Football Coach - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Everton Football Club

Everton Football Club

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We are a football club with a desire to be the best and are always looking for talented people to join our Everton Family.

Everton is a workplace people crave to join, where extraordinary talented people belong, thrive and deliver the remarkable.

Football Coach (Twinning Project)

Who are we:

We are Everton in the Community, one of the UK's top sporting charities and firmly established on the world stage of community sports development.

We are considered one of the Premier League's leading community schemes due to the quality and reach of its various programmes.

Since 1988, Everton in the Community has been at the forefront of social intervention across Merseyside, not afraid to tackle issues which others shied away from.

We use the power of sport to motivate, educate and inspire people in our local communities to improve their life chances.

If you would like to be part of a fantastic team, that really strives to make a difference in thousands of lives, then please get in touch today to find out more about our careers.

About the opportunity:
We are looking for an Football Coach to join our growing Everton in the Community team.

The Twinning Project is a national initiative, which pairs professional football clubs with both male and female prisons in England and Wales.

The Twinning Plus programme looks to combine football and education, supported by prison PE officers, to co-deliver accredited coaching and employability based qualifications to prisoners, and to better prepare them for life after their release.

The purpose of the Football Coach role is to deliver a comprehensive and engaging football delivery programme, in conjunction with the HM Prison & Probation Service Twinning Project at HMP Liverpool

The Football Coach will deliver sessions that support participants in developing and improving transferrable skills via football delivery. Working closely with the English Functional skills tutor, the post holder will plan, design and deliver sessions to maximise participant progress and the achievement of programme KPI's.

Other key responsibilities will include:
To plan, deliver and evaluate a comprehensive football programme, that meets the aims and objectives of the programme, whilst being informative, educational and engaging Prepare, utilise and amend the Twinning Project Plus resources for delivery as required Improve levels of participation in sport Relay a curriculum to football to inspire and motivate learners Use Football, as a tool to engage those participants with high complex needs. Be innovative to engage and motivate difficult and challenging individuals To work closely with Twinning tutor, and if required other programme managers, to ensure delivery of programmes are coordinated appropriately.- Safeguarding_

To understand the Club's Safeguarding policy, procedures and best practice guidelines.

To use this understanding to ensure safe working practices, appropriate reporting of concerns and contribute positively to an Anti-bullying environment.

Who we are looking for:
We are looking for an individual who is Dynamic, personable and highly self-motivated. You will be people focused and able to develop and build existing and new working relationships

Other key Knowledge and Skills will include:

Level 2 in FA Football-
Experience of delivering football sessions to large groups-
Good understanding of Health and Safety and Safeguarding issues in a public setting.-
A track record of meeting programme KPI's and outcomes.-
IT literate to a good level and competent-
Certificate/Training in Safeguarding-
Relevant training in health and safety and child protection-
Full UK Driving LicenceThis role will be offered on a Fixed Term contract, working 35 hours per week.

The location will be predominantly based at HMP Liverpool

The closing date of this advert is Wednesday 5th April 2023

Everton Family Safer Recruitment Practices

The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As a requirement of our safer recruitment practices, this role will require an Enhanced DBS check or evidence that you are subscribed to the DBS Update Service information of which can be found
- here
- proof of eligibility