Level 2 Sports Apprentice with Swimming Specialism (Community Activator Coach)

Summary

The Sports Coach with Swim Specialism has an important role to play in improving the health and wellbeing of children, families and communities by supporting the delivery of swim sessions/projects. Working alongside our Aquarius staff, you will learn how to plan, deliver and review sessions (swim lessons) and also work on our holiday camps.

Wage

£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Community activator coach (level 2)

Hours

37.5 hours per week - flexible hours across the week (potentially including some weekend and evening work) depending on requirements.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 28 April 2025

Duration

1 year 3 months

Positions available

3

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

Are you passionate about sport and physical activity and specifically have a love for swimming? Do you love working with children to make a difference and impact on their learning and wellbeing? Can you be a positive role model to inspire and motivate children? Would you relish the opportunity to work alongside a friendly, supportive and hard-working team? If so, our Community Activator Coach apprenticeship opportunity may be perfect for you!

The Community Activator Apprentice with Swimming specialism has an important role to play in improving the health and wellbeing of children, families and communities by supporting the delivery of fun, inclusive and engaging sessions using our swimming pools. Working alongside our Aquarius Pool Supervisors and swim teachers, this apprenticeship will give you an introduction into the world of swim teaching. Along the apprenticeship journey, you will learn how to plan, deliver and review sessions. We will fund your swim teacher qualification. You will get a diverse opportunity to develop your wider coaching skills during your work on our Active Holiday camps during school holidays.

Key duties include:

Working directly with members of the public to plan and deliver a range of projects and activities within our leisure centre(s) with the aim of increasing the participation of a variety of groups in sport and physical activity, with a specific focus on swimming and aquatics.

These could involve:

Extra-curricular swimming lessons for children, primarily in key station 1 and 2
Supporting our swimming curriculum for schools
Adult swimming lessons
Swimming galas and festivals
Pool inflatable fun sessions
Water polo
Aquatots parents and toddlers
Providing additional support in the pool to children with SEND needs to ensure inclusivity of the program
To support on organising community and competitive events.
Working collaboratively with a wide range of partner organisations.
Supporting the delivery and coordination of our holiday activity and HAF schemes for children.
Providing swimming duty cover where required.
Begin developing skills in supervisory duties within the swim school, working closely with the pool supervisors to help manage progression and positively impact retention levels.
Use of technology to engage pupils with physical activity and sports especially swimming
Contribute to the overall ethos and working values of the Foundation.
Contribute to raising standards by demonstrating and promoting high expectations.
Supervise and support members of the public, ensuring their safety by complying with good H&S practice.
To undertake all training and courses associated with the apprenticeship programme.

Where you’ll work

This apprenticeship is available in these locations:

Allard Way, Coventry, CV3 1JP
Bell Green Road, Coventry, CV6 7GP
XCEL LEISURE CENTRE, MITCHELL AVENUE, CANLEY, COVENTRY, CV4 8DY

Training

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

College or training organisation

ASPIRE TRAINING SOLUTIONS (UK) 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

Our apprentices will receive weekly off the job training hours in order to engage with masterclasses, skills festival days, assignments and tasks related to the apprenticeship, online CPD courses and development sessions with their allocated skills coach.

They will acheive the Level 2 Community Activator Coach Apprenticeship Standard with Swimming Specialism alongside sector specific CPD, such as;

STA Level 2 Swim Teacher qualification
Pool maintenance and water testing CPD
Supporting the PE curriculum (swimming focussed)
Behaviour Management
Safeguarding / Prevent
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Digital skills
Functional skills in Maths and English (where required)

More training information

Lifeguard qualification

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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Physical fitness
Swimming

Other requirements

All applicants will need to demonstrate their ability to keep themselves safe in and around water We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and anyone applying to work across our school settings is expected to share this commitment. Therefore, this position is subject to receipt of an enhanced DBS disclosure and relevant references.

About this company

CV Life represents the partnership working between two organisations; Coventry Sports Foundation (CSF) and Culture Coventry Trust (CCT). With both organisations operating as CV Life, it provides the opportunity for Coventry residents and visitors to have an improved experience of sport, culture and leisure within the city. CV Life provides a vast leisure and cultural offer to all communities in Coventry and visitors to the city, offering everything from attractions, museums, leisure centres, educational programmes to community outreach projects. Following a place-based approach and offering tailored alternatives encourages all residents to take part in leisure and cultural activities. CV Life’s city-wide locations enable the delivery of a varied programme of activity catered to the requirements of all Coventry residents. CV Life is ever evolving and continuously looking for new ways to encourage people to be active and engaged in ways that suit them, their interests and needs.

https://cvlife.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

All apprentices receive full gym membership as a company benefit.

After this apprenticeship

We will support you in your personal development by providing you with the underpinning knowledge, skills and experience for the following:

Careers within the Sport Coaching/education sector
Potential further employment with the organisation
Opportunity for further education
Opportunity to progress to become a swim teacher
Opportunity to become a pool supervisor
Opportunity to diversify into wider sports coaching roles and potentially progress onto the Level 4 Sports Coach apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ASPIRE TRAINING SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED

Vikki Harlock

vharlock@cvlife.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000312066.

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