Role description

Your Roles and Responsibilities, but Not Limited To

To attend staff training and development sessions
To deliver high quality football-based sessions to a group of adult men with a range of mental and physical challenges and abilities.
To organise sessions by putting players into teams and referring games.
To help build a safe and inclusive environment for all users.
Ensure that delivery of the sessions is compliant with the programme’s guidelines.
Work alongside other facilitator staff to support each other’s delivery, sharing best practice.

You Must Have

Understanding of the Trust commitment to EDI & Safeguarding
Minimum FA Level 1 in football coaching
Experience working in a football environment with small to large groups of young people and adults
A basic understanding of mental health and how prevalent mental health and wellbeing needs are in adult men (with a willingness to learn more)
Hold a clean driving license and have access to a vehicle.
Good communication and interpersonal skills to communicate well with project leads and coaches as well as the ability to build positive relationships with participants.


You Ideally Would Have

Hold a valid safeguarding and first aid qualification.
Adult Mental Health First Aid Trained
Experience working in mental health.
Football coaching experience


About Us
Watford Football Club’s Community Sports and Education Trust is a registered charity that has been proudly supporting people and communities for over thirty years, as originally established by Graham Taylor OBE and Sir Elton John. We continue this legacy today by engaging people of all ages and backgrounds through high-quality community-based initiatives and services.
Our Vision: Improving lives, enhancing communities.
Our Mission: Making a positive difference for all through sport, physical activity, and learning.
Our Values: To be honest, reliable, and trustworthy – Integrity. To be inclusive in all our decision-making – Inclusivity. To be bold and creative in the way we work – Innovation.
Our Culture: We are a values-based and vision-driven charity, who put our people and our beneficiaries at the heart of everything we do and why we do it.

Benefits of Working for Us

Chance to join an award-winning charity and work alongside colleagues who are determined to utilise the positive power of sport, physical activity and learning for social good.
Friendly working environment
Employee Assistance Programme
Investors in People accreditation
Opportunity to benefit from a range of training and development opportunities
Flexible working environment
Staff kit
On-site parking available


Our Commitment to You
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI):
We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and dynamic working environment by building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Safeguarding:
We provide a safe and secure environment for all. We believe Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children & adults is everyone responsibility. Everyone in the organisation has a
role to play, to ensure that Trust policies, procedures and practices in regard to safeguarding are followed.