Sports Coach For Children

Principal Recruitment; Slough; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Recruitment is assisting a specialist secondary school in Slough to recruit a Sports Coach and Mentor for pupils aged 11 to 19 who have struggled in mainstream education. You’ll be responsible for running sport and activity sessions that engage students and help them move, collaborate, and grow.

You will mentor pupils during lessons, breaks and lunch, using sport to teach teamwork, resilience and self-control, and you’ll be a positive role model for the students to look up to.

Qualifications

• Coaching in football, boxing, or multi-sport settings.
• Experience working with teenagers, including hard-to-reach pupils.
• Energetic, confident with clear boundaries.
• Coaching badges or a sports qualification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Run sport and physical activity sessions that engage pupils.
• Teach teamwork, resilience and self-control through sport.
• Mentor pupils during lessons, breaks and lunch.
• Help pupils reset through movement and activity.
• Be a positive role model for pupils to look up to.

Skills

Football coaching

Boxing coaching

Multi-sports coaching

Experience with teens

Education

Coaching badges or sports qualification

Job description

Use sport to change a young person’s direction.

A specialist secondary school in Slough is looking for a Sports Coach and Mentor to work with young people aged 11 to 19 who’ve struggled in mainstream. Many of them switch off in a classroom but come alive with a ball at their feet or gloves on. That’s where you come in.

What you’ll be doing

• Running sport and physical activity sessions that get pupils engaged and moving
• Using sport to teach teamwork, resilience and self control
• Mentoring pupils during lessons, breaks and lunch
• Helping pupils who are struggling to reset through movement and activity
• Being a positive role model pupils can look up to

What we’re looking for

• Coaching experience in football, boxing, multi sports, community sport or similar
• Experience with teenagers, ideally including hard to reach young people
• Energy, confidence and clear boundaries
• Coaching badges or a sports qualification are a plus
• Former players and academy graduates are very welcome

What you’ll get

• A role that puts your sporting background to real use
• Training in behaviour support and de escalation
• A supportive, experienced team
• A route to a permanent role

You’ll need an enhanced DBS (or be willing to get one) and two references.