Swimming Assistant (Level 1)

Various contracts available, from 3 to 20 hours. 

Working hours of swim school Monday - Friday 4pm - 7pm and Weekends 8am -2pm

£13.15 phr

Isleworth Leisure Centre

About Lampton Leisure

We set established high standards with our exuberant, friendly, driven professional approach across all our sites in Brentford, Chiswick, Hanworth, Heston, Isleworth & Osterley.

Our leisure centres boast a full range of facilities including fitness studios, health suites, swimming pools, indoor & outdoor courts, pitches, tracks, and café facilities. It is our mission to provide inclusive and safe environments where we deliver supportive and professional services for all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to make a real difference and an enjoyable customer experience for all users of the Centre’s facilities.

About the Job

Reporting to the Aquatics Manager and working under a Level 2 swimming Teacher, you will be supporting our swim school programme. You will be assisting swimming lessons acorss a range of ages and abilities under the Swim England ‘Learn to Swim’ programme.

As an Assistant Swimming Teacher, you will be involved with the following:

• Assisting swimming lessons, ensuring classes commence and finish at the designated times.
• Carry out various administrative tasks associated with the position such as class registers.
• Continuous assessment of pupils using handheld devices alongside your Level 2 Swimming Teacher
• Ensure all concerns of a child safeguarding nature are referred in a timely and appropriate manner, in accordance with Safeguarding policy
• Work with customers in group and sometimes on a one-to-one basis to motivate and instruct them during their lessons.

The successful candidates will:

• Hold a ASA/Swim England Level 1 qualification
• Be passionate about helping people of all ages and backgrounds to learn to swim or become stronger, faster or more confident when swimming
• Have good communication skills, including listening, questioning, and delivering effective feedback, and the ability to quickly build trust and rapport with customers, children, and their parents
• Be able to adapt to lesson plans over time following on from training and support from your Level 2 Teacher 

Becoming Level 2 qualified

Assistant swim teachers with a Level 1 qualification who join Lampton Leisure will have the opportunity to complete fully funded Level 2 training, worth £775, after their probationary period. This will give the opportunity for any Level 1 qualified swimming teachers to gain valuable experience teaching, while developing their practical skills ahead of completing their Level 2 qualification. 

We hold regular Level 2 swim courses throughout the year. Our next Level 2 training course will start on Monday 8^th July at Hanworth Leisure Centre. 

In return Lampton Group will offer you 

• Free Parking at all Leisure Centre Sites
• Generous Holiday Allowance 
• Free Gym Membership 
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave 
• Pension Scheme  
• Refer a Friend Scheme 
• Staff wellbeing services 
• Flu Jabs   
• Eye care vouchers and support towards glasses 
• Employee benefits portal 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Electric Car salary sacrifice scheme   

About Lampton Group

The Lampton Group of companies (the “Group”) was established by the London Borough of Hounslow (the "Council") in 2012 in order to fulfil two main objectives:

to deliver social value services on a local level; and to be commercial; fostering an entrepreneurial spirit and promoting growth. 

The Group has a social heart with a commercial head and delivers outstanding services across the Borough of Hounslow. We are made up of five distinct business areas:

• Services - delivering first class repairs, maintenance, and facilities management to Council and Lampton Group owned residential housing.
• Recycle - delivering domestic refuse and commercial waste collection as well as  recycling services.
• Greenspace - delivering horticulture and conservation services, and parks maintenance.
• Leisure – delivering six leisure and sports centres, with facilities offering everything from state-of-the-art gyms, multiple swimming pools, tennis courts, soft play, a running track and more.
• Homes – delivering up to 1500 new build homes over the next 5 years by re-developing local authority land into residential and mixed-use projects. 

Our companies represent a bold, new and ambitious approach by a London Borough. Underpinning everything we do are our CORE values: Customer First. One Team. Respectful. Energised.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. Lampton Group is an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected by law. Our recruitment team are happy to support with any reasonable adjustments that are needed within the recruitment process. 

Important information:

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) helps employers make safer recruitment decisions and prevent unsuitable people from working with vulnerable groups, including children. It replaces the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA).