The Club positively encourages all of its members and parents to get involved with all aspects of
“The Beautiful Game”

Qualification Outline
The knowledge gained from this qualification will enable you to develop a basic understanding of safe, ethical and effective football coaching to young people. The qualification is a stepping stone to other vocationally related areas including coaching, officiating and sports therapy.

This Qualification Leads to:
• 1st 4 Sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Football
• 1st 4 Sport Level 2 in Treatment and Management of Injury in Football
• The Football Association Level 4 Referees Course

Who Should Enrol?
There are no formal prerequisites for this award. Anybody over 16 years of age with regular practical experience of participation in football, who is looking for an introduction to the vocational area of coaching Association Football. The course is aimed at participants who will be working with players between the ages of 7 to 16 years old.

What Will I Learn?
How to:
• safely organise and supervise football activities including Mini Soccer, Small Sided and Conditional Games
• promote and establish working relationships and high standards between players, coaches, parents and officials
• understand different aspects of coaching children
• identify and adapt football activities and sessions for a variety of different age groups
• identify personal development opportunities in football including sports therapy, administration and officiating. Course Itinerary

The student must demonstrate competence in practical coaching and satisfactorily demonstrate knowledge through an internal assessment paper.
Note: Those who have completed the Emergency Aid and/or the Child Protection workshops, within the last 2 years, are not required to attend these aspects of the course. However, proof of certification will be required.

How is the Qualification Assessed?
Candidates will be assessed via oral and written projects, assignments and assessments of their practical coaching during the training. Candidates will also be assessed by an external examiner on their delivery of a 20 minute practical coaching session on a topic chosen by the examiner from the Level 1 Football Practical Syllabus.

Qualification Outline
This qualification is matched to the Level 2 National Occupational Standards for Coaching, Teaching and Instructing and sits at Level 2 of the National Qualifications Framework. The qualification is recognised to contribute to the achievements of Part One of the UEFA 'B' Coaching Award.

This qualification leads to:
• 1st 4sport Level 3 Certificate in Coaching Football

Who Should Enrol?
There are no formal prerequisites for this award, but completion of the Level 1 Coaching Certificate in Football or JTM award is a useful introduction. Anybody over 16 years of age with regular practical experience of participation in football, who is looking for an introduction to the vocational area of coaching Association Football.

What Will I Learn?
On successfully achieving this recognised qualification candidates will be able to:
• develop an appreciation of the ethical coaching process
• plan,conduct and evaluate a series of football coaching sessions
• coach the basic skills and techniques of football
• promote and establish positive working relationships at all levels
• ensure the health and safety of players and others within the coaching environment
• develop greater responsibility for their own learning and development
• promote the sport in a positive and constructive manner
• demonstrate an understanding of the principles of attack and defence through the use of practices and small sided games.
Course Itinerary

The Student must demonstrate competence in practical coaching and satisfactorily complete a range of theory worksheets. The amount of time the Student has to dedicate to the course is as follows:
Initial 5 Days Training 54 Hours
Support Days 16 Hours
Child Protection Workshop 3 Hours
Emergency Aid Course 3 Hours
Laws of the Game 4 Hours
Assessment Weekend 16 Hours 

The Student is also required to undertake at least 16 hours of practical Coaching experience in the 3 to 4 months following the initial training week. These hours need to be recorded in the provided Log Book.

Note: Those who have completed the Emergency Aid and/or the Child Protection workshops, within the last 2 years, are not required to attend these aspects of the course. However, proof of certification will be required.

How is the Qualification Assessed?
Candidates will be assessed via knowledge tests, projects, assignments and assessments of their practical coaching during the training. Following a period of practice after the course, there is a further assessment of practical coaching ability and oral questions on performance, knowledge and understanding

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

You need to be aware that, as a precondition of affiliation for the 2008/09 season, your club will need to have a designated CPO who has been registered with the County, has attended a WOW course and has both a valid CRB disclosure and Safeguarding Children certificate. Failure to have a suitable person in position will result in the club being unable to affiliate with us until such time that this condition has been met.

Workshop Outline:

In accordance with Government legislation (Children and Vulnerable People’s Act 2006) from the 2008/09 season, all Senior and Intermediate status clubs as well as women’s/girls’ and youth clubs will be required to have at least one designated Child Protection Officer (CPO). You will be aware that this is a current requirement under the Association’s club status criteria but this Act will formalise the situation and will require the CPO to have undergone the appropriate training.
Middlesex County Football Association is committed to helping you and your club to meet this legislation by offering support in the appointment and development of your CPO.
Within this Workshop, the role and responsibilities of the Welfare Officer are identified and explored along with other designated persons, such as the statutory agencies. The focus is on becoming a proactive/club/league in terms of safeguarding initiatives rather than being reactive.
It also seeks to build confidence in dealing with poor practice and  concerns about potential child abuse via scenarios. Workshop participants are encouraged to share examples of best practice and learn from each others experiences.

Preconditions:

• Valid CRB disclosure (a copy must have been sent to Middlesex FA)

• Valid Safeguarding Children/Child Protection certificate (a copy must have been sent to Middlesex FA)

• A completed CPO details form for the club sent to Middlesex FA

Workshop Duration: 3 hours

Those running youth teams, providing coaching or any other support to young people under the age of 18, should be able to ensure best practice.
This module is already included as a compulsory part of all FA courses, but can be attended by others not taking another programme.
To book onto a Safeguarding Children Workshop please contact your team manager or Club Secretary

Workshop Duration: 3 hours