Lead Practitioner: Crewe - Strong through Sport

Role Fundamentals

– This is a UK-based role. Applicants must be currently resident in the UK and have the right to work in the UK, and a full UK driving licence.

– This role is based in/around the Crewe area and will require regular evening and weekend delivery onsite at The Dome Youth Zone, Crewe.

– We are open to applications from those looking for consultancy roles (fewer days per week) or salaried employment (if salaried, this role would include pension contribution).

About The True Athlete Project (TAP) – https://www. thetrueathleteproject.org/

The True Athlete Project is an international movement of athletes, coaches, mindfulness teachers, researchers, and sport-for-change practitioners. Together, we’re on a mission to build a more compassionate world through sport.

‘Strong through Sport’ is based on a simple premise: when young people experience joyful, inclusive, psychologically safe and developmentally intentional sport environments, they flourish and they pass all that goodness onto others.

As Lead Practitioner for our Crewe: ‘Strong through Sport’ programme, your role will focus on 3 main areas:

Embedded Delivery & Support for Youth Workers and Coaches at The Dome Youth Zone

• Developing and delivering specific workshops and training sessions for youth workers and coaches, including via in-situ support during youth work sessions.
• Ensuring youth workers and coaches feel supported and confident in their ability to change lives.

Delivering Mentoring Programmes for Young People with Specific Needs in the Crewe Area

• Creating and delivering a mentoring programme for young athletes, prioritising para-athletes and neurodivergent youth.
• Nurturing well-rounded young people with improved resilience, confidence, agency, and wellbeing – supporting not only sport participation, but educational engagement and positive life destinations.

Supporting Organisations in Crewe to Embed Sport for Social Change Principles and Practices

• Working with TAP colleagues to support 2-3 Crewe-based sports organisations
• Helping their teams to develop inclusive environments and build a movement of sport for change in the area.

Person Requirements

Essential:

– Strong experience of working with young people, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing

– Strong understanding of sports-based youth development, including adapting sport psychology principles and practices to a grassroots youth sport context

– Demonstrable experience and understanding of mindfulness-based practices

– Highly creative and imaginative (this role involves the co-creation of a new partnership and set of programmes)

– Emotionally intelligent, empathetic and sensitive to the needs of others

– Demonstrable experience of proactively managing and implementing programmes and projects – able to initiate, track and follow through on long-term partnerships with multiple stakeholders, thinking ahead on what needs to be done to ensure success

– Passionate about sport and the benefits it can offer individuals, communities and society

– Feel strongly motivated by the mission and values of TAP

– Excellent written and spoken communication, with the ability to tailor tone and style as needed

– Personally well organised and a structured planner

– Relationally open, warm, informal and process-focused

Desirable:

– Experience training and mentoring coaches and/or youth workers in a community sport setting

– Experience facilitating learning and development experiences

– Experience of working with para and neurodivergent young athletes

– Professional background in coaching / mentoring / counselling / human development

Application Instructions

– Please send a C.V. and cover letter to Sam Parfitt at careers@thetrueathleteproject. org by 6th September.

– Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and may close early if suitable candidates are identified. Please only submit applications via email – applications submitted via LinkedIn or Indeed will not be considered.

– If you require any accessibility assistance, please let us know by email and we will be glad to provide support.

– We are committed to nurturing a diverse and inclusive environment, and we encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of race, colour, gender, gender identity or expression, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Lead Practitioner: Crewe - Strong through Sport

The True Athlete Project (TAP)

£30,000 - £35,000 pro rata (dependent on experience)

Part time (2.5-3.5 days per week)