Sports Coach to Teaching Assistant | South Shields

Location: South Shields
Job Type: Full Time, Term Time Only
Start Date: Immediate Start Available
Hours: Monday–Friday, school hours
Pay: £98–£120 per day

Take Your Coaching Skills Into Education

Are you a sports coach who enjoys motivating young people?

Protocol Education are recruiting Sports Coaches to work as Teaching Assistants within specialist settings in South Shields.

You already have many of the skills schools are looking for — communication, teamwork, motivation, boundaries and the ability to build relationships.

You Could Come From:

• Football coaching
• Rugby coaching
• Boxing or martial arts
• Personal training
• Fitness
• PE
• Athletics
• Basketball
• Swimming
• Youth sport
• Sports degrees

Your Role

You'll support young people across the school day, helping them to:

• Engage with learning
• Build confidence
• Develop communication skills
• Manage behaviour and emotions
• Participate in physical activity
• Develop teamwork and resilience
• Make positive choices
• Build positive relationships with adults

You'll also support lessons, 1:1 work, small groups, break times and lunchtime activities.

Driving Advantageous

Ideally, you'll hold a full UK driving licence and have access to your own car.

This is particularly useful for candidates who are able to travel between South Shields and surrounding areas.

DBS

Candidates with an Enhanced DBS on the Update Service are particularly advantageous for immediate-start positions.

If you don't currently have an Enhanced DBS, you can still apply, but you'll need to be able to apply for one ASAP and complete the required safeguarding checks.

What You Get

• £98–£120 per day
• Weekly PAYE
• FREE CPD and online training
• Dedicated consultant
• Long-term opportunities
• Ongoing support
• £50 Refer a Friend bonus

Ready to turn your coaching experience into a career in education? Apply today.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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