Wellbeing Apprentice - Witham

As a Wellbeing Apprentice with Freedom Leisure you will support the delivery of our HAF holiday clubs across 4 sites within the contract.

Working alongside experienced coaches and leaders, you will gain hands-on experience delivering sessions to children of all abilities.

You will also attend outreach events to promote Freedom and our wellbeing programme. Examples of outreach events include Carer’s Events, Age Well Fairs, Careers Days, Veteran’s support groups.

You will assist the team at Sporting Memories sessions, directing the volunteers and making sure participants are engaged.

Your day-to-day responsibilities may include:

● Assisting with admin relating to Healthy Communities work
Undertake lifesaving training in relation to water safety, and then delivering the training or supervising sessions
● Supporting holiday club provision during school holidays
● Keeping updated registers for the holiday clubs and contacting parents
● Delivering sport or health sessions to small groups
● 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

Throughout the apprenticeship you will receive mentoring, practical experience. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, reliable, professional and passionate about working with the community and minority groups and be comfortable working with participants with mental and physical disabilities. A willingness to learn and develop is essential.

Desired Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills • Passion for coaching and working with young people • Positive attitude and willingness to learn • Good teamwork and organisation skills Compassionate and caring nature and empathetic • Ability to motivate and engage participants • Reliable and punctual • Understanding of professionalism and safeguarding responsibilities

Personal qualities

● ● Friendly and enthusiastic
● Passionate about physical activity and wellbeing
● Positive role model for children
● Hardworking and reliable
● Keen to learn and develop
● Able to work well within a team
● Organised and professional approach

Qualifications required

No desired qualifications!

Future prospects

Successful apprentices may progress into a full-time role within Freedom following completion of the programme. This could be as an instructor, or part of the Healthy Communities Team delivering outreach and working across sites.

Employer

Freedom Leisure - Witham

Address

Witham Leisure Centre

Essex

Witham

CM81LB

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