Apprentice Activities and Wellbeing Project Coordinator

CHAPEL HOUSE CARE LTD

Cheshire (CH64 5SW)

Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 20 October 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 1 October 2026

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Summary

The apprenticeship will develop skills in project planning, coordination, risk management, stakeholder communication, budgeting, scheduling and project delivery. The successful candidate will work alongside experienced colleagues, supporting projects from initiation through to completion while developing their knowledge and confidence.

• Wage:

  £16,640 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

  Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

  Pay review after successful probation period

• Training course: Associate project manager (level 4)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm, some evenings may be required for events. You will work one day on a weekend (in one in 3 weekends).

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Saturday 24 October 2026

• Duration:

  1 year 6 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

Under appropriate guidance, you will learn to:

• Plan, prepare and help deliver individual and group activities
• Develop creative and stimulating opportunities based on residents' interests
• Support arts, crafts, music, reminiscence, sensory activities, gardening, games, gentle movement and other wellbeing opportunities
• Help residents maintain existing interests and try new experiences
• Support spontaneous activities and everyday meaningful moments, rather than relying solely on a timetable of organised events
• Adapt activities so that people with different physical, sensory and cognitive abilities can participate
• Help create enjoyable seasonal events, celebrations and special occasions
• Assist with trips and activities within the local community
• Help arrange visiting entertainers, community groups and other external activities

Alongside the apprenticeship, the apprentice may also access relevant care, dementia and wellbeing training so that their project work remains grounded in safe, respectful and person-led practice.

Skills for Care highlights the importance of activities workers understanding individual needs, organising meaningful activities and developing relevant skills once in post. This supports the wellbeing focus of the role, while the apprenticeship route will provide the broader project management framework for planning, delivering and evaluating improvement work.

The apprenticeship will also help the apprentice develop project-management skills such as project planning, communication, stakeholder engagement, organisation, time management, risk awareness, problem solving, monitoring progress, reflecting on outcomes and contributing to continuous improvement.

As part of the role, the apprentice will also undertake relevant Chapel House Care training, including areas such as:

• Safeguarding adults
• Dementia awareness
• Health and Safety
• First aid where appropriate
• Infection prevention and control
• Equality, diversity and inclusion
• Communication
• Mental capacity and consent
• Person-centred practice

Where you'll work

Chapel House Lodge
Chapel House Lane
Puddington
Cheshire
CH64 5SW

Training

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

Training provider

SEETEC BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED

Training course

Associate project manager (level 4)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
• Manage and engage with stakeholders.
• Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
• Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
• Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
• Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
• Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
• Monitor and analyse project budgets.
• Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
• Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
• Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
• Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
• Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
• Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
• Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
• Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
• Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
• Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
• Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
• Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
• Work within the approved project budget.
• Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
• Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
• Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
• Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
• Manages resources through the project lifecycle.
• Use project monitoring and reporting techniques to track, interpret and report on performance.
• Manage and engage with stakeholders.
• Influence and negotiate with others to create a positive outcome for the project.
• Resolve conflict as and when required with stakeholders within limits of responsibility.
• Adapt communications to different stakeholders.
• Communicate and support the project vision, to ensure buy in to the project objectives.
• Collate and analyse information and provide input to support negotiations relating to project objectives.
• Monitor and analyse project budgets.
• Review and provide feedback on a project business case to ensure the project remains valid.
• Apply change control processes to support the management of project scope.
• Evaluate an integrated project management plan to provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
• Prepare, monitor, and schedule activities that contribute to the delivery of the overall project schedule and objectives.
• Evaluate and make recommendations on the risk management plan to threats to delivery and recommend solutions.
• Identify and monitor project risks and issues; and plan and implement responses to them.
• Deliver a Quality Management Plan which contributes to quality control processes.
• Use an organisation’s continual improvement process including lessons learned to improve performance.
• Support the preparation or maintenance of a resource management plan for project activities.
• Work with stakeholders to deliver the project.
• Use digital tools and software to meet project objectives for example research, collaboration, presentations, and resolution of problems.
• Provide underpinning data to support the written submission through the governance process.
• Work within the approved project budget.
• Ensure that integrated schedules support critical path analysis, interface management, resource forecasting and risk management.
• Apply relevant legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and ethical guidance where appropriate to their work.
• Use data to inform decisions on actions to take to mitigate risks on project.
• Use configuration management and change control to schedule and maintain projects.
• Manages resources through the project lifecycle.

Training schedule

TRAINING IS DELIVERED BY MONTHLY WORKSHOPS WITH YOUR TUTOR, OFF JOB HOURS WLL BE GIVEN FOR COMPLETION OF YOUR APPRENTICESHIP WORK

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade A*-C/ 4-9)
• Maths (grade A*-C/ 4-9)

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

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Physical fitness

Other requirements

• You must be able to drive or have access to lifts due to no public transport on this route.
• Experience of volunteering, caring, community work, sport, arts, music, hospitality or working with older people.
• An interest in dementia and brain health.
• Experience of organising events or activities.
• Experience of helping to organise a project, event, fundraising activity, community initiative, school or college project, workplace improvement or voluntary activity.
• Creative, musical, gardening, craft, digital, sports or other skills that could be shared with residents.
• Applicants should not be discouraged if they do not already have these experiences. This is an apprenticeship and we are interested in potential, values and willingness to learn.

About this employer

At Chapel House Care, we believe wellbeing is about much more than keeping people occupied.

The Apprentice Activities and Wellbeing Project Coordinator will work alongside our experienced care and wellbeing teams to learn how to support residents to live meaningful, connected and fulfilling lives, while also developing the project management skills needed to plan, coordinate, monitor and evaluate wellbeing initiatives across Chapel House Care.

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Build a great career path with Chapel house, this opportunity will ensure you gain all the knowledge required to develop your management skills.

By the end of their apprenticeship, we would want the individual to be increasingly confident in:

Building positive relationships with residents.
Understanding what matters to each person.

Planning and supporting small wellbeing projects from idea to delivery.

Supporting residents living with dementia.

Adapting activities to people's abilities and preferences.

Encouraging independence, choice and participation.

Working confidently with relatives and colleagues.

Developing community connections.

Recording and evaluating wellbeing activity effectively. 

Using feedback, observations and simple project records to review what has worked well and identify improvements for future wellbeing projects.

Bringing their own ideas and creativity to the wellbeing team.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SEETEC BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE LIMITED

Kerry Traill

Kerry.traill@seetec.co.uk

07903053388

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000056776.

Apply now

Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 20 October 2026 at 11:59pm)