Skills Coach

Do you have experience of working with people with a learning disability? Are you passionate about working for an organisation that drives change? Then we may have the role for you within our Supported Internship team.

An exciting opportunity for a passionate and self-motivated Skills Coach to
join our Supported Internship programme team in Northampton on a full time, 9 month fixed term basis as maternity cover (until September 2026).

As a Skills Coach, your role is central to the delivery of our Mencap Training Academy. You will support learners with SEN to complete all elements of the programme in line with requirements by providing tailored support. The role will be based in the community classroom of our supported internship programme supporting learners with mild to moderate learning disabilities and difficulties.

What will you do as a Skills Coach?

• Be accountable for learner progression and ensuring the young adults achieve the skills they need to make progress onto paid employment.
• You will deliver support in various ways; 1‑1 job coaching, working with learners in the classroom to develop employability skills and embed English and Maths learning in the workplace.
• You will support people to learn the skills they need to go on and achieve sustained paid employment.

Do you have the key skills and requirements to be a Skills Coach? (essential):

• Experience of supporting people
• Experience of delivering against targets
• Knowledge of safe working practices
• Knowledge of sector
• Effective record keeping and reporting

* This is not an exhaustive list of the role and its requirements, please look at the full job description for further information.

This Final date to receive applications on Tuesday 20th January, with interviews to be held soon after.

Here at Mencap we operate a blinded recruitment process for a lot of our roles, please ensure you apply with a full application and covering statement.

JOB

We offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated. Our benefits package includes 32 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays, pro‑rate), discounts at leading high‑street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest‑free loans, and many other exciting offerings. Please see the attached document outlining all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team.

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We’re here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in. At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere. Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation. Every day we grow and learn; it’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes. Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves. We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues.

The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long‑term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague.

We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.

£23,810 per annum, pro‑rate + excellent benefits