Community assistant Work, Jobs in Sedgefield, Dur (with Salaries)

Progression Coach
Reed In Partnership —Durham
- £29,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Spanish
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- Customer service
- Annual leave
- Flexible schedule
Project Support Assistant
Pioneering Care Partnership —Newton Aycliffe
- From £11,226.81 a year
- Part-time
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities
- Computer literacy
- Experience working with children
Quick apply
2d
Sales Assistant 12 Hours
The Entertainer —Middlesbrough
- £11.15 - £12.71 an hour
- 12 hour shift
- Customer service
- Merchandising
Quick apply
Mental Health Ambulance Assistant
Direct Medical Transport Limited —Stockton-on-Tees
- From £13.65 an hour
- Part-time
- Applied behaviour analysis
- Medication administration
- Experience working with children
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5d
Part-Time Station Support Assistant - 6 months
LNER —Darlington
- Part-time
- Customer service
- Employee discount
Visitor Experience Administration Assistant
The Auckland Project —Bishop Auckland
- Up to £12.71 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- Organisational skills
- Guest services
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
3d
Assistant Student Support Officer (Flexible Deployment)
Durham University —Durham
- £21,855.20 - £30,378.00 a year
- Part-time
- Writing skills
- University
- Computer skills
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
5d
Retail Assistant
Company Shop Group —Darlington
- £12.75 an hour
- Part-time
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
2d
Sales Assistant
Savers —Stockton-on-Tees
- £9.75 - £13.00 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- Retail sales
- Employee assistance programme
- Sick pay
2d
Business Support Assistant
St Martins Care —Stockton-on-Tees
- £12.75 an hour
- Full-time
- Computer literacy
- Microsoft Office
- Administrative experience
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
6d
Retail Assistant (Athlete) PT 8H - Teesside
Nike —Stockton-on-Tees
- 8 hour shift
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
4d
Retail Customer Service Assistant
Certas Energy UK —Bishop Auckland
- £13.45 an hour
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
2d
Marketing & Events Assistant
Rising Phoenix Games —Middlesbrough
- £13.50 an hour
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Social media management
- English
- Travel
- Work from home
Quick apply
Student Liaison and Engagement Assistant
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College —Darlington
- £25,558 - £26,818 a year
- Full-time
- Customer service
- In-person
- Marketing
- Sick pay
Quick apply
11d
Student Information Desk Receptionist
Outwood Grange Academies Trust —Cleveland
- £18,692.19 - £18,985.44 a year
- Part-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Front desk
- Free parking
- Employee assistance programme
9d
Support Worker
Community Integrated Care —Stockton-on-Tees
- £13.12 an hour
- 12 hour shift
- No experience needed
- Annual leave
- Flexible schedule
Quick apply
Weekend Animal Nursing Assistant - FTC
Animal Trust —Stockton-on-Tees
- £12.71 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Patient care
- Communication skills
Graduate Marketing & Operations Assistant
Languedoc Wines —Middlesbrough
- £13,750.20 - £30,000.00 a year
- Part-time
- Marketing
- Social media management
- Data entry
- Free parking
- Employee discount
Quick apply
12d
Food & Beverage Assistant - Bar Tender
Radisson Hotel Group —Durham
- £10.85 - £12.71 an hour
- Part-time
- Bar
- Customer service
- Hotel
- Free parking
- Annual leave
Quick apply
13d
Retail Assistant (Athlete) PT 20H - Teesside
Nike —Stockton-on-Tees
- Overtime
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
4d

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Progression Coach

Reed In Partnership -
Durham

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Job details

Full-time
£29,000 - £30,000 a year

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Flexible schedule

Qualifications

Urdu
Mandarin
Somali
Spanish
Experience working with individuals with disabilities
Customer service
Dari
Arabic
GCSE
Cantonese
Bengali
Turkish
Partnership building
Gujarati
Greek
NVQ
Hindi
Polish
Signposting to community resources
Punjabi
Communication skills
A Level

Full job description

Reed in Partnership has been delivering public services since 1998. We are a British, family-owned company, whose mission has always been to positively transform people and their communities. This is reflected in our services, which we deliver to help people from all backgrounds and circumstances to change their lives for the better.

Pay Range

£29,000 to £30,000

Working Hours/Pattern:

Full-time, although we would be happy to consider applicants who are looking to work on a part time basis. If you would like to explore this further please discuss this with the talent partner for this role. Please note our ability to accommodate flexible working arrangements will vary from role to role, dependent on business requirements.

Job Description

Are you passionate about making a difference and helping others?

Would you like to work in a role that puts the customer at the heart of everything we do, making a genuine positive impact?

Then consider the role of a Progression Coach at Reed in Partnership!

This role is office based, but will involve travel across County Durham & Tees Valley also.

Please Note, these roles are expressions of interest only at this point. We are currently working on a number of exciting opportunities within this area and are looking to build a pipeline of talent to allow us to work quickly upon contract award. We will be in a position to be able to begin the formal recruitment process in the coming weeks and we will be in touch to discuss the next steps of your expression of interest as soon as possible.

Who we are:

Reed's Employability Division aims to positively transform lives by helping individuals who are unemployed, economically inactive, or facing challenges such as health conditions, disabilities, or caring responsibilities to find sustainable employment. Through a wide range of tailored support services including one-to-one careers guidance, CV writing, interview preparation, and skills training, we have supported over 250,000 people on their journey into work.

The new Confident Futures programme, funded by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), is designed to support Universal Credit claimants with long-term health conditions. It is a voluntary programme focused on helping participants move closer to work by improving confident, wellbeing, skills, stability and readiness for work.

