The Community Sport and Health Officer (CSHO) apprenticeship is for those individuals who have a passion for heath, physical activity and sport and have a desire to channel this energy into contributing and initiating behaviour changes with residents and communities regarding their relation to engagement in sport and physical activities. A CSHO will work within and across local organisations, to scope, organise and coordinate the delivery of opportunities for local communities to encourage them to get more physically active. The role is a flexible and individuals can expect to work varied and sometimes, unsociable hours which include evenings / weekends and during school holiday periods. The CSHO will work with a variety of community groups and professions such as the police and uniformed services, Allied Health Professionals, counsellors, personal trainers, sports coaches or youth workers, when tasks surpass the limitations and boundaries of the role. The occupation exists within the sport for development sector and will play an important role in improving the health of the nation.
Read more about the apprenticeship on the Skills England website
Gateway Requirements
To qualify for End-point Assessment, the apprentice must pass through the gateway. To do this, they need to: -
• Have achieved English and maths qualifications in line with apprentice funding rules.
• Complete and submit a completed set of reflective accounts.
The employer and training provider must confirm that the apprentice is ready to complete the End-point Assessment before they can pass through to the gateway. This will be completed at the gateway meeting and documented on EPA Pro. This notifies Innovate Awarding that the apprentice is ready for their End-point Assessment. Before the apprentice enters the gateway, they should be comfortable with the assessments they will complete and ready to demonstrate they can achieve the standard of the apprenticeship.
Assessment Methods
Work-based Observation
The observations must be carried out over a maximum total assessment period of 100 minutes, this will not include any travel time between locations. There may be breaks during the observation to allow the apprentice to move from one location to another.
Case Study Challenge
The case study challenge is a desk-top exercise carried out over 2.5 hours, under controlled exam conditions and invigilated by an independent assessor. The case study challenge requires the apprentice to solve one regular problem faced in community sport when getting inactive people to become firstly involved in, and then to maintain their engagement with sport and physical activity.
The apprentice will be required to articulate the practical solutions presented to address the chosen scenario. They are to present their work through typed responses using onscreen and digital technology. A word limit of 1500 (+/- 10%) words will be implemented across the typed responses. The End-point Assessor will stop marking once 1650 words has been reached.
Presentation, question and answers (Q&A)
The presentation followed by a Q&A will take 30 (+/- 10%) minutes, this will be comprised of a 12 minute (+/- 10%) presentation followed by a 15 minute (+/- 10%) Q&A session on the presentation. The apprentice must select one major piece of work NOT included in their reflective accounts and give a 12-minute presentation. The presentation using a poster, voxpops, or digital presentation using PowerPoint or Prezi must be sent to the End-point Assessor at least 5 working days ahead of the assessment
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