Sports/Dance Coach
SKILLS
FULL DESCRIPTION
To deliver KICK sessions in, but not limited to, schools, KICK Academies and community projects. Coaches will be able to: • Help young people develop their sports/dance through excellent teaching. • Serve schools, churches and community groups with quality Sports/Dance programs. • Use sports/dance as a tool to embed key life skills and values within sessions. • Achieve the vision of “Transforming young people’s lives by God’s love through Sport and Support”.
Title: Sports/Dance Coach
Based in: Various
Hours of work: Negotiable
Role purpose
To deliver KICK sessions in, but not limited to, schools, KICK Academies and community projects. Coaches will be able to:
- Help young people develop their sports/dance through excellent teaching.
- Serve schools, churches and community groups with quality Sports/Dance programs.
- Use sports/dance as a tool to embed key life skills and values within sessions.
- Achieve the vision of “Transforming young people’s lives by God’s love through Sport and Support”.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Develop relationships with schools and other sections of the community, to help in the set-up and running of KICK in new areas.
- Establish and run Sports/Dance Coaching sessions in schools, weekend academies (if applicable) and in other appropriate ways.
- Have the ability to assess the performance of the children and the young people in line with the schools policy and needs.
- To be a role model to young people in terms of Sports/Dance skills, fitness, spiritual leadership and pastoral care.
- To develop skills and qualifications in coaching and Christian ministry, to maximise the effectiveness of KICK.
- To run values based assemblies where requested.
Person specification
General Characteristics
- A committed Christian, in line with KICK’s Christian ethos.
- A satisfactory enhanced DBS Disclosure.
- Awareness of personal capability and effectiveness and the need for self-improvement.
- A willingness to undertake tasks associated with sports/dance coaching e.g. setting up equipment.
- A willingness to travel to different locations where needed.
- Punctuality and reliability.
- As coaches are role models to the children and young people with whom we work, we expect coaches to be of good character and have a positive and affirming attitude.
Abilities
- To communicate with, and relate well to, children and young people.
- To have good interpersonal skills; relates well to people within KICK, education, Churches and other organisations.
- To be able to understand and appreciate the values, concerns or feelings of others.
- To identify and provide opportunities to enable other people to reach their full potential. This will include young people, volunteers and those on work experience.
- To be flexible and open minded in order to respond to changing needs or circumstances.
- To be able to deliver quality results and outcomes in a professional manner.
Essential Desirable
Knowledge and • Knowledge of how to plan an • National Governing
engaging and age-appropriate Body Level 1 award (or
Qualifications Sports or Dance coaching session. higher) in at least one
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Sport (if PE Coach).
Children issues. • Health and safety
• Awareness of Health and Safety training.
issues. • First Aid training.
• Knowledge of behaviour • Knowledge of Equity in
management strategies. Sport.
Experience • Experience of coaching at least one • Experience of
Sport/Dance discipline. delivering
• Experience of delivering Sports/Dance sessions
Sport/Dance sessions to young in Primary Schools or
people aged between 5 and 11 or Secondary Schools.
11-16. • Active participation in
• Experience of implementing Sport or Dance.
effective behaviour management
strategies during a Sport coaching
session.
• A healthy and active lifestyle.
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