Spa Therapist Apprentice
VITALITY RELAXATION AND DAY SPA LIMITED
BRADFORD ON AVON (BA15 1LH)
Closes in 29 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 31 July 2025
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Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team here at Vitality Day Spa. We are looking for someone eager to develop their skills and knowledge and has a passion for the trade. All treatments carried out here at Vitality are designed in house, so you will learn specialised and unique skills.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Pay increase is available throughout progression of training, and overtime is regularly available.
- Training course
- Wellbeing and holistic therapist (level 3)
- Hours
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We work off a 4-week rolling rota, days varying from Monday-Saturday. Three Saturdays will be scheduled into the 4-week rolling rota, so one full weekend off a month is guaranteed. 30 hours per week, with overtime options will be offered.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 8 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 start as a Spa Assistant, duties will include:
- Learning the day-to-day functions of the spa.
- Dealing with clients.
- Growing confidence in reception duties.
- Adhere to all health and safety requirements of the apprenticeship.
After this, you will work closely with management to grow your theoretical and practical skills. We run a highly intensive training program, and have exceptionally high standards, but also function as a very close knit, friendly, and supportive team.
Where you'll work
8 MARKET STREET
BRADFORD ON AVON
BA15 1LH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BATH COLLEGE
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
The apprentice will be required to attend college, one day per week, term time only at our City Centre campus in Bath.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4 C or above)
- Maths (grade Grade 4 C or above)
Other in:
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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
We are a multi award winning family run day spa specialising in 5* holistic therapies, using only natural and cruelty free products.
After this apprenticeship
A full time position as a Spa Therapist
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BATH COLLEGE
Laura Joy
laura.joy@bathcollege.ac.uk
01225328752
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334707.
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Closes in 29 days (Sunday 31 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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