Sports Coach Apprentice

Typical responsibilities for a Community Sports Coach Apprentice may include:

• Planning and delivering high-quality sport and physical activity sessions for a range of community groups.
  Running clubs, groups, outreach sessions and holiday activities across local venues.
• Supporting community projects that promote activity, wellbeing and social inclusion.
• Helping to design new community sport initiatives that encourage participation among inactive groups.
• Building partnerships with local organisations including schools, youth services, charities, councils and community groups.
• Recruiting, supporting and working alongside volunteers or assistant coaches.
• Promoting activities and engaging with target groups to raise awareness and drive participation.
• Adapting activities to suit different ages, abilities and needs.
• Tracking attendance, gathering feedback and measuring impact of programmes.
• Helping to plan and evaluate community projects or multi-week programmes.
• Assisting with marketing campaigns to promote sessions, events or initiatives.
• Maintaining safe, inclusive and welcoming environments for all participants.
• Administrative tasks linked to planning, monitoring and evaluating activities.
• Ensuring safeguarding, equality and health and safety practices are always followed.
   

Training

Level 4 School Sports Coach Apprenticeship Standard

Sector specific CPD, such as;

• Multi-skills coaching - practical coaching skills
• Behaviour management
• Community engagement and inclusion training
• Volunteer recruitment and support
• Outreach and behaviour-change approaches
• Safeguarding / prevent
• Mental health and well-being

After the apprenticeship

We will support you to gain the skills, experience and confidence needed for:

• Careers in community sport, coaching or physical activity programmes
• Roles within local authorities, leisure providers, charities and community organisations
• Opportunities to progress into Level 4+ coaching, community development or management roles
• Potential further employment with the organisation
• Further education or professional development
• Successful completion enables eligibility to apply for CIMSPA Practitioner membership

Things to consider

Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.