The “Support Employment” Project is a partnership involving Motherwell Football Club, the Scottish Executive and Job Centre Plus. The aim of the project is to contribute to a Lanarkshire where the “Long Term Unemployed” have an opportunity to develop their skills through a personal training programme using football as a vehicle to motivate and equip those attending with the skills necessary to make them employable.
Motherwell Football Club is delighted to assist with the practical component of this excellent project. The above partners involved in the delivery of the project recognise the importance football can have and its capacity for developing and contributing to the interpersonal skills of those attending. Football is a team game that requires self-discipline, respect, co-operation and above all teamwork.
These skills, when running in parallel with the training programme, can assist adults to make positive life decisions and changes, be assertive and be proud of who they are.
The project also provides a unique opportunity for those involved to; work together develop their skills, learn more about sport, how it can influence their lives and contribute to their health and well being. Participants will also work towards achieving vocational qualifications (SFA Certificates) via the training programme.
These vocational qualifications are nationally recognised and are pre-requisites when working with young children and youth players. The Coaching Courses will enhance the existing knowledge of those attending and also assist with the following;
- Improving planning skills.
- Improving communication skills.
- Improving organisational skills.
- Improving knowledge and understanding of working with children and youth players.
This innovative initiative provides a healthy, exciting and stimulating experience for those attending. The project will also improve self-esteem and confidence, develop team building skills and enhance their job opportunities.
On completion of the SFA Certificates participants may have the opportunity to assist with Motherwell FC‘s Community Initiatives as a Motherwell Community Coach.
Using football as the vehicle to help unemployed people back in to work,
the aims and objectives are to assist trainees on the ten week course to become job ready with the skills and abilities necessary to secure suitable sustainable employment using football to help develop existing soft skills and competencies with new ones being introduced throughout the course.
When they come into Fir Park there are learning work shops they will attend with representatives from various work places who will be able to give them an idea of possible career path ways.
When they participate in the football strand of the project we treat the participants as both players and prospective coaches. They are then challenged in football as individuals and as a team learning to problem solve collectively and individually.
The participants are also given information on diet and nutrition and encouraged to live a healthy life style. As part of the coaching programme we give them tuition on how to be a community coach, and towards the end of the course give them the opportunity to demonstrate the coaching skills they have learned during the course.
While the participants deliver part of a session they are assessed and given feed back on how they have done. This part of the programme helps to raise their self esteem and challenges their organisational skills.
The Scottish Executive, Job Centre Plus and Careers Scotland see this as being one of the main benefits for participants to take with them in to the work place.
If you are interesting or require any further information on the Support Employment Scheme then please call Bobby Jenks on 01698 338017, email him on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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