Work Based Education & Training offers vocational industry based training and experience for young people aged 14 to 19 years old. We have a highly popular programme offering personalized learning through two different course routes. Both the Active Adventure course and the Soccer Academy course offer learners an opportunity to gain a number of practical based qualifications, while learning key information and skills for working within the sports and outdoor recreation coaching and instructing industry.

Sport Support Services Work Based Education & Training courses offer high quality learning in a very ‘real’ environment, which has been praised for its suitability for young people with whom we work. The young people attending our courses are treated as junior members of our staffing team, with a trainee status as they work towards an assistant instructor level in sports and outdoor adventurous activities.

ACTIVE ADVENTURE Specific Course Contents

Learners participate in a wide variety of outdoor adventurous activities (OAA), including archery, team building challenges, canoeing, climbing, kayaking, problem solving, orienteering and camp crafts. Throughout all of the practical training we focus on the trainees showing us competence in health & safety, technical understanding and participant support. Working towards a Sport Support Services ‘ACTIVE ADVENTURE (OAA) ASSITANT INSTRUCTORS COMPETENCE CERTIFICATE’ and going towards elements of the DUKE OF EDINBURGH BRONZE AWARD (which we will register learners for).

SOCCER ACADEMY Specific Courses Contents

Learners take part in structured training sessions to improve their own ability and team play, while focussing on how to structure a soccer session themselves. This involves them learning how to break down skills to teach and develop with others, understanding fitness and health and planning a soccer specific fitness session, implementing the SAQ concept into soccer and analysing and improving tactical play. Trainees are also taught how to organise a tournament, referee and assure fair play. Through doing this they can work towards achieving a Sport Support Services SOCCER ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS COMPETENCE CERTIFICATE and a FA JUNIOR FOOTBALL ORGANISORS AWARD.

Generic Course Contents

Learners on both courses will also have the opportunity to achieve a SportsLeaders level 1 award, emergency first aid certificate, manual handling certificate, literacy and numeracy awards, key skills development and entering the profession modules. Those on the Level 3 programme of learning will also have opportunity to experience industry relevant work placements.

We offer 3 levels of training in both of our courses (1, 2 and 3 day) all with a specific number of weeks’ duration and related contents of training. To find out more about the Sport Support Services course programmes and how to refer a young person onto it, please contact us. Sport Support Services does receive funding for certain learner categories at both the key stage 4 and post 16 ages.

For further information please contact Chris Watson Office: 01234 340782 Mobile: 07595 229676 or Dan Yusuf Office: 01234 340782 Mobile: 07782 375090

Sport Support Services also offers day and residential camps as part of it’s Active Adventure provision which also includes ASDAN accredited activities awards. We offer these to schools and colleagues for Year 8 – 13 aged pupils. Click here for more information.