Level 2 Swimming Teacher

Level 2 Swimming Teacher

Job description

To plan and provide engaging training sessions and lessons within a sport to customers of all ages, ensuring safety at all times within a fun environment, to improve people's skills and abilities within a specific sporting discipline. The role will be providing coaching to participants as individuals or large/varied groups, supporting the development of a range of levels and abilities, including those with more complex training or teaching needs.

Principal Accountabilities

• Engage with participants to foster their engagement and enthusiasm, and understand their goals and needs, to ensure they receive a training programme and session that is suitable and motivational to meet their needs.
• Plan and deliver engaging structured and/or non-structured coaching sessions to encourage and support the development of participants' skills and abilities in the specific sport. This entails planning and developing coaching programmes and sessions in accordance with governing body methods/approaches/resources for that sport, and adapting plans to meet the abilities and objectives of the group or individual.
• Prepare sessions plans for more junior coaching staff to follow, and provide advice and to more junior coaching staff, so that they can help run sessions effectively and to support their development.
• Undertake health and safety checks and ensure all equipment is fit for purpose and set up correctly, and take overall responsibility for the welfare of participants from arrival at to departure from the session by following the procedures outlined in the code of conduct and safeguarding guide, to provide a safe environment.
• Demonstrate correct techniques and offer ongoing advice to participants, to help participants improve their technique and get the most benefit they can from the training sessions.
• Monitor and assess ability and progress in line with the defined frameworks and achievement standards of the sport's governing body, to support the participants' improvement. This includes assessing and testing participants in proficiency and achievement awards/grades in accordance with the defined award criteria, and informing parents/guardians of participant development where applicable.
• Agree the movement and progression of participants between classes, and inform the customer service team of this to keep waiting lists to a minimum.
• Undertake relevant administrative duties, such as taking attendance registers and maintaining participant records, to support the smooth-running of lessons and coaching sessions.