Use recognised job coaching techniques, including task analysis and systematic instruction where appropriate, to support learners in developing workplace competence.
• Support learners to understand workplace expectations, routines and behaviours.
• Encourage learners to become increasingly independent by gradually reducing support as appropriate.
• Monitor learner progress and adapt support strategies to maximise successful outcomes.

Employer Engagement

• Build and maintain positive relationships with local employers and community partners.
• Source meaningful work experience, volunteering and employment opportunities that reflect learners' aspirations, strengths and abilities.
• Support employers to understand inclusive recruitment practices and reasonable adjustments.
• Maintain regular communication with employers to ensure successful placements and sustained outcomes.

Partnership Working

• Work collaboratively with tutors, families, carers and external professionals to coordinate learner support.
• Contribute to Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) reviews where appropriate and support agreed outcomes.
• Work alongside colleagues to support effective transition planning.
• Signpost learners to appropriate services and agencies that support progression.
• Maintain positive relationships with education providers, training providers and employers.

Monitoring and Administration

• Maintain accurate learner records, action plans, reviews and destination data.
• Complete all documentation in line with organisational, funding and quality assurance requirements.
• Monitor learner attendance, engagement and progression, taking appropriate action where concerns arise.
• Record learner achievements, including qualification progress, work experience outcomes and progression milestones.