Wellness & Holistic Apprenticeship

MONTIGO RESORTS (UK) LIMITED

Somerset (BA4 4PR)

Closes in 23 days (Monday 18 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 July 2025

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Summary

Join our luxurious Asian spa at Montigo Resorts Somerset and embark on a transformative Wellness & Holistic Apprenticeship. Learn ancient healing techniques, holistic therapies, and spa rituals in a tranquil, five-star setting. Perfect for those passionate about wellbeing and creating unforgettable guest experiences.

Wage

£16,640 a year

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We will review salary after the initial 6 months of working

Training course
Wellbeing and holistic therapist (level 3)
Hours
40 Hours per week in the Hotel, shifts will vary and may include evenings and weekends on a rotation basis.

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 8 months

Positions available

2

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

An apprentice at our Asian-inspired spa will immerse themselves in a serene, professional environment focused on wellbeing and guest care.

Typical responsibilities and training include:

  • Assisting senior therapists with traditional Asian wellness treatments such as Thai massage and aromatherapy
  • Supporting wellness rituals, spa preparation, and ensuring treatment rooms maintain a tranquil, high-standard ambiance
  • Learning about holistic practices including mindfulness techniques, and the use of natural products
  • Greeting clients, understanding guest needs, and helping to deliver a personalised, luxurious spa experience
  • Attending structured training sessions on customer service, spa etiquette, and health & safety

Where you'll work

Montigo Resorts Somerset At Charlton House Charlton Road
Shepton Mallet
Somerset
BA4 4PR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

