Skills and Development Coach

• Lapwing
• Location: Peripatetic role across Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex, predominately within 30 miles of your home
• Salary: £25,106 - £36,314 per annum (pro rata for part time)
• Hours: 37.5 hours per week (part time possible over 0.8 FTE), term time only
• Contract: Permanent, starting from January 2027, depending on your notice period
• Reference: 0949

Are you good at engaging hard to reach young people?

Are you searching for an organisation which believes strongly in the holistic development of young people?

Do you want to work for a student-centred provision which offers highly personalised and exciting learning opportunities?

Are you keen to develop your therapeutic capabilities supporting students with complex needs?

Do you have a car and are you willing to drive to work with students?

Lapwing continues to grow and strengthen its peripatetic Education Team across Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex.

To support this, Lapwing is looking for versatile Skills and Development Coaches, working out of home, to deliver best practice coaching and mentoring to young people with special educational needs.

This role may involve the delivery of therapeutic, life skills and/or employability-based programmes in both a 1:1 and very small group capacity in local venues.  

As the successful candidate, you will have the potential to be outstanding coaches and mentors with knowledge and experience of working with young people with special educational needs. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and creative approaches.

The post is peripatetic covering education programmes predominantly delivered within 30 miles of home, depending on where you live. Mileage is reimbursed and there are opportunities for professional development and career progression as the charity grows.

About us

Lapwing is a specialist education provider and charity currently expanding in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, working with young people (aged 4-25 years old) facing exclusion from education, employment and the community through social, emotional, behavioural or learning difficulties and disabilities.  Lapwing delivers a broad range of highly personalised education programmes and projects that are designed to meet the needs of, and help realise the aspirations of, each student.

To find out more

Please read the Job Description (Word) and Person Specification (Word).

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Will Fletcher, CEO (Chief Executive Officer), by calling 07501 969099.

For more information, please visit the Lapwing website.

How to apply

To apply, please submit your completed Application Form (Word) by email to recruitment@lapwingeducation.com

Please note that CVs and partially completed application forms will not be accepted.

Closing date: 9.00 am 14 October 2026.

Interview date: Ongoing once shortlisted.

Promoted as JOTW (Job of the Week) on Suffolk Jobs Direct.

Lapwing Education welcomes everyone and creates inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work.

Appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Lapwing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

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