WHAT DO WE OFFER?

We welcome Staff from a wide range of backgrounds.
Whether you are experienced, starting your career, want to change careers or are returning to working life, Journey might just be for you.

We offer:

• A competitive salary
• Recent pay awards: 10%, 8%, 8%
• 36 days’ annual leave
• 1 additional days’ leave (pro rata) for each completed year of service, up to 10 additional days
• Holiday buy-back scheme
• ‘Gifted’ additional holiday days over the Christmas period
• Disability Leave and Carers’ Leave
• Benenden Healthcare (private diagnostic and therapies healthcare including counselling)
• Discounted meals and free refreshments at our sites
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Enhanced Training & Development Programme
• Journey ‘swag bag’ goodies pack

LOCATION AND OPERATING HOURS

The Charity operates between 08.30 and 16.30 from Mondays to Thursdays and from 08.30 – 16.00 on Fridays.
Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis.
Job Description (142.5KB)

Journey Enterprise’s Employability Coaches support a small caseload of adults with intellectual disability. Working with these adults, our Employability Coaches support them in to part-time employment or self-employment. Through skills development, training and work experience placements we want our Clients to achieve real work outcomes. To achieve this our Employability Coaches and Volunteering Manager work across a wealth of external partnerships. Good knowledge of the local area and of relevant employer partnerships is essential.
Whilst based from our Newcastle Hub, your role will involve daily travel in our area of operations. Together with your colleague on the Employability Team, you will be supporting Clients at any of our four Hubs, working in collaboration with our specialist Learning Disability Support Workers and Seniors (Team Leaders), as well as building your networks outside Journey. Access to your own transport, or Access to Work within work travel package if disabled, is therefore essential for this role.