Sports Coach

Sports Coach - SEND School Opportunities | Coventry Are you a Sports Coach looking for a new challenge and a rewarding career change? We are seeking enthusiastic and dedicated Sports Coaches to work within SEND secondary schools across Coventry, supporting young people with additional needs to achieve their full potential. Your experience as a coach has equipped you with valuable skills that can make a real difference in the classroom. Through sport and physical activity, you can help students develop confidence, resilience, communication skills, teamwork, and self-esteem, creating positive learning experiences that extend far beyond the sports field. Working within an SEND environment, you will support students with a range of additional needs, including some who are non-verbal. Finding alternative ways to communicate can be challenging, making patience, creativity, empathy, and a nurturing approach essential. The ability to build strong, trusting relationships is key to helping students feel safe, supported, and ready to learn. The schools are looking for proactive individuals who thrive as part of a team and are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable young people. This is a challenging yet highly rewarding role where personal and social development is at the heart of everything they do. The ideal candidate will have: • Experience coaching sports or leading physical activities • Strong communication and relationship-building skills • A patient, caring, and resilient approach • A passion for supporting young people with additional needs • The ability to work collaboratively as part of a wider school team • A genuine desire to make a difference in students' lives What the schools offer: • A supportive and welcoming environment • Ongoing training and professional development • Opportunities to progress into teaching and education careers • Potential routes into teacher training programmes • The opportunity to secure a permanent position within the school If you're looking to take the next step in your career and use your coaching skills to inspire and support young people, we'd love to hear from you. Monarch Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All successful applicants will be subject to relevant safeguarding checks, including an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. Monarch Education is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates. Benefits of Working with Monarch Education: * leading provider, GCA Approved * opportunity to enhance your CPD portfolio through our Affinity Academy * free Safeguarding training * refer a friend scheme - £200 bonus (you can make unlimited referrals) * online portal to manage your pay and timesheets To learn more about us and what makes Monarch one of the leading education recruitment providers nationwide - please visit our website - About Us - Monarch (monarcheducation.co.uk) Important Information: * All pay rates provided are inclusive of rolled up holiday pay. * Equal Opportunities - Monarch * Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children on a daily basis, regulated activity is that any successful applicant's applications will, accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check. * This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities