Community Health and Wellbeing Apprentice

COACH CORE FOUNDATION

Cambridgeshire (PE27 4AA)

Closes in 14 days (Friday 5 June 2026)

Posted on 22 May 2026

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Summary

As a Community Health & Wellbeing Apprentice, you will support local communities to lead healthier lifestyles. You will help deliver and support activities that focus on physical activity, healthy eating and wellbeing, working alongside community organisations, health professionals and delivery partners.

Wage

£12,480 to £19,827.60, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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Training course
Community sport and health officer (level 3)
Hours
30 hours per week, with 24 dedicated to work through delivery, project planning and administrative duties and 6 for studies as part of the apprenticeship, exact working days and hours TBC.

30 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

1 year 3 months

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

As a Community Health and Wellbeing Apprentice you will:

  • Help build positive working relationships with community groups, sports organisations, health professionals and local partners
  • Support partners who help deliver activities in the community
  • Talk to local people to understand their needs and encourage them to get involved in activities
  • Help build positive working relationships with community groups, sports organisations, health professionals and local partners
  • Support partners who help deliver activities in the community
  • Talk to local people to understand their needs and encourage them to get involved in activities

Alongside your daily roles and responsibilities you will also be gaining your Community Sport and Health Officer Level 3 qualification.

Where you'll work

James Hall Parsons Green St Ives
Cambridgeshire
PE27 4AA

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

Community Sport and Health Officer Level 3.

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Physical fitness

Other requirements

  • Interest in physical activity, sport, exercise, nutrition or wellbeing
  • Interest in supporting people to improve their health
  • Some awareness of health inequalities and different community needs
  • Understanding that healthy lifestyle changes take time and support
  • Willingness to complete an apprenticeship qualification
  • Commitment to learning and professional development
  • A full UK driving licence and access to a car is desirable due to travel across the county

Role combines a mix of project planning and delivery in local communities, working with community groups to help support getting more people active. This may involve delivery with target groups such as children and young people, older adults and people with disabilities.

About this employer

Living Better was established in 2017 and over that time we have worked closely together on a number of projects and health and wellbeing initiatives to enable patients to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to reach their own health and wellbeing goals.

https://www.livingbetter.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

This role will support the organisations community healthy lifestyle programmes, supporting delivery on the ground. Career progression would be into a Programme Delivery Officer role within the wider Programmes team should there be a suitable vacancy at the end of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000033290.

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Closes in 14 days (Friday 5 June 2026)

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.