Job Description
1 – 15 Hours per week available
Background
Hillbrow Health and Wellbeing has been formed through a partnership between Wave Active ltd, and South Downs Health and Care GP Federation.
Wave Active is a Charity and Social Enterprise managing leisure sites across the Lewes District and Eastbourne Borough and is passionate about providing services and opportunities that support individuals to gain, regain or maintain positive health, fitness and wellbeing.
South Downs Health and Care is a Social Enterprise owned by the GP practices of Eastbourne, Hailsham, Seaford, Lewes, High Weald and Bexhill. SDHC Vision is to enable every person to live their best life. SDHC is CQC registered and runs NHS community healthcare services.
What is Hillbrow Health and Wellbeing?
Hillbrow is a healthy living, activity focused, leisure and sports centre offering connected healthcare provision under one roof, enabling the best possible health and wellbeing in the community.
By linking resources between NHS Primary Healthcare Services and Community Leisure, GPs and Healthcare Teams can collaborate with leisure support staff to provide proactive and dynamic care under one roof. The focus is on person-centred care, with an emphasis on positive outcomes for physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
The goal is to change the way clinical and leisure health focused professionals work together on a daily basis to improve the health of the local community.
How?
Bringing together leisure facilities and activities, with NHS General Practice and Primary Health care, services and delivering co-ordinated personalised interventions to the heart of the local community.
Collaboration
Wave Active is an award-winning charity and social enterprise, supporting our local communities with facilities, activities and services, to inspire active lifestyles.
Wave’s purpose is to “ Inspire Active Lifestyles” and our vision is
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To be at the heart of the improvement of health and wellbeing in the Community”SDHC is a social enterprise owned by the GP practices of Eastbourne, Hailsham, Seaford, Lewes, High Weald and Bexhill.
SDHC’s vision is to enable every person to live their best life.
SDHC is CQC registered and runs NHS community healthcare services with the vision to enable people to live their best lives.
Summary of Main Duties
To deliver swimming lessons in line with the objectives approved by Hillbrow so as to ensure the maximum use of the facilities by the community.
The post holder will be required to adopt a flexible approach in reacting to changes in policy and developments into new or improved areas of service activity, and to formulate initiatives to help improve the service provision.
Learn to Swim Programme
- To work with the Aquatics Development Coordinator to further develop and promote Swim School and the implementation of new swimming initiatives.
- To provide swimming tuition for all sectors of the community.
- To administer all courses, if required, as laid down by the Aquatics Development Coordinator/ Area Manager and special events e.g. water safety courses, swimming lessons parties, swimming galas and promotional swim weeks.
- To plan courses, group lessons, private lessons to take into account holidays and events, likely to disrupt courses.
- Assess learners progress and recommend for class advancement when ready.
- Liaise and feedback with parents/carer’s as required.
- To ensure your knowledge is kept up to date by following CPD’s.
Personal Specification
Qualifications (Essential)
- ASA Level 2 Certificate in Teaching Aquatics or equivalent
- ASA Level 2 Teaching Pre-School Swimming or equivalent
Experience (Essential)
- Experience of teaching in an aquatic’s environment /organisation
Knowledge, Skills, Competencies (Essential)
- Well developed interpersonal skills, able to work confidently with both adults and children
- To ensure your knowledge is kept up to date by following CPD’s
Personal Attributes (Essential)
- Able to work flexibly with a high level of autonomy
- Good communication and presentation skills
- Excellent time management skills, ensuring lessons run on time
- Passion for teaching and providing exceptional service
Other (Essential)
- To be flexible to the changing demands of the business
- To be able to follow Wave Active Limited’s Policies and Procedures