Sports Coach

Position: Sports Coach

Location: Accrington, Lancashire

Start date: September 2023

The school

The school is a secondary school that caters for pupils aged 11-16 years. Some pupils at this school have SEND, SEMH and other additional needs that require further support. The pupils follow the National Curriculum framework for Key Stages 3-4, and many of the pupils are working below age related expectations.

• No school or teaching qualifications required
• Sporting background and/ or qualifications are required
• Full-time role Monday- Friday, 8.30am-3.30pm/4.00pm
• Accrington based (BB5)
• Secondary school supporting 11-16 years old

The role

As a Sports Coach your role is to provide your support to pupils with differentiated needs in their physical education, but you may also be required to support the pupils in a classroom setting as general support for both the pupils and the class teacher. You will be working in a school that caters for pupils with additional SEND and SEMH difficulties, meaning you will need to be able to work in a high-pressured environment maintaining a calm and professional manner throughout, whilst ensuring the needs and wellbeing of the pupils are always put first.

You will need to be able to follow the school’s health and safety and behaviour policy whilst ensuring your lessons adhere to each pupil IEP’s, differentiating your approach to meet individual needs. Safeguarding is a priority at this school as their pupils are vulnerable and require additional needs, completing a Level 2 safeguarding course is required.

Dependant on the needs of the school your role may be based around delivering intervention sessions 1:1, in small groups or as a class (8-10 pupils maximum). As general cover may also be included in your role, you may be required to support your pupils in all their educational development and holistic development across the board, providing sporting development when and where needed.

The members of the Senior Leadership Team are eager to read through applications and meet potential candidates ASAP so if you are interested in applying for this role, please contact Olivia at the Lancashire Secondary Branch with a copy of your up-to-date CV!

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