Sporting Memories Community Sport and Health Officer Apprentice - Leeds

You will be responsible for planning, leading, and delivering inclusive and engaging group sessions that promote both physical and mental wellbeing. These sessions will incorporate seated physical activities, interactive games, and sporting reminiscence to create a welcoming and stimulating environment for participants of all abilities.

A key part of your role will involve building and maintaining strong relationships with community referral partners and volunteer organisations. This will help encourage new members to join Sporting Memories Clubs and attract volunteers who are passionate about supporting others.

You’ll provide ongoing support to both individual members and volunteers throughout their wellbeing and volunteering journeys, ensuring their experiences are positive, meaningful, and fulfilling.

Your roles and responsibilities will include:

● Plan, lead and deliver weekly Sporting Memories Club sessions, incorporating seated physical activities, memory games, and sports-based conversation.
● Prepare resources and monitor the impact of activities, contributing to evaluation reports as needed.
● Build and maintain relationships with community referral partners and local organisations to support member and volunteer recruitment.
● Provide informal support to individual participants, helping to promote their wellbeing, engagement and inclusion.
● Contribute to creating a safe, accessible and dementia-aware environment at all times.
● Promote the programme in the local community and support wider engagement across Hamara’s services.
● Collaborate with other Hamara projects and team members where appropriate to support outreach, events, and health-focused activities.

At Hamara Healthy Living Centre you will be working towards the Community Sport and Health Officer Level 3 apprenticeship, alongside your daily roles and responsibilities, over the duration of 15 months.

Hamara is an equal opportunities employer. Hamara is committed to promoting anti-discriminatory practices within the society, the organisation and in the promotion of its services to the community. Hamara expects all employees to understand, comply with and to promote its policies in their work and to challenge prejudice and discrimination issues, as appropriate, and undertake any appropriate training.

Hamara is committed to ensuring the safeguarding and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults, and all applicants and staff will be required to demonstrate understanding of and commitment to best safeguarding practice.

Desired Skills

Empathy with older people and people living with long-term health conditions Personability Patience Good verbal communication skills Ability to work independently and without supervision

Personal qualities

Ideally some lived experience of working with or caring for older people, especially those living with long-term conditions.
Confidence to travel independently and visit and engage with new organisations.
A good interest in and knowledge of some sports

Qualifications required

No qualifications required!

Future prospects

Working with older frail people in the wider community delivering outreach work or further training qualifications within the care sector, leisure sector or community sports development.
Or
Activity coordinator in a care home or further training in the care sector.

Training to be delivered

Community Sport and Health Officer Apprenticeship L3 including Functional Skills in Maths and English

Employer

Hamara Healthy Living Centre

Address

Tempest Road

West Yorkshire

Leeds

LS11 6RD

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