Disability Cricket Coach - Children & Young People

[Super 1s]

• To promote and develop disability cricket in community hubs and offer both participation and competitive opportunities
• Develop initiatives that increase confidence, communication, leadership and independence. Ensure participants personal growth can develop beyond cricket

[SEND programme]

• Extend the reach of cricket to new SEND settings
• Ensure more young people with SEND have the opportunity to engage in the most appropriate form of cricket (primarily using table cricket and soft-ball cricket where appropriate)
• Continue to work within SEND settings already engaged in the table cricket and embed sustainability through teacher training
• Transition more young people with a disability to community settings such as Super 1s, Champion Clubs and other appropriate community offers
• Deliver a county table cricket competition that feeds into the national structure

RESPONSBILITIES:

Super 1s

Plan, setup and deliver Super 1s community hubs that:

• Deliver a year-round Super 1s programme that is diverse, inclusive and is open to young people aged 12-25 with a disability from the community
• Create a programme centred on delivering positive social outcomes for young people with a disability, developing participant's personal skills and future prospects through cricket
• Develop competitive opportunities that engage all Super 1's hubs in a minimum of 3 competition days annually
• Create a sustainable disability pathway for players of a higher ability

SEND programme:

• Engage new SEND settings through cricket, ensuring the continued development of table cricket and soft-ball where appropriate
• Ensure continued engagement of existing and active SEND settings
• Train and upskill teachers and group leads to deliver table cricket sessions within their school or group (alongside participant delivery)
• Run a county-wide table cricket competition that feeds into Lord's Taverners regional structure. County competitions must provide a competitive opportunity for active schools and target participants that have limited access to mainstream competitive opportunities
• Recruit and train Young Leaders across both Super 1s and table cricket to support disability cricket activity
• Ensure the SEND programme connects with the Super 1s programme and other community offers by providing a pathway for engaged participants

General:

• To promote and deliver the Lord's Taverners SEND & Super 1s programme across Somerset

• Develop partnerships to enhance the impact of Lord's Taverners programmes and the wider county disability plan
• Manage all programme data requirements of the SEND & Super 1s programmes ensuring timely and accurate data is collected and recorded on the Upshot monitoring system
• Maintain regular communication and dialogue, whilst also capturing feedback, opinion and a review of satisfaction
• Provide formal written reports and case studies, and ensure that all monitoring and evaluation is undertaken as required
• Work closely with existing cricket clubs to engage with disabled people where possible
• Support the development of the wider pool of volunteers and sports coaches by mentoring and / or signposting for opportunities both formally and informally

The successful post holder will be:

• Committed to improving the lives of young people

• Committed to their own personal professional development and play an active role in the professional development of their colleagues

• Represent the Somerset Cricket Foundation and the Lord Taverners in a positive and professional manner at all times

• Ensure the health, safety and welfare of yourself, participants and others at all times

• Conduct sessions in accordance with the appropriate ECB guidelines and good practice

• Take part in other activities as and when required

• Perform all duties in an equitable manner and to actively promote the principles of equality amongst colleagues, partners and service users

• Conform to, actively commit to and promote both the Lord's Taverners and Somerset Cricket Foundation values when using any communication