Community Sports Coaches
The community sports coaching scheme has been established to get 3,000 paid, qualified Community Sports Coaches working at local level, to increase the number and range of coaching opportunities according to strategic and local need by 2006. It is intended the scheme will result in:
- a step change in developing a career structure for coaching
- an increase in the number of qualified coaches employed at a local level
- quality standards for the recruitment, employment, management and development of coaches
- managed, quality continuous professional development support for employed coaches
- high quality coaching with a focus on young people
A Community Sports Coach:
- is a relevant coach with a National Governing Body qualification, and the relevant experience for the coaching role
- is committed to continuous professional development
- agrees to abide by a code of conduct
- has been checked by the Criminal Records Bureau
Employed on a full or part-time basis by an employing body operating to minimum standards, Community Sports Coaches will be deployed with a core focus of work across schools, clubs and local authorities to:
- coach young people, predominatly outside of curriculum time, to develop core movement and sport skills across a number of sports or with a particular focus on one sport
- coach at a local level with a focus on the FUNdamentals / Learning to Train or equivalent phases of NGB player pathways
- retain young people in sport by ensuring a high quality, enjoyable, young person-centred experience and providing guidance on progression opportunities based on the young person's interest and abilities