Swimming Coach
A King's Camps swimming coach is responsible for the planning, preparation and delivery of all swimming sessions for groups of children aged between 4 and 17 years. All King's Camps swimming programmes combine a mixture of structured swimming teaching and fun and games, while adhering to King's Camps programmes and safety standards at all times.
When not on poolside, swimming coaches will get involved with other sports and activities taking place on the activity camp and work closely with the King's Camps sports coaching team.
Residential camp opportunities are also available for swimming coaches, please specify in your application if this would be of interest to you.
Swimming Coach - Skills Match
- Candidates must have a full STA Level 2 Swimming Teachers Certificate or ASA Level 2 Certificate for teaching swimming (previously ASA Full Teachers) and an NPLQ, NARS qualification or National Rescue Test for Teachers.
- Experience of working with children aged 4-17 years is essential, along with motivation and commitment.
Swimming Coach - Job Details
- Hours of work are generally between 9.45am and 4.15pm, during the holidays and will be confirmed by contract.
- Rate of pay is dependent upon contract.
Swimming Coach - Duties & Responsibilities
- To check that the appropriate life-saving equipment and emergency aids are in working order and immediately to hand
- To establish and maintain high safety standards in the pool area.
To carry out swimming tests to assess the ability of each child, taking appropriate action.
- To set out the pool ‘rules’ at the start of each group’s first swimming session.
- To follow the swimming policy at all times.
- To ensure you know which member of staff the First Aider is and their whereabouts during each session.
- To check the safety of the pool (chlorine levels).
- To be on the lookout, and prevent bullying of any description in the pool area, reporting any incidents to the Site Manager.
- To plan and deliver fun, quality swimming sessions appropriate to the
ability of the children, utilizing King’s Camps sports and swimming coaching resources.
- To prepare structured swimming sessions for each King's Camps group.
- To get to know the children in each swimming group.
- To take care and encourage all children in each swimming group and to integrate unhappy children into the activity.
- To ensure the appropriate swimming equipment is prepared before the start of each swimming session.
- To maintain interest throughout each swimming session, ensuring that every child is participating.
- To combine swimming teaching and fun with a variety of activities including exercises, games and free time.
- To ensure that sports coaches and play leaders assist effectively and to direct the sports coaches and play leaders during swimming sessions, ensuring that they are taking the role of a 'Responsible Adult' in each swimming session.
- To be involved in other sports coaching sessions when possible and to participate in non-swimming activities as the camp timetable directs, working as part of the wider staff team, with the children's enjoyment as the main focus.
- To be involved in the lunch and break time supervision. To follow the rota for lunch breaks as designed by the camp manager, to assist in lunch time activities and to ensure that the children in your group are happy and safe during break times.
- To ensure the safe and correct use of King's Camps venue facilities and equipment.
- To use King's Camps equipment and only use venue equipment for which the camp manager has specifically given permission to use.
- To check the equipment before each swimming session and to inform the camp manager of any damaged equipment.
- To count the equipment at the beginning and end of every swimming session to prevent equipment loss and pack away tidily in the store.
- To respect the venue facilities, leaving the swimming pool and related areas clean and tidy.
UK Locations
King's Camps sport and activity camps take place at over 40 venues throughout England, Scotland and Wales during the Easter, summer and October school holidays.
Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hamilton,Cardiff, Bakewell, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bradford, Bromsgrove, Cambridge,
Cheltenham, Chester, Coventry, Exeter, Halifax, Harrogate, Hull,
Ilkley, Kirkham, Leeds, Liverpool, Loughborough, Manchester,
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Northampton, Nottingham, Reading, Sandbach,
Sheffield, Southampton, Surrey, Wakefield, York.
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