Salary: £9,545.93 - £9,784.63 per annum, pro rata of £24,714.00 - £25,332.00
Contract Type: Permanent, 18 hours per week, 36 weeks per year.
Location: Paignton, Devon
Empower. Inspire. Transform Lives.
Do you believe everyone deserves the opportunity to achieve their career ambitions? Are you passionate about helping young people build confidence, develop skills, and take their first steps into meaningful employment?
If so, we'd love to hear from you.
We're looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Job Coach to join our highly successful Aspire Team based at Torbay Hospital. This is an incredibly rewarding role where you'll support young people with learning difficulties and disabilities to develop independence, gain valuable workplace experience, and move towards sustainable paid employment.
Why This Role Matters
Every day, you'll make a genuine difference to the lives of young people by helping them discover their strengths, overcome barriers, and achieve goals they may never have thought possible.
Working closely with learners, employers, and colleagues, you'll be instrumental in creating inclusive opportunities that change lives and open doors to exciting futures.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Job Coach, you'll:
- Build strong relationships with local employers to create meaningful supported internship and work experience opportunities.
- Support learners to achieve personalised development targets and recognised employability qualifications.
- Coach learners in real workplace environments, helping them gain confidence, independence, and essential employment skills.
- Use creative support techniques to help learners learn workplace tasks and routines.
- Work alongside employers to promote inclusive working practices and support positive workplace experiences.
- Encourage learners to explore the social, financial, and personal benefits of employment.
- Help learners transition successfully into paid employment and greater independence.
- Monitor progress, maintain accurate records, and celebrate every achievement along the way.
We're Looking for Someone Who Is:
- Passionate about supporting young people to reach their full potential.
- Patient, encouraging, and adaptable.
- A confident communicator who can build positive relationships with learners, families, employers, and colleagues.
- Organised, proactive, and able to manage a varied workload.
- Committed to inclusion, equality, and creating opportunities for all.
- Motivated by seeing others succeed.
Why Join Aspire?
The Aspire Programme has a fantastic reputation for helping young people with learning difficulties and disabilities achieve positive destinations and meaningful careers.
By joining the team, you'll become part of a supportive, forward-thinking environment where your work has a direct and lasting impact on people's lives every single day.
The Rewards
This isn't just a job. It's an opportunity to:
- Make a real difference in your community.
- Help young people achieve their ambitions.
- Build lasting relationships with learners and employers.
- Be part of a passionate and successful team.
- Celebrate life-changing successes every day.
Ready to Help Someone Build Their Future?
If you're looking for a role where every day brings new challenges, rewarding moments, and the chance to change lives, we'd love to hear from you.
If helping people achieve their dreams sounds like your kind of day, this could be your perfect role. Apply today and help inspire the workforce of tomorrow, one success story at a time.
Our staff are integral to maintaining our passion and high-performance levels, and we reward our staff for this. Our benefits are designed to encourage a healthy work-life balance, and include:
- 25 days annual leave (pro-rata of fractional) including the option to purchase additional holiday days;
- 1 additional day’s holiday for your birthday (does not have to be used on your birthday);
- 1 additional day’s holiday for every 5 years served;
- Christmas Closure of up to 2 weeks in addition to annual leave entitlement;
- Access to a wealth of training, apprenticeships and funded higher education opportunities as well as dedicated training days;
- Local Government Pension Scheme Employer pension contributions of 18%;
- Subsidised fitness suite facility, onsite hair & beauty salon, access to a wide range of catering facilities, outdoor gym & free eyesight tests;
- Major supermarket and high street employee discount schemes;
- Life Assurance (if member of pension scheme);
- On Site Nursery (Mama Bears);
- Employee Assistance Programmes;
- Access to Blue Light Card membership;
- Discounted travel schemes.
Closing Date: Midnight, Monday 31 August 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Having read the job description, should you have any questions relating to the role prior to applying, please contact Alex via email at [email protected]
Please do NOT send CVs, we only accept applications via the relevant form on our dedicated recruitment website.
Please note that you will be required to be in possession of an Enhanced DBS Certificate or be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check as a condition of employment at the College.
This College is committed to Safeguarding/Prevent and promoting the welfare of students, including children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The College is committed to applying its Single Equality Scheme at all stages of recruitment and selection. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, transgender status, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, colour, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion/belief, age, pregnancy or maternity leave, or union membership.
Reasonable attempts will be made to accommodate the particular needs of any candidate who has notified us of a disability. This may include changing the timing or location of any interview to enable the candidate to attend, providing information in different formats or larger type, etc.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
Working at South Devon College, you can expect access to an exciting range of training, apprenticeship and opportunities for degree level study alongside your work to keep you at the top of your game, as well as generous holiday allowance of 25 days pro rata and a strong emphasis on work-life balance.
The staff at South Devon College are truly inspirational and this is a reflection on the whole College culture of continuous improvement and support for all of our students and communities.
We aim to provide our learners with excellent teaching and learning. Our staff are highly adept at working with and developing skills and knowledge in learners from different backgrounds. Our staff have consistently high expectations of all students and generate high levels of enthusiasm for participation in, and commitment to learning.
