Academy Host Family Provider

Academy Host Family Provider page is loaded Academy Host Family Providerlocations: Staplewood Campustime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 30+ Days Agotime left to apply: End Date: February 1, 2026 (30+ days left to apply)job requisition id: RQ-031423# Be part of our journey Time commitment: Full time or part time.Criminal Record Check: DBS Enhanced with Child's Barred ListSouthampton Football Club are currently looking for host family providers to support our Academy players by providing a home away from home.The host family providers will help fulfil the club's duty of care concerning our young people by ensuring appropriate accommodation and a nurturing environment is provided throughout the season to our young people who require it. Our placements vary from one/two-night stays to seven nights per week and we are looking for host families who can offer either of these placement types to our young people aged between 15-18 years old.You will be offering a 'Home from Home' environment for our Academy players, which will allow them to engage on the Football programme. Supporting them with their individual needs to ensure the players have a stable environment away from the pitch. Provide a safe, welcoming, secure and friendly household environment for up to seven nights a week (shorter host periods can be agreed prior to hosting). Support players with their nutritional requirements, ensuring the food provided is in line with the lifestyle expected of a professional athlete. (Assistance can be provided by the club nutritionist if required) Communicate with the Player Care and Safeguarding Teams and the family of the young player. Support the player with their personal development in readiness for them to live independently. Able to cope with the young person's flexible schedule throughout the football season . Our comprehensive application and screening process will include DBS checks (including all residents aged 16 or older), visits throughout the season and references.If successful, you agree to adhering to any further and ongoing requirements of Host Families, as outlined in the application process, including home visits from our Player Care and Safeguarding Teams.This is a paid role but most importantly this is a rewarding opportunity and a chance to join our wider community.We would expect potential hosts to be able to offer sole use of a bedroom, or potentially a room large enough that it could be shared with another player.Breakfast and main meal to be provided by host and adequate space for the player to store a few items within the bedroom. How this benefits you If you are successful, you can look forward to a healthy benefits package; A monthly fee, paid in advance. Access to x2 free match tickets for every home league game if hosting a full time player, Ad hoc ticket availability for hosts accommodating part time players.Very easy. Just click on the apply button, enter your details and answer a quick pre-screening questionnaire. POTENTIAL INTO EXCELLENCE Southampton Football Club is part of St. Mary's Football Group, which also includes the affiliated registered charity - the Saints Foundation. We as a Group compete as a Premier League club at the highest level of professional football with a culture which promotes respect, unity, aspiration, innovation and discipline - this is The Southampton Way.We look for people with integrity, compassion and support for those around them; people who take pride in what they do with an honest approach, who embrace a challenge while also being accountable for their decisions; people who have the energy and passion to bring an innovative approach to their role and strive to be different from the rest; people with the aspiration to lead the way and become an example to others.Within the walls of St. Mary's Stadium, Staplewood Campus, the Bath Academy and our other sites and development centers across the South of England, you'll be given the platform to work in a vibrant, intelligent and challenging environment with the potential to develop and become the best at what you do.We don't stand still, we are constantly moving forward.Be part of it Winner of the 2017 Employee Engagement Company of the Year. Southampton Football Club promotes equal opportunities in employment and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have the Disability Confident Award, which we pride ourselves on with regard to the commitment to employing disabled people and judging people on their abilities alone. We will screen all applicants and select candidates whose skills and experience seem to meet our needs. We will carefully consider your application during the initial screening and will contact you only if you are selected for an interview. We make a commitment to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy and to consider them on their abilities. Southampton Football Club is an Equal Opportunities Employer Employment is subject to the provision of proof of eligibility to work in the UK. Southampton Football Club recognises that the safety and protection of those children and young people in day to day contact with the Club is paramount. We are committed to creating a safe culture for all. As such, you may be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service and prior to taking up any role.Southampton Football Club is committed to protecting the privacy and security of every applicant's personal information. Please see our Recruitment Privacy Notice and Group Privacy & Data Protection Policy on our main for further information .