Sports Coach – school based

Manchester, Lancashire
TRADEWIND RECRUITMENT

Tradewind are recruiting!

Do you have experience teaching sports to teenagers?

Have you dealt with challenging behaviours?

This is a role for a school based Sports Coach at a secondary school in the Manchester area for students with Social, Emotional or Mental Health needs (SEMH).

• Sports Coach / Learning Support Assistant
• Starting ASAP on a full time basis.
• Could turn permanent for the right person.
• Taking sports sessions but also assisting with academic learning where required.
• Hours are 8:30am – 3:30pm.
• Pay up to £90/day.

• As the new Sports Coach you will be required to lead on Sports lessons as well as sessions involving sports as intervention, reward or enrichment.
• You will need to work closely with other Teachers & Teaching Assistants to implement Sports lessons as a tool to aid engagement, motivation, confidence, fun and emotional resilience.
• Lessons will be vocational in nature & this role doesn’t involve theoretical lessons that a PE Teacher would also deliver although incorporating an aspect of academic learning alongside the physical activity will be expected.
• You will need to manage behaviour & deal with challenging situations.
• Pupils will need lots of encouragement & positive reinforcement.
• You will need to be hard working, collaborative, adaptable, resilient, patient and able to persevere in order to help you pupils make progress academically, socially, emotionally & physically while also promoting other aspects of personal development.

• This srcondary SEMH School caters for young people in KS3 & 4, aged 11-6.
• All pupils have an EHCP for special needs including Social, Emotional or Mental Health needs (SEMH), ADHD or Autism.
• Rated Good by Ofsted.
• Very supportive management & colleagues that work as a team to overcome challenges.
• Easily accessible by train, bus, tram or car from Bury, Bolton or North Manchester.

To join us and be successful in this Sports Coach role, you will need to:

• Some experience teaching or mentoring in sports.
• DBS on the Update Service (or be happy to apply for a new one)
• Overseas Police Clearances (if applicable) and professional references checks.
• CV with full history
• Have the legal right to work in the UK.

To apply for this Manchester based Sports Coach role & register with Tradewind please call Graham in the Manchester office on or email .

Benefits of working through Tradewind:

• An honest and friendly team with a wealth of educational experience
• Consultants that will listen to what you want and support you wherever necessary
• Top rates of pay through our attraction of the best education talent
• More training and development than any other agency – which is why we can offer you more certified CPD courses than any other education recruitment agency, 25 to be exact! That’s 18 more than our next nearest competitor
• A great referral scheme – recommend a friend and earn a generous reward
• Full interview preparation and assistance – so you’re fully prepped and confident, increasing your chances of success
• Help with lesson planning – our support doesn’t stop once we’ve secured you a placement
• A straightforward Online Portal for your timesheets and log your availability
• Free social and networking events to get to know your peers and consultants

A bit more about Tradewind

1. As a Sunday Times Top 100 employer, we’re committed to putting candidates & staff first
2. We employ the best in the business to provide an exceptional service to our candidates
3. Top rates of pay (all rates are typically inclusive of holiday pay, however we will happily accrue this upon request)
4. More free CPD courses than any other education recruiter
5. Awarded REC Audited Education Gold Standard status and we’re proudly an Equal Opportunities Employer