disability co-ordinator

Disability Coordinator

All clubs should be open to all (inclusive) regardless of anyone’s ability or disability.  The role of a disability coordinator is to ensure that anyone with a disability has the opportunity to join the club and receive the same standard of coaching as others in the club (facility and equipment dependent). Where barriers to participate, volunteer, coach or official occurs, then it’s disability coordinators who will try and look at possible solutions.

Ideally, you’ll need to:

• Be good at communicating;
• Understand the different disability groups (or willingness to find out more);
• Have a understanding of the pathway of competition (or willingness to find out more);
• Be approachable and confident in the area of disability.

What you will do:

• You will be the point of contact for athletes, coaches, volunteers and club officials with a disability to ensure they are as fully integrated into the club wherever possible;
• Work with the club coaches to assess skills gaps regarding disability coaching knowledge and address these areas with courses and specialist coach visits;
• Ensure the athletes are aware of the competition programme and pathway;
• Develop links from the club into the community especially working with the school and community disability groups;
• Be a voice for the disabled athletes, coaches, volunteers and officials at the club committee.

How much time will it take?

This role in most cases will take about 1 hour per week.

What you’ll get out of it:

This is a challenging role for someone, but it can be very rewarding for you. It will provide a different kind of experience for you and the athlete, and provide you with specialised skills that can be used in other areas of life.