Pan-Disability Sports Coach Apprentice
COACH CORE FOUNDATION
Hoole (CH2 2HD)
Closes in 20 days (Wednesday 13 August 2025)
Posted on 23 July 2025
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Summary
This role will involve the design and delivery of sports, fitness, health & wellbeing sessions for pan-disability groups of young people aged 11+ and adults. Initial assessment, tracking & monitoring of progress using a person-centred approach. Adapting to individual requirements.
- Wage
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£15,600 a year
- Training course
- Community sport and health officer (level 3)
- Hours
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30 hours a week - 25hrs delivery and 5hrs non-contact time for portfolio work, exact days and shifts TBC.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 20 August 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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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
Coach Core’s vision is to drive social mobility through apprenticeships and sport, so that every young person can reach their true potential and inspire those around them. Since our launch in 2012, we have worked with over 150 of the biggest sports providers, youth clubs and charities in the country, supporting over 500 young people.
The Community Sport and Health Officer role is the perfect opportunity to understand the role of sport and physical activity in the community, and as a coach with Live! You will be helping to run fully accessible and inclusive learning, personnel development and social activities for children, young people and adults with disabilities.
You will be leading sports, fitness, health and wellbeing activities across all groups and clubs, including; ‘Active Live!’ commissioned Adult day service, ‘All Stars’ after school and holiday clubs for young people and supporting ‘Our Best Chance’ Cancer awareness & prevention programme and Live! Inclusive adapted cycle project ‘Give it a Spin’ with support and guidance from the project managers in each area and disability support workers who will enable the members to fully engage.
Making the best use of the municipal park in which we are based, you will have access to a cycle path, skate park, football pitches, MUGA outside and an activity hall / dance studio, training room with interactive SMARTBoard and sensory room / quiet space for delivery. The average day runs between 9.30am and 3.30pm on the Day Service and 3.30pm and 5.30pm for the afterschool club.
What your apprenticeship includes:
- A mixture of face-to-face and online catch-ups every 4 - 6 weeks to discuss feedback and progress
- A mixture of on and off-the-job training, including workshops and webinars
- Reviews every 12 weeks with your Line Manager and apprenticeship Trainer
- The chance to get Functional Skills in English and maths (if you don’t already have GCSE or equivalents)
- Working towards a level 3 Community Sport and Health Officer apprenticeship over the course of 12-18 months
We particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented communities.
Where you'll work
New Scene Centre
Hoole
CH2 2HD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
Training course
Community sport and health officer (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Successful application of tactics and strategies to empower people from inactive and hard to reach populations to take up an active lifestyle
- Successful application of a range of approaches that bring about changes in attitudes and behaviours within target communities
- Supporting people within target communities to become involved in the preparation, planning and delivery of sport and active lifestyles
- Using local insight and customer-orientated marketing skills to attract high priority groups into existing leisure, parks and sport infrastructure
- Negotiation, lobbying and brokerage skills with local partners across public health, community development and anti social behaviour
- Demonstrate clear and effective communication techniques in order to give/receive information accurately and in a timely and positive manner
- Problem solving and effective decision making with regards the design and implementation of sport and physical activity programmes
- Writing successful funding bids to enable new, different or more opportunities to take place for sport and physical activity
- Managing disruptive behaviour of clients and customers before, during and after activities
- Managing and adapting personal behaviours to ensure provision is inclusive, customer-focused and accessible
- Building partnerships and developing meaningful relationships with local partners and stakeholders in sport and physical activity
Training schedule
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Patience
Other requirements
The role will require mandatory online health & safety, safeguarding & prevent training to be completed in line with all other employees. The role will involve lots of outdoor delivery. Some members will have communication difficulties and may display challenging behaviour.
About this employer
Live! Cheshire is a small charity based in Chester, UK providing recreational, social and development activities for people of all ages and abilities to enjoy.
After this apprenticeship
If successful, this could lead to a full-time, permanent role after completion of qualification.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333461.
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Closes in 20 days (Wednesday 13 August 2025)
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