Lifesaving Instructing and Coaching Qualifications

Event organisation provides the opportunity for Young Leaders to work in teams where they quickly develop confidence in leadership, teamwork, planning and effective communication.

Fun and interactive, the sessions take place both in the classroom and in the pool, giving candidates the opportunity to lead and take part in a range of lifesaving games and activities.

The Young Leader Award is fully resourced with Candidates and Tutors having targeted looseleaf workbooks, which will make the course easier for both parties to work through. The whole course is also supported by a PowerPoint presentation on CD to make the course easy for the Tutor to deliver.

The course Tutor pack and the Candidate pack are available from Lifesavers Direct.

Young Leaders have the opportunity to follow a range of pathways provided through involvement in lifesaving; from teaching to officiating the Young Leader Award provides the perfect grounding.

Aim:

• To inspire Young People to for fill their potential
• Raise Lifesaving profile within a Young Leadership role
• Inspire Young Leaders to get actively involved with Lifesaving
• Help provide additional support for Rookie Festivals
• To help develop generic leaderships skills in a Lifesaving environment
• Identify potential pathways for Young Leaders in Lifesaving

Target audience

• Age 12 – 16 years

• Young people assisting with local lifesaving clubs and classes as a volunteer
• Young people interested in developing leadership skills
• Students at specialist sports colleges and secondary schools to enable them to work with younger age group students

Course structure

• 6 hours – this may be delivered as 1x6, 2x3, 3x2 hours sessions or within usual club sessions

Resources

• RLSS UK Young Leader Candidate Pack
• RLSS UK Support and guidance

• RLSS UK Young Leader Tutor Pack
• Course CD
• Access to RLSS UK publications: Code of Practice and Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults Policies
• Rookie Festival Pack [Optional extra]

Venue

• The course may be delivered within a club, school or college environment

Certificate

• Once a candidate has completed the course including supporting the running of a lifesaving event a RLSS UK Young Leaders Certificate will be issued upon receipt of candidate registration and course attendance form at RLSS UK

Funding Implications

• Each candidate pack cost £12.50 to cover administration costs, candidate resources, certification and post course support

Tutors

• Tutors may be lifesaving Rookie Instructors (or above), school teachers, level 2 coaches, Sport Leader UK Tutors, ASA teachers or coaches or an responsible adult who has had appropriate training in delivery of this course (other prior learning or experience maybe taken into account, please contact River House if you feel you have a suitable qualification).
• Tutors will need to have details of local clubs or classes and events. Tutors must also be aware of the legal responsibilities of anyone providing activities for young people.

• Laptop and projector
• Rookie Festival Pack
• Pool equipment for games (for example balls and floats)
• RLSS UK Young Leader Tutor Pack

• RLSS UK Young Leader Candidate Pack
• Appropriate sports wear (clothing and footwear)
• Swimming wear
• Pen / pencil

Pathway

• After completing the course it is recommended that the Young Leaders get actively involved with a local lifesaving club.
• For information on activity in your area look at our courses section of the website.