Assistant Swim Instructor

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Assistant Swim Instructor to join our Active Communities team at Enable! This is a unique and exciting opportunity to help children and women in Wandsworth learn to swim and grow in confidence in the water, through our affordable and inclusive Community Swim Programme.

About Us 

Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. We work with councils, charities and other local organisations to deliver health, leisure, community services and events that enrich people’s lives and strengthen our local community.

At Enable, we value our employees and our culture, focusing on embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive, flexible and fun environment for employees to perform at their best.

Reports to:  Active Communities Programme Lead and Active Communities Manager

Based: Burntwood School, Wandsworth, Burntwood Ln, London SW17 0AQ

Salary: £21.00 per hour

Contract: Casual 

Work Arrangement: 7.5 hours per week, on site, Tuesday and Thursday evenings (17:30 to 21:15), term time only, with the potential for additional hours

DBS: Enhanced with Children's Barred List

Role Overview:

Reporting to the Active Communities Programme Lead, the Assistant Swim Instructor will be responsible for delivering swimming lessons for children aged 5 to 15 and women aged 16 and over at Burntwood School, following Swim England guidelines and recording registers and swimmer levels on the Soakly teaching app. This person will work alongside other swimming staff and lifeguards to set up, take down and look after equipment, and to give every participant a safe, enjoyable and inclusive swimming experience.

The Community Swim Programme is an affordable, local way for children and women to learn and develop their swimming skills in an inclusive space. Children's sessions run from 17:30 to 19:30 and women-only sessions from 19:45 to 21:15 on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, term time only. Once participants complete all levels, we support them to move on to local swimming clubs or competitive swimming. 
Find out more at enablelc.org/csp and enablelc.org/leisure/leisureget-involved/women.

The Leisure Team are passionate about benefitting the local community through sports and leisure activities. We are experts in our service and pride ourselves on our customer experience and inclusivity through affordable or complementary programmes reaching those that need it the most. The leisure team want to enrich all lives within Wandsworth leading on the needs of the community, delivering programmes that reach out to local places and people, removing barriers and increasing access to activity.  

Main Duties/Responsibilities:

• Ensure the safety of children and women in the pool and on poolside
• Independently plan, prepare, deliver and evaluate a series of swimming lessons, following Swim England guidelines on the Soakly teaching app
• Work with the swim teaching team during sessions, taking turns teaching on poolside and in the pool to support lower-level swimmers
• Work with other swimming staff and lifeguards to set up, take down and maintain Enable's equipment
• Keep the Active Communities team regularly updated on sessions, highlighting any challenges and successes
• Maintain registers and update each participant's skill progression weekly on the Soakly teachers app
• Maintain GDPR standards, making sure participant data is never left out and is stored securely
• Commit to regular evening work during term time
• Follow Enable's human resources policies and comply with Health and Safety legislation, Enable's safety arrangements and the venue's policies and codes, so that staff, the public and contractors are kept safe
• Understand your safeguarding duties under the Children Act 2004, and make sure the appropriate member of staff is made aware of, and kept fully informed about, any safeguarding or child protection concerns
• Be committed to your professional development by identifying training that will support you in the role

The successful candidate will have:

• SEQ Level 1 and Level 2 Swimming Teaching qualification
• Sound knowledge of the Swim England curriculum
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and how it applies to a swimming teacher, demonstrating integrity at all times and a willingness to attend training as required
• Experience of supervising swimming lessons in a leisure or competitive setting
• Experience of working collaboratively in a team
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage colleagues, children, young people, partner organisations and the public
• Able to manage participant behaviour so that sessions are enjoyable and inclusive
• Able to contribute to the development of training programmes and group sessions
• Excellent organisational skills to keep on top of admin, including Soakly registers and swimmer levels
• Desirable: experience of casual or freelance coaching or instructing, and of working with young children

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a company that positively impacts the community around them! If you are someone that is motivated by a desire to enrich the lives of others and make a genuine difference, then please Apply Now and follow the prompts. 

If this role not quite right, however you are still interested in working at Enable then we encourage you to get in touch today on [email protected] 

Enable is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. To find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.