Casual Girls ETC & Community Football Coach

Duties and Responsibilities ETC:

• To be committed to ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of all
staff and players, promoting their well-being whilst maintaining
professional boundaries.
• To drive and nurture a positive culture within the training group
and be a coach who makes the Training Centre a place where
players learn, have fun and develop a love for the game.
• Plan, prepare, deliver, and evaluate coaching sessions in the
ETC, following a training programme.
• Provide input to the development and ongoing improvement /
adaptation of the coaching curriculum.
• Coach in a way that ensures players; are encouraged to ask
questions and seek feedback for improvement and clarity; are
encouraged to have input to footballing decisions and their own
learning process; are communicated the why’ as well as ‘what’
of decisions; know and understand the purpose and ‘why’ of
training sessions.
• Contribute towards selection decisions.
• Work with players across all age groups in the ETC when
necessary.
• Work with individual players to set appropriated development
targets with a plan to work towards.
• Provide feedback to players (using technology where
appropriate).
• Monitor and evaluate player development and provide feedback
to players and parents on a regular basis.
• Liaise with and work closely with coaches, medics and
performance staff regarding player development, and
prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries.
• Encourage / support the holistic development of players to
support them as people and players.
• Ensure player behaviour in the group reflects what is required in
the ETC.
• Record participation and attendance at ETC activities.

Ensure communication to players and parents concerning the
age group is consistent and aligned to ETC communications.
• Educate parents on the programme and how they can support
their child’s football and personal development while in the ETC.
• Store and maintain kit and equipment.
• Seek feedback from others and reflect on personal behaviour
and performance to identify areas for improvement.
• Create and maintain a personalised Development Action Plan
(DAP), taking input and feedback from a variety of sources.
• Review personal competencies against job specification and
identify areas for improvement.
• Attend CPD events and undertake CPD activities in line with
identified development themes; and
• Be aware of current research and insight to support programme
and coaching development.
Community Football:
• To be committed to ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of all
staff and players, promoting their well-being whilst maintaining
professional boundaries.
• Assist with community school holiday football camps, providing
a safe and enjoyable environment.
• Follow the community footballing strategy enabling ‘football for
all’.
• Support football sessions external from Blackburn, promoting
the brand of Blackburn Rovers and their charity.
• Support on the following football sessions:
o School Holiday Football Camps
o Community Development Football Sessions
o Girl’s Development Sessions (Pre-ETC)
o Premier League Kicks
o Wellbeing Football Provision
o Community Football
o Matchday Football Engagement