Apprentice (Community Activator Coach)

Summary

Community Activators play a vital role in improving the health and wellbeing of communities through sport and physical activity. Community Activator Coaches promote, deliver and coach fun, inclusive and engaging physical activities that communities and people can adopt to help maintain a physically active lifestyle.

Wage: £14,526.20 a year
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Training course: Community activator coach (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm with flexible and hybrid working available.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 1 September
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 4

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

Work as a team of staff in supporting delivery of a range of physical activity/coaching solutions to communities
Support with the delivery of sport and physical activity/coaching interventions to targeted groups, including adults and young children
Create opportunities for participation in physical activity/coaching in and around community-based approaches
Support exercise opportunities where appropriate
Support within our indoor facilities both wet and dryside
Support volunteers in developing skills to develop sustainable sessions and other locally-based physical activity/coaching opportunities

Where you’ll work

1 Freemans Quay
Durham
DH1 1SW

Training

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

College or training organisation

ACTIV FIRST LIMITED

Your training course

Community activator coach (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Planning and adapting sessions and activities that respond to customer feedback and encourage customers to develop a lifelong activity habit.
Coaching or leading pre-planned sport or physical activity sessions that are attractive to the target audience(s) and develop motivational relationships with customers.
Promoting a physical activity offer, (including but not exclusively) organised play and sport in the community which supports individuals on their behaviour change journey.
Working collaboratively with sports clubs and other community assets – including volunteers, public services, youth workers, the police and community champions.
Supporting customers to co-produce rewarding volunteering opportunities.
Supporting families to participate together in sport and physical activity.
Working effectively with customer insight to overcome individual, community and societal barriers to participation in physical activity and sport.
Contributing to the employer’s design of activities and services and practising the employer’s organisation’s values, policies and procedures.
Contributing to teams that deliver community events and festivals.
Supporting organisations to evaluate, develop and promote sessions and other opportunities such as outdoor group exercise and informal social play.
Maintaining personal safety and wellbeing, as well as that of customers.
Managing disruptive behaviours from individuals within the group setting.
Encouraging customers to be regularly active – both formally and informally – within sports clubs or leisure facilities including open-space.
Effectively using social media and technology, appropriately, to deliver targeted messages to identified customer groups for example children, teenagers, adults and older adults.
Effectively monitor and evaluate activities, sessions and projects using technology platforms to maintain accurate records and produce timely reports.

Your training plan

Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date.

Requirements

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Team working

About this company

Durham County Council is the largest council in the North East, we employ over 16,000 people and have a budget of around £1.3 billion which helps us provide services for more than 513,000 people. We are a forward-looking council and recognise that we need passionate people who share our enthusiasm to deliver fantastic services to the people of County Durham.

http://www.durham.gov.uk (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Progression opportunities will be available towards the end of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

Durham County Council

George Richardson

george.richardson2@durham.gov.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000305720.

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Closes in 9 days (Sunday 23 March)

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Company’s application instructions

Please use the ‘Person Specification’ section of your application form to demonstrate that you have the essential and where possible, desirable experience, skills, and knowledge. Candidates who do not evidence that they meet the essential qualifications and experience listed on the person specification will not be short-listed.

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