Sports Coach Level 4 Apprentice
- Employer
- EAST ANGLIA COACHING LIMITED
- Location
- Croxton Road, Thetford, IP24 1JD
- Salary
- £144.30 per week
- Closing date
- 29 Jun 2022
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- Specialism
- Other
- Sector
- Unspecified
- Role Type
- Apprenticeship, Higher
- Start Date
- July
- Duration
- Permanent
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Duties will include:
The Coach will learn to apply this knowledge in work environments and be able to demonstrate the following skills:
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills
Personal qualities
Desired qualifications
English & maths at A-C/7-4 (or equivalent).
Future prospects
The right candidate may get offered a position within the company after completion of qualification.
- To be actively involved in every session
- To help build confidence in the children and leaders with positive communications
- To coach a small group of children efficiently with minimal input
- To deal with behavior issues correctly using the EAC guidelines
- To be effective and adaptable when working within a team
- To ensure no child is overlooked
- To clearly explain and describe all activities clearly
The Coach will learn to apply this knowledge in work environments and be able to demonstrate the following skills:
- Planning and adapting sessions and activities that respond to customer feedback and encourage customers to develop a lifelong activity habit
- Coaching or leading pre-planned sport or physical activity sessions that are attractive to the target audience(s) and develop motivational relationships with customers
- Promoting a physical activity offer, (including but not exclusively) organised play and sport in the community which supports individuals on their behaviour change journey
- Working collaboratively with sports clubs and other community assets -including volunteers, public services, youth workers, the police and community champions
- Supporting customers to co-produce rewarding volunteering opportunities
- Supporting families to participate together in sport and physical activity
- Working effectively with customer insight to overcome individual, community and societal barriers to participation in physical activity and sport
- Contributing to the employer's design of activities and services and practising the employer's organisation's values, policies and procedures
- Contributing to teams that deliver community events and festivals
- Supporting organisations to evaluate, develop and promote sessions and other opportunities such as outdoor group exercise and informal social play
- Maintaining personal safety and wellbeing, as well as that of customers
- Managing disruptive behaviours from individuals within the group setting
- Encouraging customers to be regularly active -both formally and informally -within sports clubs or leisure facilities including open-space
- Effectively using social media and technology, appropriately, to deliver targeted messages to identified customer groups for example children, teenagers, adults and older adults
- Effectively monitor and evaluate activities, sessions and projects using technology platforms to maintain accurate records and produce timely reports
Requirements and prospects
Desired skills
- Successful application of tactics and strategies to empower people from inactive and hard to reach populations to take up an active lifestyle
- Successful application of a range of approaches that bring about changes in attitudes and behaviours within target communities
- Supporting people within target communities to become involved in the preparation, planning and delivery of sport and active lifestyles
- Using local insight and customer-orientated marketing skills to attract high priority groups into existing leisure, parks and sport infrastructure
- Negotiation, lobbying and brokerage skills with local partners across public health, community development and anti social behaviour
Personal qualities
- A strong work ethic including attention to detail, willingness to adapt to change, and time management
- A positive attitude to work and act as a role model within their local community
- Ability to work individually and as a member of a team
- Truthful, sincere and trustworthy in their actions; can demonstrate integrity by doing the right thing; exhibits high levels of emotional intelligence
- A willingness to learn and contribute to their own continuing professional development
Desired qualifications
English & maths at A-C/7-4 (or equivalent).
Future prospects
The right candidate may get offered a position within the company after completion of qualification.
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