Ryan Edwards

Experience

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  HSBC

  May 2015 - Sept 2015

  Internship Trainee

  HSBC traineership with PRINCES trust, gaining experience talking to customers/genreal public

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  New Bridge group

  Sept 2016 - Sept 2019

  Special Education Teacher Assistant

  Worked as an apprentice orginally, then the role got upgraded to a teaching assitant working in a nurture group, trying to get our students with SEN into the community then being able to order a drink, a meal etc at a cafe or resturaunt independantly. I would help the students with their maths and english work when needed, and every other aspect of academic work. This role occassionally required Team Teach : which is holding the students in a safe way to keep themselves and everyone else safe once the student is in crisis, Team teach also gave me ways of descualtion techniques which i use to this day in different situations. Show less

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  Freelance

  Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Esports team manager

  Organising and running practice sessions online for the team, working with other organisations to schedule practice and ensure the players had top opportunities.Scouting and engaging with new teams to represent them as an organisation.Booking hotels and travel for LAN/ In person eventsAll of this came in CS:GO Espors representing a team called Diabolus Esports

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  Entreadores FC

  Mar 2020 - Feb 2022

  Student Union football management

  Created and managed a student union football team. The football team was created by a group of friends from the sports coaching cohort at UCLAN, i was voted by this group of friends to create/manage the football team.This role consisted of lots of different things such as -managing fixtures -designing/creating the kit -organising match fees-selecting and managing the team- getting players avalibility-organising team awards evenings - organising team transport At this team we had a very succesful 2 year stint in the students union league winning the league back to back, and attending UCLANS varsiety game vs Edge hill university,This game we would win on a thrillling penalty shootout.This role taught me a lot about my own personal chracter and gave me an experience of football/ people management. Show less

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  First Kick

  Jun 2020 - Jan 2023

  Football Coach

  Coaching football basics to 5-11 year olds, weekly sessions. Leading and assisting sessions. This job required me to take payments and delegate staff to deliver individual coaching plans with participants that needed extra help.Would follow a 12 week training programme provided by the company and adapt the sessions to the participants needs whilst tweaking with my own knowledge to make the sessions the best they could be. I was active within this job whilst at university, so as my degree advanced so did my knowledge within the world of coaching it helped me develop the style of coaching I have today .Within this job i would manage small teams within holiday clubs providing a safe and fun enviroment for our partcipants to enjoy there sports camps with the company, This role needed me to be flexible as some days we could have 15 participants per group other days we could have 30. Show less

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  Pro Sport Coaching Ltd

  Oct 2020 - Jul 2022

  Sports Coach

  Going into schools delivering high quality PE, after school clubs and dinner time clubs. All relevant to curriculum, Delivered a motor skills programmes for particpants who needed extra practice within sporting sessions, would identify and deliver such programme to bring participants up to speed or possible then putting them ahead within PE sessions.

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  Edstart Sports Coaching

  Jul 2022 - Apr 2023

  Sports Coach

  This job required me to go into primary school settings delivering the best PE lessons possible.During my time in this role I was given the reigns at a school I was based at leading the PE department with full flexibility , this required me to have my own display board ensuring it kept up to date and relevant, it required me to assess the 300+ children individually and ensure all my lessons were appropriate to their ability. I gained valuable experience and knowledge within this role and it made me understand the scope of PE teachingWhilst working for Edstart we attended a day at Wembley watching the NFL in London , taking care of 4 young people each trying to raise awareness for the jagtag scheme Show less

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  Lancashire Cricket Foundation

  Apr 2023 - Nov 2024

  Community projects activator/ Wicketz development officer

  Wicketz is a cricket programme for young people aged 8-19, living in disadvantaged communities. By establishing sustainable community cricket hubs, LCF provided year-round weekly cricket sessions with a focus on breaking down barriers. Our sessions help in developing crucial life skills, creating stronger communities and enabling brighter futures for those taking part.Whilst at LCF i helped establish 2 new hubs for Wicketz, 1 in rochdale and one in oldham.I loved leading on this project as i helped young people Using cricket as a tool for change, it improves young people’s physical and mental wellbeing, develops crucial life skills such as tolerance, respect, teamwork, and self-confidence, and contributes to improved future life prospects.With being lead on this project it meant i had a new role of admin that i had never done before, in the year i was at LCF i went from someone with zero experience in doing "admin" work to someone who is very organised and capable to not only lead on a project but to start developing my own. Show less

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  Foundation 92

  Nov 2024 - Feb 2025

  Football mentor
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  Active Tameside

  Feb 2025 - now

  Sports and pe teacher