Coaches & Employers Frequently Asked Questions

Why should I join?

SportsCoachRecruitment are keen to provide a comprehensive service to sports coaches and help them achieve high standards. This will, in turn, improve the quality of coaching in the local community and allow greater development, success and enjoyment irrelevant of age, participant or sport.

SCR allows coaches to participate in relevant, accredited workshops and courses, and provides the association of working within a professional organisation whose values are based upon high quality in all areas, at all times.

What do I get if I join?

Your profile listed on the SCR database, which will include a CV and history of your coaching experience.

A team of professionals actively pursuing sports coaching tailored to your availability and personal requirements.

Access to both paid and voluntary positions.

A database of local and national workshops, qualifications and courses to further develop your coaching skills.

A unique coach ID to access, edit and update your personal information.

Discounted resources and sports equipment offers.

Will I receive information about local workshops and seminars?

Local coaching and education authorities regularly run coaching workshops and seminars. The SCR Team will provide details of these events as and when they happen, allowing frequent

opportunities for coaches to improve in skills and meet other individuals within the industry.

Am I guaranteed a coaching job?

Unfortunately SCR cannot guarantee a position will be found for every coach who registers on the website, however each individual can be assured that the team will do their best to find suitable opportunities. Good luck!

SportsPlans4Schools Workshops & resources.

SportsCoachRecruitment work in collaboration with SportsPlans4Schools, who provide a simple approach to comprehensive primary coaching resources based on the National Curriculum. SportsPlans4Schools offer lesson plan folders and hand held ‘quick reference’ lesson plans to both class teachers and sports coaches.

In conjunction with their resource packs SportsPlans4Schools provide workshops based around each curriculum unit, developing knowledge base and coaching skills simultaneously.

Employers: How we can help…

Schools

SCR has a school-based background providing curriculum time coaching, after school clubs, breakfast clubs and inset day courses. The coaching service provided by SCR is a proven solution to PPA time, benefiting schools with specialist sports coaching sessions whilst allowing teachers to receive 10% non contact time. We also have an abundance of coaches who can help with your after school clubs, and can even help your school provide an extended school service via breakfast clubs, lunchtime courses as well as extended after school provisions.

School Sports Partnerships & Sports Development units.

The SCR team currently enjoy a successful working relationship with several School Sports Partnerships and Sports Development Units who are provided with high quality coaching staff to suit their funding opportunities. In order to ease this process for these organisations SCR will send each a timetable of coaches’ availability.

Coaching Companies

Having many years experience within the coaching industry SCR are aware of fluctuations in demand for staff and the difficulties met in finding high quality coaches. The SCR database can now help local companies by giving them the opportunity to quickly and efficiently source coaches for their own use.

Course leaders

Course leaders often need to find work based opportunities for students to experience practice based skills within the local community. SCR will work with local colleges and universities to source work experience for their students.

Established coaches

SCR understands that established coaches can find it difficult to build up full-time working hours, and actively source those individuals who may be looking for flexible hours to top-up current working commitments.

Sports Clubs and associations

With an abundance of specialist coaches profiled on the database SCR can offer local sports clubs individuals who are highly qualified to provide their weekly training sessions.

Resources

SCR are always sourcing resources that will be most suitable to develop individual coaches in their specific needs. Details of current recommendations will be made available shortly. Watch this space!