Community Activator Coach Apprenticeship
COACH CORE FOUNDATION
Coventry (CV7 9JG)
Closes in 25 days (Sunday 22 November 2026)
Posted on 27 October 2026
Contents
Summary
Dive into a career in coaching! Join Octanauts Swim School and gain hands-on experience supporting children in the pool, building their confidence and skills while developing your own coaching, communication and leadership skills.
- Wage
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£8,320 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Community activator coach (level 2)
- Hours
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20 hours per week. Weekday evenings from 4.00pm, and every Saturday morning.
20 hours a week
- Start date
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Friday 11 December 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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2
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
At Octanauts Swim School, you will be working towards a Community Activator Coach Level 2 Apprenticeship qualification over the course of 22 months.
Day to day activities will include:
- Setting up for lessons and greeting families
- Ensuring high levels of cleanliness are maintained at each of our venues
- Supporting younger children and people with differing abilities in the water building their confidence while under the teachers full instruction
- Supporting instructors as required for classes of Improver and Advanced levels
- Progress to completing an instructor qualification and leading your own classes
- Follow Safeguarding Training and report any concerns to the DSL
- Provide support and instruction to participants with SEN&D requirements
- Support Adult Learners under the direction of a qualified instructor
- Assist in the recording of swimmer progress and the giving of awards
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.
Where you'll work
Exhall Grange
Prollogis Park
Coventry
CV7 9JG
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
Other requirements
Own transport required to get to and from a variety of locations within Coventry. All are on a public transport routes.
Wednesdays do require moving from one location to another with 1 hour between sessions. Working hours are predominantly weekday evenings and Saturday morning.
About this employer
We teach both Children and Adult classes with our youngest starters being from the age of 3.Our lessons are inclusive to all.
Octanauts believe that whether it is your first class or you have been swimming for years, children and adults should be excited to begin each lesson, develop a love for the pool and be in an inclusive environment.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- To become a permanent member of the Teaching Team
- As an initial insight to the leisure industry to pursue other avenues such as sports coach lifeguarding, fitness instructor, youth worker
- As well as gaining nationally recognised qualifications you will gain a number of transferable employability skills
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000061171.
Apply now
Closes in 25 days (Sunday 22 November 2026)
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