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Premier Education offers fantastic opportunities for enthusiastic, talented people to build a career and deliver to schools and local communities. We are looking for enthusiastic people with a passion for sport & physical activity. Successful candidates will possess the competencies to inspire and motivate children and young people.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
The main duties of this role would be delivering the above to children and young people, both in school curriculum time following the PE National Curriculum and/or set programmes of study and also delivering a range of OSHL, (Out Of School Hours Learning) extracurricular activities before school, at lunch times, after school and in school holiday periods 7 days a week including evenings and weekends.
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Requirements
- GCSE in: English (grade 4), Maths (grade 4)
- Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Responsibilities
- Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity for individuals and communities.
- Encourage individuals' participation, motivation and to change their behaviour towards sport or physical activity.
- Contribute to inclusive, safe and effective sessions.
- Plan, follow, adapt, and deliver session plans, based on participant needs and feedback.
- Use coaching styles for sport or physical activity sessions meeting the participants needs and motivations.
- Promote the benefits of a lifelong activity habit.
- Use techniques to build rapport with participants.
- Carry out the tasks required before, during and after a community activity.
- Support participants to overcome personal or societal barriers.
- Manage individuals' behaviours within a group setting.
- Work collaboratively with services and other community organisations to run events that make the best use resources.
- Record and store data and information, in line with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use suitable digital technology to deliver targeted messages to participant groups.
- Adapt communication methods to meet the needs of participants and groups.
- Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns within own scope of role and in line with organisational protocols.
- Support equity, diversity and inclusion in line with legislation and organisational policies.
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of self and participants.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, risk assessment procedures, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development.
- Maintain professional boundaries within scope of own role.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of activity sessions.
- Assist with the resolution of challenges and problems.
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Benefits
- Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship.
- On successful completion of the course, apprentices will be given the opportunity to join Premier as a fully qualified Sports Coach.
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Application Process
- The expected duration of the Apprenticeship course is 12-18 months.
- Hours are 30 hours per week, which include 20% training either at the workplace, off-site or via e-learning.
- The qualification received is a Level 2 Community Activator Coach.
About Premier Education
Premier Education is dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of children through active learning. We deliver sports, arts and wellbeing courses to around 240,000 primary school children every year.
We are looking for confident full time Sports Coach & Primary PE Specialist to join our team.
Predominately this consists of Breakfast Clubs and/or After School Clubs and curricular PE lessons, however the opportunity for additional hours are regularly available especially during School Holidays.
We want all our coaches to love what they do! Their passion for sport and getting children active should be visible to everyone they meet. Children love going to their next class or their next holiday camp because of our coaches, because of the relationships that are built and because of the confidence our coaches instil in the children they teach!
Having such a positive effect of the children of this country is something to be truly proud of and goes hand in hand with the Premier Education core values!
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