Puddle Ducks is one of the UK's leading national swim schools, teaching children how to swim in a fun, engaging and unique way.
Here at Puddle Ducks, we are very proud to provide a wonderful swimming journey from birth to 10 years. Our programme is designed by leading baby and child swimming experts and is held at pools across the UK, our South West London franchise currently operates in Tooting, Southfields, Battersea, Hounslow, Richmond, Twickenham and Hersham.
Our current vacancies are;
- Baby and Pre School teacher (birth - 4 years)
- Swim Academy Teacher (4 - 10 years)
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Baby and Pre-School Swimming Teacher
Weekend Vacancy
Our Baby and Pre-school programme is a wonderful bonding experience. Progressive lesson plans instil a water confidence and a love of swimming whilst our nurturing teachers tailor activities to you child's abilities and needs.
Please note, applicants need to be at least 18 years old to train for this role.
Hours and place of work
- Vacancies in South West London and surrounding areas.
- Weekend position - working Saturday and/or Sunday, up to 6 hours p/d.
- Additional hours available during the week with the potential to expand or take on other work within the business.
- Hours p/w depend on your availability and available pool hire. Our existing teachers teach from 3 to 15 hours p/w, due to their preferences.
- It’s a year-round position (not term time only)
Our business is expanding rapidly, it’s an exciting time for us and our team with huge scope for career progression and therefore increase of salary.
Training Overview
You don’t need to have previous swimming teaching experience, it is essential you are comfortable in the water and interacting with young children and their parents!
There are a number of training courses that need to be undertaken to qualify as a Puddle Ducks teacher as well as co-teaching with our existing teachers.
Depending on course dates, training takes around 3 months (part time) if this is a new career change for you. It’s imperative trainees can commit to this. Once contracts are signed all training costs are covered by us.
- Approved baby and pre-school qualification (either STA Level 2 Baby & Pre-School or SEQ Level 2 Teaching Swimming to Babies and Toddlers).
- Approved lifesaving qualification
- STA Membership and approved safeguarding qualification
- Puddle Ducks BPS training course
- Co teaching followed by Assessment
Due to the intense quality of training and Puddle Ducks Intellectual Property, teachers are not permitted to teach the same age range for competitors, as this would be a conflict of interests. An exception of this rule is if you teach the ‘Learn to Swim’ Programme. We would be happy to confirm any questions.
Salary
- During your initial training period salary is £11.50ph.
- Once qualified salary is £18-£23.50ph.
- 5.6 weeks paid holiday per year.
- Yearly profit related bonus.
- Discount on swimming lessons if you have children.
- Wellbeing package including legal, medical, emotional and bereavement support.
- Pension
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Swim Academy Teacher
Weekend Vacancy
Our Swim Academy programme teaches children to swim with the right technique, in the right environment, with the best people.
We teach a natural and smooth swimming style, starting with simple skills that we build gradually along with your child's physical ability and confidence. These are balanced with fun activities that develop various skills, such as life-saving, floating and surface-diving.
Please note, applicants need to be at least 16 years old to train for this role.
Hours and place of work
- Vacancies at Heston Hyde Hotel, TW0 and Aspire Centre, SW18.
- Weekend Position - working Saturday and/or Sunday, up to 6 hours p/d.
- Potentially additional hours available during the week with the potential to expand or take on other work within the business.
- Hours p/w depends on your availability and available pool hire. Our existing teachers teach from 3-12 hours p/w depending on their preferences.
- It’s a year-round position (not term time only)
Our business is expanding rapidly, it’s an exciting time for us and our team with huge scope for career progression and therefore increase of salary.
Training Overview
There are a number of training courses that need to be undertaken to qualify as a Swim Academy.
It’s imperative trainees can commit to this. Once contracts are signed all training costs are covered by us.
- Approved swimming teaching qualification (either STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming or Swim England Level 2 Award in Teaching Aquatics).
- Approved lifesaving qualification
- STA Membership and approved safeguarding qualification (preferably the STA Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults CPD)
- Puddle Ducks SA training course
Due to the intense quality of training and Puddle Ducks Intellectual Property, teachers are not permitted to teach the same age range for competitors, as this would be a conflict of interests. An exception of this rule is if you teach the ‘Learn to Swim’ Programme. We would be happy to confirm any questions.
Salary
- During your initial training period salary is £11.50ph.
- Once qualified salary is £18-£23.50ph.
- 5.6 weeks paid holiday per year.
- Yearly profit related bonus.
- Discount on swimming lessons if you have children.
- Wellbeing package including legal, medical, emotional and bereavement support.
- Pension
Training to become a Puddle Ducks teacher takes hard work and commitment as well as some travel to training courses. Some prefer to stay overnight when travelling to courses. We consider it an excellent opportunity for a paid, supportive career change. For this reason, we are only able to offer a role to candidates we have complete confidence in.
It’s imperative training fits in with your long term career plans and you plan for it to be a long term career.
We are looking for someone who is competent in working independently, and is passionate and enthusiastic in wanting to do the role well. You need to have a strong rapport with children and their parents and excellent communication skills.
Once qualified we are confident you’ll consider teaching our little Puddle Ducks the best job in the world!
For further information make sure you look at our Website and blog as there’s a lot of useful information on there, and have a look at our YouTube channel.
If you wish to be considered, the next steps will be to arrange a phone call so we can get to know a little about you. If we proceed from there, we will arrange an interview and for you to get in the pool for a practical interview.
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