Active Schools Support Worker

Location: Fife

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement.

Job Details

Active Schools aims to provide more and higher quality opportunities to take part in sport and physical activity before school, during lunchtime and after school, and to develop effective pathways between schools and sports clubs in the local community.

This is a brand-new opportunity to join the Fife Active Schools team, to support children & young people to engage or re-engage with sport and physical activity

The Role will include:

• Preparing and leading a series of appropriate lesson plans, providing clear instructions and demonstrations. 

• Providing opportunities for all children to participate in sport and physical activity enabling the creation of pathways from schools to the wider community. 

• Identifying and developing an understanding of the needs of children and young people in relation to sport and physical activity, particularly in ‘hard to reach groups’ and adopting a targeted approach to engaging these groups to take part in physical activity and sport.

• Measuring and reporting the impact of Active Schools through collating and using data, self-assessing and reflecting, continuously improving and evaluating.

• Consulting with children and young people on the activities they want to participate in. 

• Supporting and promote effective pathways between school and sport clubs to improve the transition from schools to clubs.

A link to the role profile is included below. You will find more information about the job and the type of person we are looking for.

The Person

You will be educated to SCQF level 7, which includes HNC or Advanced Highers or equivalent experience and have experience of working with children in an education, sport, health, leisure and/or recreation environment.  

Experience in supporting pupils/children individually or in small groups in school/curricular & extra-curricular sport and physical activities. 

You will be able to identify good practice and promote the role of physical activity incorporating sport, play, health and active travel, as a contributor to community development.  

You will also be able to show good organisation, interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work both individually and part of a wider team.

Before confirming to your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

As this role requires SSSC registration, the successful applicant will have three months to apply for registration.  

If appointed, you must start your application as soon as possible so you're registered within the required six months. 

If you need to achieve a qualification to maintain your SSSC membership, information will be provided if you are appointed. You must ensure you complete the qualification within the specified timeframe.

Further Information

• Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile

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• As a progressive employer, we offer the opportunity to work in this role as a “blended working” arrangement with home-working opportunities and occasional office-working as required. While the significant part of the role can and will be carried out remotely, candidates should be able to travel to and attend office locations in Fife as required.

 For further Information please contact: Craig Watson – Senior Active Schools Coordinator, [email protected]