Community Sport and Health Officer Apprentice
COACH CORE FOUNDATION
Newark (NG23 5JB)
Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 17 November 2026)
Posted on 27 October 2026
Contents
Summary
Join Mending Lines as a Community Sport and Health Officer Apprentice, supporting young people within our Alternative Provision and delivering angling, outdoor wellbeing and community activities.
- Wage
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£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Community sport and health officer (level 3)
- Hours
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8.30am - 2.30pm.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 24 November 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
The apprentice will support the Mending Lines team across our Alternative Provision and wider community programmes.
They will help deliver angling, sport and outdoor activities for young people, including those who may struggle within mainstream education or need additional support. They will also support activities for families, veterans and other members of the local community.
Day-to-day duties will include:
- Supporting sessions within our Alternative Provision
- Helping young people engage in angling and outdoor learning
- Encouraging confidence, teamwork and positive behaviour
- Supporting young people with different needs and abilities
- Helping plan and deliver community activities and events
- Setting up, checking and safely storing equipment
- Building positive relationships with young people and participants
- Helping collect feedback and record participation and outcomes
- Promoting activities through social media and local networks
- Following safeguarding, health and safety and risk assessment procedures
- Completing training and coursework towards the Level 3 Community Sport and Health Officer apprenticeship
The role will involve working outdoors in different weather conditions. Some evening or weekend work may occasionally be required for community sessions and events.
This apprenticeship is part-funded and supported by Coach Core's charitable programme, creating employment opportunities for 16–24-year-olds who have faced barriers to education, employment or career progression. We support young people with the potential to succeed who may have experienced financial disadvantage, additional learning needs, caring responsibilities or other personal or socio-economic challenges.
No previous experience is required – we're looking for enthusiasm, potential and a willingness to learn. Coach Core provides additional support throughout the apprenticeship, while the employer is responsible for the final recruitment decision.
You will be working towards a Community Health and Safety Officer Level 3 apprenticeship over the duration of 18 months.
Where you'll work
Witham Grange Glamping Doddington Lane
Newark
NG23 5JB
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)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Team working
Other requirements
This is a practical, outdoor role and the apprentice will be expected to work outside in different weather conditions. The role involves working near water, handling fishing equipment, bait and fish, and helping to set up and pack away equipment.
Some young people attending our Alternative Provision may have additional needs or display challenging behaviour, so patience, resilience and consistency are important.
Our main venue is in a rural location, so the successful applicant will need to be able to travel to the site reliably. Occasional evening or weekend work may also be required for community sessions and events.
About this employer
Mending Lines began with one man, one rod and a hard year — and a simple belief that the bank can give people back a bit of themselves. This is how a personal lifeline became a community.
When our founder, Chris Parker, was struggling with his own mental health, fishing became the thing he could hold onto. Quiet hours by the water gave him routine, headspace and a reason to keep going when things felt heavy.
Over time he realised the calm he'd found wasn't just luck — it was something that could be shared. Mending Lines grew straight out of that experience: a way to hand the same lifeline to young people and adults who need it most.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
The apprentice will gain a Level 3 Community Sport and Health Officer qualification alongside practical experience in alternative provision, community engagement, angling and outdoor education.
There may be opportunities to complete further training in areas such as angling coaching, safeguarding, first aid and mental health. Depending on performance and future vacancies, there may also be an opportunity to continue working with Mending Lines after completing the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000061220.
Apply now
Closes in 20 days (Tuesday 17 November 2026)
After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.