Job Description: Swimming Coach
To provide fun, safe swimming sessions appropriate to the ages and abilities of the children. To plan and deliver the swimming sessions encouraging improvement within the various ages and ability levels, maintaining the highest safety standards at all times. The swimming coach is expected to be fully involved in other duties and sports activities as part of the staff team.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- 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 check that the appropriate life-saving equipment and emergency aids are in working order and immediately to hand
- To check the safety of the pool (chlorine levels)
- To ensure you know which member of staff the First Aider is and their whereabouts during each session
- 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 coaching resources
- To prepare structured sessions for each group
- To get to know the children in each group
- To care for and encourage the children in the group, integrating unhappy children
- To ensure the appropriate equipment is prepared before the start of each session
- To maintain interest throughout each session, ensuring that each child is participating
- To combine teaching and fun with a variety of activities including exercises, games and free time
- To ensure Coaches and Carers are assisting effectively
- To direct the Coaches and Carers, ensuring that they are taking the role of a 'Responsible Adult' in each session
- To be involved in other coaching sessions when possible
- To participate in non-swimming activities as the 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 supervision
- To follow the rota for lunch breaks as designed by the Site Manager
- To assist in lunchtime activities
- To ensure that the children in your group are safe and happy during break times
- To ensure the safe and correct use of venue facilities and equipment
- To use King’s Camps equipment, and only venue equipment for which the Site Manager has specifically given permission to use
- To check the equipment before each session and inform the Site Manager of any damaged equipment
- To count the equipment at the beginning and end of each session to prevent equipment loss, and pack away tidily in the store
- To respect the venue facilities, leaving the pool and related areas clean and tidy