ABSTRACT
It may be that the local authority, sports club, youth centre, play scheme, etc., who ‘employ’ a coach to work with children should look first for the qualification that indicates an ability to work with young people, and only second for the qualification that indicates sport specific knowledge. In the short term, it would seem sensible to encourage employers to build into their conditions of employment the completion of the National Coaching Foundation (NCF) course ‘Coaching Children’. The development of Scottish/National Vocational Qualifications (S/NVQs, see later) pertinent to both coaching and working with children may in the near future provide a mechanism for ensuring that all coaches employed to work with children are appropriately qualified.
