Role: Lifeguard Leisure Attendant
Location: Ringmer Swimming Pool
Hours: Up to 15 casual hours per week (3 week rota incl early, late & weekend shifts)
Salary: £11.44 per hour (+ holiday pay)
Closing Date: 28th February 2025
Background
Wave Active is an award-winning charity and social enterprise, supporting our local communities with facilities, activities, and services to inspire active lifestyles. Our purpose is to “Inspire Active Lifestyles” and vision, “To be at the heart of the improvement of health and wellbeing in the Community”. We are passionate about providing services and opportunities that support individuals to gain, regain or maintain health, fitness and wellbeing improvements.
The Post in Context
The key purpose of this post is to maintain constant surveillance of customers in the facility; acting immediately and appropriately to secure the safety of customers in the event of emergency. When necessary, you will provide emergency care and treatment as required until the arrival of emergency medical services.
Service
The priorities of the Lifeguard Leisure Attendants are:
1. To provide a friendly and efficient service to all customers.
2. To pro-actively provide information to promote the Centre to the public at all times.
3. To respond positively to customer enquiries.
General Tasks
* To clean all areas of the Centre including pool hall, changing rooms, toilets, showers, storeroom and drains to ensure exceptional standards of hygiene and cleanliness.
* To ensure that all users behave in an orderly manner at all times and take appropriate action should any member of the public misuse the facilities.
* To assist with the delivery of continuous improvement plans.
* To assist in the maintenance, use and updating of safety equipment and to ensure that the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act are properly adhered to.
* To be diligent about compliance with the Trust’s Health and Safety Policy.
* To take on relevant responsibilities during Emergency Procedures.
General Tasks – Wet Side
* To lifeguard and supervise the pool area, assist swimmers in difficulty, undertake any necessary life-saving operations and apply First Aid as needed.
* To supervise changing rooms, showers and associated areas.
* To make and record periodic checks on chemical levels of the pool water and report to a manager should it fail to meet the required standards.
* To ensure the day to day preparation of the pool facilities for swimming lessons, special water activities and private parties.
* To assist the OM in organising special water activities for children during the school holidays.
* To maintain a National Pool Lifeguard Qualification including attendance at staff training on a monthly basis.
Other Duties
* To carry out other duties as required. To adhere to Wave Active Limited’s policies and procedures.
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