The very best Work Placement opportunities in sports coaching and childcare
As an educational charity our mission is to develop young people by giving them skills through experience. The King’s Foundation has 20 years experience providing children’s multi-activity programmes and young people development in the UK, Europe and Africa. We operate day camps at 45 sites throughout the UK as well as providing many international opportunities.
How our Work Placements work
From a hassle free application and interview process through to outcomes that achieve compulsory course requirements and enhanced employment credentials, our work placements are tailored to suit each individual, and will be accompanied with an excellent support network.
Our Work Placements give you the opportunity to work in a range of different positions including multi-sport coaches, specialist sports coaches and play leader positions, together with the chance to work with a range of different child age-groups from 3 to 17 years. We're flexible about how many hours or weeks you need to work and also where you work as we have over 40 different locations for work placements throughout the UK.
The benefits of Work Placements
The programme is structured to cover, and provide evidence of, clearly identified learning outcomes that offer students the following benefits:
- Minimum of 90 hours contact time
- Opportunity to help make a difference to the lives of children from all backgrounds
- Record of employability
- Personal Evaluation and PLAR (Prior Learning and Recognition) accreditation
- Career development and the potential of regular employment with King’s Recruit
- Full staff uniform will be provided
Learning from…
- Excellent staff teams - experienced coaches and managers providing a strong support network
- Excellent programmes – a great range of sports and activities
- Excellent locations – over 40 of the best venues throughout the UK
- Excellent training – online and in person training covering: customer care, child protection, child supervision, child welfare and behaviour, health and safety, sports coaching techniques and creative and dynamic session development.
How to apply for a Work Placement
Apply for a Work Placement Online Now
Simply click on the 'apply for a Work Placement' link below and select ‘Work Placement Position’ in the preferences section
Once we've recieved your application, our Work Placement Co-ordinator will contact you to discuss the placement opportunities that are right for you or if you'd prefer to have a chat with us about how we can help you to launch your career in sports coaching or childcare call us on 0845 643 5281 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm).