Level 3 Wellbeing and Holistic Therapist Apprentice
CEDARS SALONS LTD
Gloucester (GL1 1EW)
Closes in 17 days (Friday 15 May 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 April 2026
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Summary
We are looking for a calm, caring and professional apprentice to join our team as a Wellbeing and Holistic Therapist.
This role is ideal for someone passionate about health, wellbeing and holistic therapies, who wants to build a career helping clients relax, de-stress and improve their overall wellbeing.
- Wage
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£18,000 a year
- Training course
- Wellbeing and holistic therapist (level 3)
- Hours
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Tuesday - Saturday and Late night Thursday, Shifts to be confirmed
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 18 May 2026
- Duration
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1 year 7 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
- Preparing treatment rooms to a high standard
- Supporting therapists with holistic and wellbeing treatments
- Carrying out treatments as training progresses (e.g. reflexology, aromatherapy)
- Consulting with clients to understand their needs
- Creating a calm and relaxing client experience
- Promoting wellbeing treatments and retail products
- Maintaining hygiene, health and safety standards
- Supporting with reception and bookings when required
- You will work alongside experienced therapists, learning a range of holistic treatments such as massage and aromatherapy, while developing excellent client care skills within a professional salon environment
Where you'll work
Cedars Salons Ltd T a Cedars Health Beauty Centre
26 Station Road
Gloucester
GL1 1EW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CEDARS TRAINING ACADEMY LTD
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
You will work towards the Level 3 Wellbeing and Holistic Therapist Apprenticeship, delivered by Cedars Training Academy.
Training will include:
- Body massage techniques
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Client consultation and wellbeing planning
- Anatomy and physiology
- Creating personalised treatment experiences
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
- Team working
- Initiative
- Basic treatment skills
- Willingness to learn
- Positive attitude
- Client care
About this employer
Cedars Salons Ltd has grown from its humble beginnings at Gloucester Leisure Centre into a well-established and respected beauty and wellbeing centre. Over the years, the business expanded from two smaller salons into one central location, later moving in 2014 to the historic Bleak House in Gloucester. This move also enabled the launch of their in-house Academy, providing professional training and career development for aspiring therapists.
Today, Cedars is known for its unique approach, offering a wide range of services from essential treatments to advanced technologies and luxury experiences, all tailored to meet the diverse needs of its clients.
https://www.cedarshealth-beauty.co.uk/about (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Company Pension
- Staff Parking
- Staff Discounts
- Tips
After this apprenticeship
Successful completion may lead to:
- A full-time Holistic Therapist role
- Specializing in advanced wellbeing treatments
- Progression into senior therapist or specialist roles
- Ongoing CPD and advanced training
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CEDARS TRAINING ACADEMY LTD
Sheena Adobas
sheena.adobas@cedarstrainingacademy.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000025368.
Apply now
Closes in 17 days (Friday 15 May 2026 at 11:59pm)