Swimming Instructor
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Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
22 May 2024 at 8am
Date listed
24 April 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Monday, 0830-1530 Tuesday to Friday term time plus INSETS
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,979 and £29,777
Additional allowances
SEN £2,539
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Candidates must have a full STA Level 2 Swimming Teachers Certificate or ASA Level 2 Certificate for Teaching Swimming - essential
- RLSS National Pool Lifeguard Qualification - essential
- CIMSPA National Pool Plant Operator Qualification - desirable
- Experience of working with SEN children aged 4 – 19 years - essential
- Experience of working with a pool plant room - desirable
- First Aid - desirable
- Use of Makaton / Sign-a-long - desirable
- Experience of managing staff - desirable
- Ability to use and teach with the swimming equipment - essential
- Ability to use the mobility aids at the pool - essential
- Ability to effectively lifeguard the pool and perform rescues - essential
- Ability to assess, record and report achievement - essential
- Ability to be creative thinker - essential
- Good communicator - essential
- Ability to encourage pupils and put them at ease - essential
What the school offers its staff
- Training: A full induction and on the job training with a commitment to supporting and coaching you towards excellent practice
- Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance with a supportive whole staff team and governing body
- an exciting and challenging role
- a fantastic pupil population with supportive parents and families
- a highly profession staff team
- onsite parking
Further details about the role
Swimming and/or Pool time is often our pupils very favourite activity and is greatly valued by all of the community for regulation, skill development and fun! Water safety and confidence are also incredibly important for our pupils to develop and where they can, pupils also go on to develop real swimming ability giving them the opportunity to excel in a sport, thereby increasing their self-esteem and fitness.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to securing genuine equality of opportunity in all aspects of our activities as an employer and education provider
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About Brookfields Special School
- School type
- Special school, ages 3 to 19
- School size
- 229 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Brookfields Special School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@brookfields.w-berks.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0118 942 1382
SEN School catering for 3 to 19 year olds
Arranging a visit to Brookfields Special School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@brookfields.w-berks.sch.uk.
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