Football Coach - Croydon, United Kingdom - Peace Ballers
3 weeks ago
Description
Job title:
Football Coach
Reporting to:
Project Manger
Salary:
£30 per hour
Hours: 1- per week (Monday 3-4pm)
Contract:
Self employed
Location:
London
Job Spec
Do you want to use your Sporting and mentoring expertise to help young people fulfil their potential? We are looking for someone who is as passionate about sports coaching as they are about mentoring and developing young people.
We are currently delivering a year round project in schools & holiday camps and need sports coaches to join our team.
Our Mission
The Peace Ballers project uses immersive diversionary activities including (sport, art & film) as powerful engagement tools to engage, build trust with young people, and provide much needed mental health support through context specific life coaching and 1-1 mentoring.
We integrate the key life lessons we teach within the art forms the young people engage with, to dramatically increase effectiveness.
Originally piloted in partnership with the Mayor of London's Sport Unites initiative in an effort to tackle youth violence across the capital, Peace Ballers is now a multi-award winning organisation that has transformed the lives of hundreds of young people.
Duties & Responsibilities
Sport, alongside creative arts and mentoring, is at the heart of Peace Ballers enrichment offering to young people.
The sports offer at Peace Ballers is an exciting and engaging programme challenging, stimulating, fun, engaging and developmental sporting activities specialising in Ball games.
You will be involved in teaching the fundamentals of a single sport, or range of sports activities to young people, as well as facilitating competitions and challenges which build young people's physical, technical, social and psychological, skills, and fitness levels.
Alongside this you will also facilitate one to one mentoring sessions with young people to help them set goals and improve their mental health and well being.
You will be involved in session delivery, planning, preparation, and work with young people closely. You will be provided all the necessary equipment and training and will be afforded plentiful personal development opportunities.
You will be someone with a hands on approach, focused, eager to learn and willing to go the extra mile, all for the benefit of supporting young people.
You will demonstrate our values through all you do and will commit to giving your best every session for young people.
General- Be a role model for young people and present a positive attitude
- Take personal responsibility for own actions
- Represent Peace Ballers positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues, and external partners
- Comply with all policies and procedures, with particular reference to safeguarding, codes of conduct health and safety and equality and diversity to ensure all activities are accessible
- Represent Peace Ballers positively and effectively in all dealings with internal colleagues, and external partners
- To be alert to issues of safeguarding and child protection, ensuring the welfare and safety of young people is promoted and safeguarded, and to report any child protection concerns to the designated Child Protection Officers using the safeguarding policies, procedures, and practice (training to be provided)
- To adhere to Peace Ballers policies at all times, with particular reference to Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities
Person Specification
Qualifications
Ideally, you will have experience, or one or more specific coaching qualifications, from a National Governing Body.
Experience
Essential or Desirable
Face to face activity delivery, working with young people both in groups and individually
Essential
Experience of delivering a range of targeted activities to young people
Essential
Experience of supporting young people who are disaffected, underachieving and / or have social / emotional barriers to participation
Essential
Experience of working in a team and alongside volunteers
Essential
Organising a programme of youth activities
Desirable
Experience of working with challenging young people
Essential
Experience of working with young people with additional needs and disabilities
Desirable
Qualifications
Sports qualification(s) (with an accredited governing body)
Essential
Youth work/mentoring related qualification
Desirable
Skills
Ability to deliver high quality targeted programmes with young people who face social exclusion, disadvantage and disaffection and manage such
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