What is the role about?

A Progression Coach is responsible for the attraction, registration and progression of Participants to achieve placements. A Progression Coach will use a variety of techniques including effective diagnosis, individual coaching and training, action planning and Health & Wellbeing Support to provide intensive personal support to a caseload of up to 25 Participants. Progression Coaches will deliver our services both in fixed Reed in Partnership locations, co-location sites and where appropriate within community venues, to ensure our services are accessible to all.

Just some of your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

Attraction & Enlisting

Pitches and sells Reed in Partnership as the partner of choice in Welfare to Work.

Develops own knowledge of Reed in Partnership and the relevant programme in order to enlist Participants.

Builds and maintains relationships with the Job Centre Plus and other relevant Partners through regular telephone contact, visits and newsletters as appropriate to ensure Participants are aware of our services and to allay any concerns they may have with accessing or utilising our services.

Engagement and Diagnosis

Provides a good customer service to Participants including meeting and greeting Participants in a professional way.

Explains our service offering (details of the programme) including ensuring the Participant understands their rights and responsibilities (e.g. complaints & feedback process), whilst registering the Participant in accordance to contractual obligations and eligibility criteria.

Ensure Initial Assessments focus on getting to know the participant, understanding their motivation for joining the programme (if voluntary participation) and exploration of their aspirations and needs.

Identifies and utilises various approaches where appropriate such as visionary goal setting, and applicable financial incentives to sell the benefits of the programme and to adequately diagnose first level barriers.

Participant Progression

Develops and manages Participants job goals using creative techniques and deep level questioning as necessary for the Participants needs, to assist with diagnosis and progression.

Motivates, encourages and empowers Participants, identifying barriers, realistic job goals and social training needs, referring as appropriate to relevant support functions

Collaborate with local and specialist partners to provide wraparound/holistic support that addresses multiple/complex barriers (e.g. finance, housing, caring responsibilities).

Engage with local employers to source suitable work experience/volunteering opportunities and support inclusive recruitment/job-carving.

Training Delivery

Engage and empower Learners whilst delivering training sessions, with the aim of progressing them to achieve sustainable employment.

Awareness of and ability to adapt to a diverse range of learners and their learning needs and styles.

Follow lesson plans and activity guidance provided.

In Work Support

Conducts into work meeting to ensure appropriate support is in place to support Participant to commence and sustain in work e.g. childcare. Agree preferred in-work support contact e.g. frequency and method, and in-work action plan.

Mentors the Participant through new employment, including providing support with general work issues finances and tax credits.

What’s in it for you?

A generous base salary (pro-rata for part time), and great flexibility with your working schedule, we offer training, development and progression opportunities. You will have access to the range of Reed in Partnership benefits, which include:

25 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time) plus statutory bank holidays

Reed Pension Scheme

Award Winning Management & Leadership training

Professional & Personal Development Funds

Bi-annual pay reviews

With the chance to dramatically make a difference to the local community, this role offers immense job satisfaction

Plus much more that can be found on our website

To be successful in this role, we are looking for someone with:

Experience of working in a customer facing environment, e.g. Customer Services Assistant, Retail Assistant

Practical experience of working directly with similar client groups. E.g. those with moderate to severe disabilities, mental health issues, severe barriers to work

Experience of working in a performance target driven environment. Examples of such experience may include working on a similar contract, being a Recruitment Consultant or experience of Business Development roles, sales targets in a retail business or call centre etc.

A minimum of 2 A-Levels or an equivalent Level 3 Diploma

GCSE English Language at a minimum of a Grade B (or equivalent Level 2 qualification). OR achievement of a Level 2 in Literacy Assessment at interview stage

Essential Criteria:

A passion for supporting candidates with additional needs, driven by an inherent belief that such candidates can and do achieve

Progression Coaches attributes include Achievement Orientation, Accuracy Orientation, Advice and Guidance, Challenge and Resilience, Flexibility and Adaptability, Empathy and Empowerment, Honesty and Integrity, Planning and Decision Making, Selling and Influencing, and Team Orientation.

Technical skills include strong administration skills, good computer/technology skills, basic numeracy skills and good written communication/record keeping skills

Knowledge of disabilities and health issues

Personal interests include interest in people and willingness to learn

Personal circumstances include willingness to travel locally (e.g. to meet Participants/Employers)

Willingness to work flexibly and ability to travel across a large region

Strong interpersonal skills, specifically around listening, questioning, building relationships, motivation and demonstrating initiative

Influencing skills that promote commitment and action to improve teamwork with all parties involved

Desirable Attainments:

Experience of working in a fast paced environment.

Experience of and exposure to client groups. These client groups may include incapacity benefit claimants, single parents, those with criminal records, mental health groups, ex-services, specific ethnic minority or faith groups and those with specific disabilities

Direct previous experience of a similar role. Roles considered to be similar include the role of Employment Adviser on a welfare to work contract or a publicly funded service

Level 3 or 4 NVQ in Advice & Guidance or equivalent

Fluency in community languages. Community languages may include Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Somali, Vietnamese, Dari, Yoruba, Turkish, French, Spanish, Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Farsi, Guajarati, Polish, Serbian and Greek (Dependent on programme)

Personal circumstances including willingness to work flexible hours.

Other desirable criteria including pre-existing network of employer contacts in the Regional Employer Manager area; the ability to use qualitative mechanisms to deliver continuous improvement to service delivery; a pro-active 'can-do' attitude; a track record of driving positive change and the ability to work under own initiative and think outside the box.

We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

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