BATH COLLEGE

Training course

Wellbeing and holistic therapist (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Complete an in-depth dynamic client profile consultation from which wellbeing therapies and treatment experience schedules are created
  • Communicate verbally with clients to build and maintain trust
  • Obtain, provide and collate accurate and relevant information
  • Conduct allergy, sensitivity and tactile tests to establish suitability for treatment
  • Comply with organisational operations to meet legal, regulatory, licensing and or local rules, industry requirements, treatment protocols, manufacturers' instructions and guidance
  • Manage manual and electronic client records ensuring that they are completed, signed, maintained and stored accurately in accordance with legal and organisational operations
  • Apply safe and effective methods of working by • maintaining personal hygiene, protection and presentation• maintaining client confidentiality and discretion before, during and after the therapy treatments and experiences• positioning the client to meet the needs of the schedule• ensuring own posture and working methods minimise fatigue and the risk of injury to self and client• ensuring environmental conditions are suitable for the client and the treatment• keeping work area clean and tidy (products, tools and equipment)• using working methods that minimise the risk of cross-infection• promoting environmental and sustainable working practices• disposal of waste materials to meet legal requirements
  • Prepare the treatment environment to calm or stimulate the multi-sensory perceptions of the body and mind such as sight, touch, sound, taste and smell
  • Implement and complete risk assessment protocols in relation to the environment, therapy or treatment
  • Liaise with colleagues and non-health care and health care practitioners
  • Prepare the client for holistic treatment or experience, whilst maintaining client's discretion, modesty and privacy
  • Perform and adapt advanced manual therapy techniques (face, scalp and body), to meet client's physical and psychological characteristics, treatment objectives (relaxing, wellbeing, uplifting, detoxifying and stimulating), needs and expectations. This includes effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, vibration and friction, deep tissue, light touch and advanced techniques using the forearm, wrist and elbow
  • Choose massage mediums. This includes the selection, blending and the application of aromatherapy essential oils
  • Maintain client comfort and care by checking the client's wellbeing before, during and after the therapy or treatment and allowing sufficient post-treatment recovery time
  • Perform wellness and holistic therapy treatments, adapting these according to client needs. These include Indian head massage, lymphatic drainage massage, acupressure techniques, holistic massage, aromatherapy
  • Perform and adapt thermal therapy treatments for improving the clients physical and emotional welfare and wellbeing. This includes body treatments, heat experiences and pre-treatments in preparation for further treatments
  • Perform and adapt holistic treatments to treat clients with variable needs, including those with specific health issues for example cancer, diabetes, life limiting or life-threatening conditions ensuring consent has been established with other multi-disciplinary professional teams
  • Select, prepare, use and adapt the relevant products, tools and equipment for the wellbeing therapy, and treatment duration to suit the client's sensitivity, tolerance, body condition, lifestyle profile, physical and emotional wellbeing
  • Advise on the environmental and lifestyle factors that impact the human body (integral biology) systems and their effects on an individual's ability to cope with the normal and abnormal activities of daily living that give greater physical, mental and emotional resilience
  • Resolve problems that may occur during the treatments and wellbeing experiences recognising and dealing with contractions, and refer when required
  • Identify, resolve and report organisational operational problems within the scope of responsibility
  • Provide detailed written, post wellbeing treatment and thermal therapy treatment advice, instructions and recommendations. This includes post treatment and follow- up procedures, client self-care principles , aftercare products, avoidance of activities that may cause contra-actions or that reduce treatment benefits, time intervals between treatments, present and future products, homecare routines/treatments
  • Evaluate the outcome of the wellbeing treatment or experience in order to improve the condition of the client’s physical and emotional welfare and wellbeing and inform further recommendations
  • Meet personal and organisational targets within the agreed timescale, and evaluating the findings by reviewing and recording progress
  • Manage own continuing professional development (CPD) incorporating research, professional practice and progression
  • Complete an in-depth dynamic client profile consultation from which wellbeing therapies and treatment experience schedules are created
  • Communicate verbally with clients to build and maintain trust
  • Obtain, provide and collate accurate and relevant information
  • Conduct allergy, sensitivity and tactile tests to establish suitability for treatment
  • Comply with organisational operations to meet legal, regulatory, licensing and or local rules, industry requirements, treatment protocols, manufacturers' instructions and guidance
  • Manage manual and electronic client records ensuring that they are completed, signed, maintained and stored accurately in accordance with legal and organisational operations
  • Apply safe and effective methods of working by • maintaining personal hygiene, protection and presentation• maintaining client confidentiality and discretion before, during and after the therapy treatments and experiences• positioning the client to meet the needs of the schedule• ensuring own posture and working methods minimise fatigue and the risk of injury to self and client• ensuring environmental conditions are suitable for the client and the treatment• keeping work area clean and tidy (products, tools and equipment)• using working methods that minimise the risk of cross-infection• promoting environmental and sustainable working practices• disposal of waste materials to meet legal requirements
  • Prepare the treatment environment to calm or stimulate the multi-sensory perceptions of the body and mind such as sight, touch, sound, taste and smell
  • Implement and complete risk assessment protocols in relation to the environment, therapy or treatment
  • Liaise with colleagues and non-health care and health care practitioners
  • Prepare the client for holistic treatment or experience, whilst maintaining client's discretion, modesty and privacy
  • Perform and adapt advanced manual therapy techniques (face, scalp and body), to meet client's physical and psychological characteristics, treatment objectives (relaxing, wellbeing, uplifting, detoxifying and stimulating), needs and expectations. This includes effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, vibration and friction, deep tissue, light touch and advanced techniques using the forearm, wrist and elbow
  • Choose massage mediums. This includes the selection, blending and the application of aromatherapy essential oils
  • Maintain client comfort and care by checking the client's wellbeing before, during and after the therapy or treatment and allowing sufficient post-treatment recovery time
  • Perform wellness and holistic therapy treatments, adapting these according to client needs. These include Indian head massage, lymphatic drainage massage, acupressure techniques, holistic massage, aromatherapy
  • Perform and adapt thermal therapy treatments for improving the clients physical and emotional welfare and wellbeing. This includes body treatments, heat experiences and pre-treatments in preparation for further treatments
  • Perform and adapt holistic treatments to treat clients with variable needs, including those with specific health issues for example cancer, diabetes, life limiting or life-threatening conditions ensuring consent has been established with other multi-disciplinary professional teams
  • Select, prepare, use and adapt the relevant products, tools and equipment for the wellbeing therapy, and treatment duration to suit the client's sensitivity, tolerance, body condition, lifestyle profile, physical and emotional wellbeing
  • Advise on the environmental and lifestyle factors that impact the human body (integral biology) systems and their effects on an individual's ability to cope with the normal and abnormal activities of daily living that give greater physical, mental and emotional resilience
  • Resolve problems that may occur during the treatments and wellbeing experiences recognising and dealing with contractions, and refer when required
  • Identify, resolve and report organisational operational problems within the scope of responsibility
  • Provide detailed written, post wellbeing treatment and thermal therapy treatment advice, instructions and recommendations. This includes post treatment and follow- up procedures, client self-care principles , aftercare products, avoidance of activities that may cause contra-actions or that reduce treatment benefits, time intervals between treatments, present and future products, homecare routines/treatments
  • Evaluate the outcome of the wellbeing treatment or experience in order to improve the condition of the client’s physical and emotional welfare and wellbeing and inform further recommendations
  • Meet personal and organisational targets within the agreed timescale, and evaluating the findings by reviewing and recording progress
  • Manage own continuing professional development (CPD) incorporating research, professional practice and progression

Training schedule

Training will take place one day per week, term time only at our City Centre Campus in central Bath.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4/C or above)
  • Maths (grade 4/C or above)

Other in:

Holistic Therapies or equivalent (grade Pass)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

Please consider that this apprenticeship is in the hospitality sector and you will be required to work unsociable hours.

About this employer

Join our luxurious Asian spa at Montigo Resorts Somerset and embark on a transformative Wellness & Holistic Apprenticeship. Learn ancient healing techniques, holistic therapies, and spa rituals in a tranquil, five-star setting. Perfect for those passionate about wellbeing and creating unforgettable guest experiences.

https://somerset.montigoresorts.com/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

We would like to offer full time employment at the end of the apprenticeship as a Spa Therapist with the opportunity to progress to senior spa therapist. We may have additional opportunities in the future to do an exchange programme with our other hotels in Asia.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BATH COLLEGE

Laura Joy

laura.joy@bathcollege.ac.uk

01225328752

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332868.

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Closes in 23 days (Monday 18 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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