Sports Coach
Location: Firswood, Manchester
Position: Full-Time TA (1:1 Support)
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Long-term Temporary
Hours: 8:30 am 3:30 pm
About the Role:
Are you a sports coach looking to take your passion for working with young people into the classroom? This could be the perfect opportunity for you! We're looking for a sports coach with a background in basketball or other sports to become a full-time SEN 1:1 Teaching Assistant.Your ability to motivate, inspire, and guide will be invaluable in supporting a Year 5 student who needs help navigating school routines and improving their engagement with learning.
Why Coaches Make Great TAs:
As a sports coach, you already possess the key skills needed to excel in a 1:1 teaching assistant role. Your experience in setting clear goals, maintaining discipline, and building strong, positive relationships with young people is exactly whats needed in this position.You understand the power of encouragement, structure, and patience qualities that make a huge difference in an educational setting. You'll be able to use these skills to help students overcome challenges both inside and outside the classroom.
What You'll Bring:
Coaching Experience: A background in coaching, particularly basketball, with a focus on discipline, motivation, and building relationships.Patience & Resilience: The ability to guide and support a student with additional needs, helping them build confidence and trust.
Mentorship Skills: Your experience motivating young athletes will translate perfectly into mentoring a student through their academic and social challenges.Understanding of Development: Just as in coaching, you'll help the student develop, set goals, and work towards achieving them in a supportive, structured environment.
Why This Role Suits Coaches:
You'll get the opportunity to build a relationship of trust and support with a student who needs guidance and structure.You'll help foster confidence and teamwork in an academic environment, just as you would on the sports field.
You'll engage the student both in learning and during recreational activities, using your coaching skills to connect with them and keep them motivated.
Eligibility Requirements:
Right to Work in the UKEnhanced DBS certificate (or willingness to apply for one)
Coaching experience with young people, ideally in basketball or other sports
How to Apply:
If you're ready to bring your skills from the sports field into a rewarding teaching assistant role, we want to hear from you! Send your CV to us today and take the first step towards a fulfilling new career path.
Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy.