Progression Coach

Overview

QUALIFICATIONS

Closing Date: Tuesday 3rd February 2026
Job Title: Progression Coach
Reports to: Team Leader
Salary: Scale 6, Points 26-28, £26,229 - £27,982 per annum, pro rata
Hours of work: Full Time (37.5 hours per week)
At St Basils
, we are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect our staff to create an environment and culture that promotes equality, diversity, and inclusion and advocate for anti-discriminatory practices and behaviours.

• As a Progression Coach you will: participate in the delivery of services to young people, including undertaking needs, risk, and vulnerability assessments, developing support and risk management plans, and lead/participate in case review meetings and multi-agency meetings.
• Develop and deliver life and social skills programmes in individual and group work settings and facilitate the participation of young people in their support plans.
• Support young people to make their voices heard and enable them to participate in activities and events.
• Support young people’s engagement with work and learning, develop positive family and other support networks, assist young people to maintain accommodation and to provide support with any problems which may arise.
• Ensure young people feel supported and encouraged to engage with internal and external services as part of their support.
• Provide psychologically informed environments for young people in our services, alongside the team.
• Support and encourage young people to undertake the St Basils life skills programme and to achieve qualifications and sustain education, training, and employment opportunities.
• Establish and develop links with training providers, employers, volunteering networks to improve access to training and work opportunities for young people.
• Organise and accompany young people to appointments as appropriate.
• Prepare young people to take up and sustain settled accommodation and to continue to provide ongoing support to them.
• Be available to young people for regular support sessions and to respond to crises.
• Maintain accurate records (e.g., support plans, day-to-day records, incidents, and complaints).
• Assist in the preparation of accommodation, including setting up starter packs and clearing rooms as required.
• Provide regular, person-centred and structured outcome-focused support that prevents and responds to change or crisis.
• Support young people to access move-on accommodation and transition from supported housing into their own home.
• Lead and manage the arrangement and delivery of activities for young people.
• Ensure benefit claims are made to maximise young people’s incomes and support them to pay their rent and bills.
• Support young people to manage debts, rent accounts, and sustain their tenancies.
• Support young people to manage their properties and maintain them to an acceptable standard.
• Lead and manage the delivery of formal and informal resident consultations.
• Manage and resolve incidents of anti-social behaviour in a manner consistent with PIE; de-escalate difficult situations and encourage young people to make good choices.

• Carrying out property inspections, raising repairs and undertaking cleaning duties as required.
• Carrying out non-specialist health and safety testing such as weekly fire alarm tests, fire drills and monthly emergency lighting tests as required.
• Supporting the letting of void properties; assessing the suitability of referrals, arranging and delivering property viewings, and arranging sign-ups and inductions.
• Providing access for contractors, St Basil’s staff and other third parties in accordance with tenancy and licence agreements.
• Supporting young people to set up accounts with utilities providers and councils and helping them to understand their payment responsibilities.
• Supporting the recharge process where damage has been caused by a young person.

Essential:

• NVQ level 3 in health & social care, advice and guidance, or other relevant/equivalent qualification (or prepared to work towards).

Desirable:

• NVQ level 4 or above in care, advice and guidance or other relevant/equivalent qualification (i.e. Youth…