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 from 1 to 3 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   

Working for Lighthouse Futures Trust is often fast paced but is always incredibly rewarding, helping create a positive future for young adults.

ROLE PURPOSE

The assistant Job coach supports the Job Coach to develop positive relationships with students, ensuring the programme helps them to foster self-confidence, alongside social and employability skills, and is tailored to meet individual needs ensuring students make successful steps towards adulthood and greater independence. 

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Help to ensure high-quality programme delivery, building strong relationships with students, parents/carers, employers and external agencies, and ultimately, empowering students to achieve their career goals.

• Support the Job Coach to deliver an exciting and highly innovative curriculum centred around employability and skills development, ensuring the interns’ wider understanding of the work of work is embedded throughout.

• With support from the Job Coach, work successfully with each intern and help them build confidence in their daily interactions, including facilitating any specific interventions.

• Develop positive relationships with all interns and with parents/ carers.

• Ensure interns gain confidence, feel valued and build self-esteem as well as developing work-based skills through daily interactions and delivery of programme.

• Help interns develop wider independence skills to ensure they can lead fulfilled lives through areas such as independent travel, knowledge of banking and finance, attending social events, joining social groups, focusing on personal health and well-being and developing self-advocacy.

• Collaborate with the wider team and core curriculum staff to support the Job Coach to design and plan termly expeditions and ensure that this is successfully facilitated and embedded throughout all aspects of the programme.

• Support the Job Coach to set, monitor, review and record progress on a regular basis for each intern against personal, EHCP and work-based targets on LFT based systems.

• With guidance from the Specialist tutors, provide support in English and Maths sessions and highlight any progression concerns to the tutor in a timely manner.