Wellbeing Apprentice
WEALDEN LEISURE LIMITED
Witham (CM8 1LB)
Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 7 July 2026)
Posted on 17 June 2026
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Summary
Wellbeing Apprentice supporting holiday camps, outreach, school visits, healthy community administration such as assisting with funding bids, visiting sites within the contract and session delivery.
- Wage
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£21,216 a year
- Training course
- Community activator coach (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.
32 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 14 July 2026
- 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
As a Wellbeing Apprentice with Freedom Leisure you will support the delivery of our HAF holiday clubs across 4 sites within the contract.
Working alongside experienced coaches and leaders, you will gain hands-on experience delivering sessions to children of all abilities.
You will also attend outreach events to promote Freedom and our wellbeing programme. Examples of outreach events include Carer’s Events, Age Well Fairs, Careers Days, Veteran’s support groups.
You will assist the team at Sporting Memories sessions, directing the volunteers and making sure participants are engaged.
Your day-to-day responsibilities may include:
- Assisting with admin relating to Healthy Communities work
- Undertake lifesaving training in relation to water safety, and then delivering the training or supervising sessions
- Supporting holiday club provision during school holidays
- Keeping updated registers for the holiday clubs and contacting parents
- Delivering sport or health sessions to small groups
- Setting up and organising equipment
- Promoting positive behaviour and engagement
- Supporting administration and operational tasks
- Ensuring sessions are delivered safely and in line with safeguarding procedures
Throughout the apprenticeship you will receive mentoring, practical experience. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, reliable, professional and passionate about working with the community and minority groups and be comfortable working with participants with mental and physical disabilities.
A willingness to learn and develop is essential.
Where you'll work
Witham Leisure Centre
Witham
CM8 1LB
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 activator coach (level 2)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity for individuals and communities.
- Encourage individuals' participation, motivation and to change their behaviour towards sport or physical activity.
- Contribute to inclusive, safe and effective sessions.
- Plan, follow, adapt, and deliver session plans, based on participant needs and feedback.
- Use coaching styles for sport or physical activity sessions meeting the participants needs and motivations.
- Promote the benefits of a lifelong activity habit.
- Use techniques to build rapport with participants.
- Carry out the tasks required before, during and after a community activity.
- Support participants to overcome personal or societal barriers.
- Manage individuals' behaviours within a group setting.
- Work collaboratively with services and other community organisations to run events that make the best use resources.
- Record and store data and information, in line with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use suitable digital technology to deliver targeted messages to participant groups.
- Adapt communication methods to meet the needs of participants and groups.
- Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns within own scope of role and in line with organisational protocols.
- Support equity, diversity and inclusion in line with legislation and organisational policies.
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of self and participants.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, risk assessment procedures, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development.
- Maintain professional boundaries within scope of own role.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of activity sessions.
- Assist with the resolution of challenges and problems.
- Promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity for individuals and communities.
- Encourage individuals' participation, motivation and to change their behaviour towards sport or physical activity.
- Contribute to inclusive, safe and effective sessions.
- Plan, follow, adapt, and deliver session plans, based on participant needs and feedback.
- Use coaching styles for sport or physical activity sessions meeting the participants needs and motivations.
- Promote the benefits of a lifelong activity habit.
- Use techniques to build rapport with participants.
- Carry out the tasks required before, during and after a community activity.
- Support participants to overcome personal or societal barriers.
- Manage individuals' behaviours within a group setting.
- Work collaboratively with services and other community organisations to run events that make the best use resources.
- Record and store data and information, in line with legislation and organisational policies and procedures.
- Use suitable digital technology to deliver targeted messages to participant groups.
- Adapt communication methods to meet the needs of participants and groups.
- Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns within own scope of role and in line with organisational protocols.
- Support equity, diversity and inclusion in line with legislation and organisational policies.
- Support the mental health and wellbeing of self and participants.
- Comply with health and safety legislation, regulations, risk assessment procedures, guidelines and procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development.
- Maintain professional boundaries within scope of own role.
- Monitor and review the effectiveness of activity sessions.
- Assist with the resolution of challenges and problems.
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
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
• Some elements of the role are physically active
You will need patience and understanding and be comfortable working with a range of demographics including those with dementia, the elderly, teenagers
A car would be useful as you may need to travel between our 4 sites across North Essex
• Candidates will be expected to maintain high standards of professionalism and safeguarding at all times
About this employer
Freedom Leisure is one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit charitable leisure and cultural trusts. We operate over 130 leisure, cultural and entertainment venues across the UK either in partnership with or acting as agent on behalf of the local authority. Our mission is to ‘improve lives through leisure’.
https://www.freedom-leisure.co.uk/centres/witham-leisure-centre/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Successful apprentices may progress into a full-time role within Freedom following completion of the programme
- This could be as an instructor, or part of the Healthy Communities Team delivering outreach and working across sites
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000037702.
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Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 7 July 2026)
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