What to expect when working on a Residential Camp:
Coaching Team
As part of a residential coaching team, you will be responsible for delivering the coaching day to the camp. Working under the Head Coach you will deliver sport sessions, supervise expert-led workshops and ensure the young people get the best possible sporting experience.
Pastoral Team
As part of a residential pastoral team, you will be responsible for the young people outside of their sporting sessions, supervising, supporting and caring for them overnight and during food times as well as providing evening entertainment.
We employ the following roles on our Residential Camps
- Venue Manager
- Welfare Officers
- Coaches
Each role calls upon the different skillset and personality. These come together to create a close-knit delivery team that set the standard for our young teams to follow.
Before you start
Before starting you will be required (and paid) to complete some mandatory online training including safeguarding, mental health awareness, fire safety and Activate specific courses. Your membership to the online platform “Flick” lasts for 12 months and all courses on there are free for you to complete.
All certificates are sent to you to use in future employment.
Why work on a residential?
Whether you are new to residential working or a seasoned pro, most people will tell you, there’s nothing quite like it.
Delivering something worthwhile with a great team of people around you allows skills to develop that you never knew you needed. Staying on-site also allows a chance to travel further afield and immerse yourself in a new environment.
However, it can be intense, and at times, hard work. Activate have been doing this for some time and have carefully constructed a work schedule that allocates accrued holiday time and allows for down time away from the groups to recharge.
