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Sports Coaching Apprentice
Supporting PE lessons, after-school clubs, holiday camps, football coaching and wraparound childcare across Essex primary schools while gaining nationally recognised coaching qualifications.
About the Role
As a Sports Coaching Apprentice with Essex Professional Coaching (EPC), you will support the delivery of engaging sport, physical activity and childcare programmes for children across primary schools, holiday clubs, football sessions and wraparound settings throughout Essex.
Working alongside experienced coaches and leaders, you will gain hands-on experience delivering PE lessons, after-school clubs, football coaching sessions and healthy lifestyle activities to children of all abilities. You will also support wraparound childcare provision before and after school and help create safe, engaging and inclusive environments for children to learn, move and grow.
Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities May Include:
- Supporting PE lessons within primary schools
- Assisting with breakfast, lunchtime and after-school sports clubs
- Supporting holiday club provision during school holidays
- Assisting with football coaching sessions in the community
- Supporting wraparound childcare activities
- Setting up and organising equipment
- Promoting positive behaviour and engagement
- Supporting administration and operational tasks
- Ensuring sessions are delivered safely and in line with safeguarding procedures
Training and Qualifications
Throughout the apprenticeship you will receive mentoring, practical experience and nationally recognised qualifications including:
- Level 2 Community Activator Coach
- Level 2 Coaching Award in Multi-skills Development in Sport
- FA Football Coaching Qualification
- Safeguarding and First Aid qualifications
- Workshops focused on behaviour management, leadership and relationship building
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About EPC
EPC currently delivers sport and physical activity programmes to over 6,000 children every week across 40+ schools in Essex. This apprenticeship provides a fantastic opportunity to begin a long-term career within sport, education and childcare.
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, reliable, professional and passionate about working with children and sport. A willingness to learn and develop is essential.
Training Details
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)
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.
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Additional Information
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay.
Progression Opportunities
Successful apprentices may progress into a full-time coaching role within Essex Professional Coaching following completion of the programme. There are also opportunities to progress into leadership roles and continue developing within sport, education and childcare.
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is: LIFETIME TRAINING GROUP LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000042471.
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