Employment Opportunities with Futures Sports

CAMP 1 - 18th to 23rd July 2010 for Hockey Field players and Level 1 Hockey coaching course
CAMP 2 - 25th to 30th July 2010 for Hockey Field players
CAMP 3 – 1st to 6th August 2010 for Hockey Field players
CAMP 4 - 8th to 13th August 2010 for Hockey Field players and Hockey Goalees
CAMP 5 - 15th to 20th August 2010 for Hockey Field players and Rugby players
CAMP 6 – 22nd to 27th August 2010 for Hockey Field players and Level 1 Hockey coaching course

ABOUT THE CAMPS
Our residential Summer Camp programme has been running successfully for 20 years. This summer we will be running 6 camps, all at Moulton College, Northamptonshire. The Camps are predominantly residential, with around 100 boys & girls aged 10 to 16 each week. On Camp 1 and 6 we also run a VRQ Level 1 Coach Award course and on Camp 4 there will be a specialist goalie course in partnership with Spartan Hockey. We are also really excited to introduce our first Rugby Camp (for boys and girls aged 10 to 14) which will be held on Camp 5.

A typical day on camp includes – breakfast – 3 hours coaching – lunch – 2 hours coaching – 1 hour competition – rest – dinner – 1.5 hours chill out activities – rest. All coaching is on one of 3 all weather pitches at the college/school with evening activities on grass, rubber crumb or indoor. The coaching programme is based on delivery of the England Hockey Core Skills. Delivery is tailored to meet the needs of specific groups of 12. Players are assessed on day one and allocated a group (1 to 8), with 1 being the oldest/most experienced.

The overall aim of the Camp is to provide a fun, safe learning environment where we support and challenge young players. The standard of players varies from club to national age group but is generally county/region level.

DIRECTORS
The camp directors are Mike Joyce, Martin Wilkes, Nicky Milford and Hanna Wilkins. Mike and Martin also tutor the Level 1 Coaching Course on week 1.

STAFFING
For each camp we require 19 staff members as follows;

1 x Entertainments Co-ordinator – Responsible for co-ordinating the evening activity programme and filling in where required during the day time.

Qualifications: CSLA or higher, with experience of delivering and managing children’s activities.

Package: Coaching fee, Accommodation, all meals, staff refreshments & Futures Sports Camps clothing

1 x HEAD COACH – Each head coach is responsible for planning and overseeing delivery of the coaching programme. They are required to brief, lead and assistant coaches at the start of each day and debrief at the end.

Qualifications: Level 3 coach or higher, with experience of mentoring other coaches

Package: Coaching fee, Accommodation, all meals, staff refreshments & Futures Sports Camps clothing

4 x LEAD COACH – Each lead coach is responsible for delivering their group’s hockey coaching programme. They are responsible for the welfare of their group between 8:30am and 5pm. They are also responsible for managing and deploying 1 assistant coach and 1 junior leader.

Qualifications: Level 2 coach or higher

Package: Coaching fee, Accommodation, all meals, staff refreshments & Futures Sports Camps clothing

1 x Goalkeeping COACH – Responsible for planning and delivering a hockey coaching programme for GK’s on Camp (usually between 5 and 10 GKs). He/She is also responsible for managing 1 assistant GK coach.

Qualifications: Level 1 coach or higher, with appropriate GK coaching experience

Package: Coaching fee, Accommodation, all meals, staff refreshments & Futures Sports Camps clothing

4 x ASSISTANT COACH – Each assistant coach is responsible for delivering aspects of their groups hockey coaching programme as directed by the lead coach. They also have responsibilities outside the hockey coaching programme, i.e. from 5pm to lights out in the evening.

Qualifications: Level 1 coach or higher

Package: Coaching fee, Accommodation, all meals, staff refreshments & Futures Sports Camps clothing

 4 x Camp Welfare OFFICERS – Overall responsibility for all welfare issues on Camp. Supported by Lead and Head coaches where required. Each welfare officer is allocated a pitch during hockey coaching time.

Qualifications: Any relevant formal qualification, with significant experience of working with children in a residential environment.

Package: Coaching fee, Accommodation, all meals, staff refreshments & Futures Sports Camps clothing

4 x Junior Coach – Variety of coaching and leadership roles. Each Junior Leader is attached to a hockey coaching group during the day and has fun activity planning and delivery responsibilities in the evening.

Qualifications: CSLA or Level 1 coach

Package: Coaching Fee, Accommodation, all meals, staff refreshments & Futures Sports Camps clothing

STAFF POSITION REQUIREMENTS
All coaching staff must be willing to undergo a CRB check (currency of 2 years on EH CRB checks is accepted) and have attended Child Protection training.

Welfare officers must have formal welfare training, first aid qualification and previous experience of residential camp welfare.

All staff are expected to be residential, all meals and refreshments are provided. All coaching equipment is provided.

There will be a rota for free evenings.

APPLICATION PROCESS
We are looking for fun, relaxed, experienced coaches, who want to work hard but have as much fun as the players! There are certain requirements for each position, some attract an honorarium and some do not, this is all detailed above. We are also looking for a balance of age/experience/gender across the team. If you would like to be considered for one of these positions please contact us with the following information;

Name, Address, Postcode, Email, Telephone No.
DOB
Coaching qualifications
Other qualifications (including Child Protection, First Aid, Coaching Children etc.)
Brief summary of your experience in coaching or leading
Which position/positions you would like to be considered for
Which WEEK/S you wish to be considered for

If you have any questions and wish to have a chat prior to application please do not hesitate to contact Mike Joyce as detailed below.

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Many thanks, I look forward to hearing from you.

Mike Joyce
Director – Futures Sports Summer Hockey Camps
E. futuressports@aol.com