Summary
On offer is an amazing opportunity for an enthusiastic, talented person to start their career in local sport and community support provision working with children and young people.
Wage
£6,281.60 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Training course
Community activator coach (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8 hr shifts. Shifts to be confirmed.
16 hours a week
Start date
Saturday 24 May 2025
Duration
2 years
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
* Delivering Extra Curricular Sessions to children in Primary schools in Rochdale.
* Assisting coaches to deliver high quality PE lessons whilst completing the course.
Where you’ll work
53 YORK STREET
HEYWOOD
OL10 4NR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
ELEV8 TRAINING LIMITED
Your training course
Community activator coach (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
* Planning and adapting sessions and activities that respond to customer feedback and encourage customers to develop a lifelong activity habit.
* Coaching or leading pre-planned sport or physical activity sessions that are attractive to the target audience(s) and develop motivational relationships with customers.
* Promoting a physical activity offer, (including but not exclusively) organised play and sport in the community which supports individuals on their behaviour change journey.
* Working collaboratively with sports clubs and other community assets – including volunteers, public services, youth workers, the police and community champions.
* Supporting customers to co-produce rewarding volunteering opportunities.
* Supporting families to participate together in sport and physical activity.
* Working effectively with customer insight to overcome individual, community and societal barriers to participation in physical activity and sport.
* Contributing to the employer’s design of activities and services and practising the employer’s organisation’s values, policies and procedures.
* Contributing to teams that deliver community events and festivals.
* Supporting organisations to evaluate, develop and promote sessions and other opportunities such as outdoor group exercise and informal social play.
* Maintaining personal safety and wellbeing, as well as that of customers.
* Managing disruptive behaviours from individuals within the group setting.
* Encouraging customers to be regularly active – both formally and informally – within sports clubs or leisure facilities including open-space.
* Effectively using social media and technology, appropriately, to deliver targeted messages to identified customer groups for example children, teenagers, adults and older adults.
* Effectively monitor and evaluate activities, sessions and projects using technology platforms to maintain accurate records and produce timely reports.
Your training plan
* The Apprentice will complete the level 3 in sport as well as learning from high quality sports coaches how to deliver a session.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade 4 / C)
* Maths (grade 4 / C)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* Motivated
* Enthusiastic
* Outgoing
* Willing to learn