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Entry Requirements

GCSE Maths and English grade 4-9

initial assessment, progression from level 2 beauty therapist, must be working in a beauty setting.

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Study Mode

Part Time

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Duration

20 Months plus 3 months EPA, Off the job hours 439


Key features and Benefits

  • Skills Provider of the Year - BiBAS Winner 2025
  • Ofsted Grade "Good" - Nov 24

This occupation is found in wellbeing environments; Spa, Leisure, Holistic or Wellness Therapy centres, Medi-spas and Beauty salons.

  • Overview

    Overvie

    This occupation is found in wellbeing environments; Spa, Leisure, Holistic or Wellness Therapy centres, Medi-spas and Beauty salons, although these environments are expanding due to the continuing demand for lifestyle wellness including para medical, health care environments and businesses implementing wellbeing corporate responsibility. The broad purpose of the occupation is to create, implement and adapt tailored holistic and wellbeing experiences, in a variety of environments, meeting and managing treatment and experience outcomes in private, secure and safe environments.

     

    Wellbeing and Holistic therapists complete treatments and wellbeing experiences via holistic therapy principles, theories and applications to calm or stimulate the sensory perceptions of the body and mind in the pursuit of optimal functioning and balance of the physical, emotional and mental aspects of daily life. This results in a dynamic state of equilibrium and wellbeing for the client.

  • What will I study?

    • Develop and create client lifestyle profiles from which holistic therapy treatments and well-being
    • Plan holistic, thermal treatments (heat applied by direct or indirect means) and wellbeing experience schedules.
    • Provide holistic therapy treatments and wellness experiences for improving the condition of the client's physical and emotional welfare and wellbeing.
    • Adhere to health and safety, legal and organisational requirements.
    • Wellbeing therapists deliver specific treatments such as; aromatherapy, acupressure (manual digit pressure massage applied by the hands to specific points on the face or body) and holistic massage (therapeutic hands-on massage therapy that affects the clients physical, emotional and mental wellbeing),
    • Indian head massage, lymphatic drainage and wellness experiences. They provide post treatment aftercare and make future recommendations.
    • They contribute to the commercial viability and effectiveness of the business to enhance the client experience. In their daily work, an employee in this occupation interacts with other health and non-health care practitioners including therapists such as beauty, spa, wellbeing and holistic as part of multi-disciplinary teams and sometimes and clinical specialists.
    • An employee in this occupation will be responsible for the time management of the treatments and wellbeing experiences they deliver, the safety and wellbeing of themselves and the clients.
    • They can work as individuals or as part of diverse teams to provide a wellbeing offering to clients, reporting to a manager or lead practitioner if part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Entry Requirements

    Apprentices without level 2 English and Maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the End-Point Assessment.

  • How will I be assessed?

    End Point Assessment (EPA)

    • Assessment method 1: Knowledge test
    • Assessment method 2: Observation with questions
    • Assessment method 3: Professional discussion underpinned by a portfolio of evidence
  • What can I do next?

    Learners can become a Spa/Salon manager, become self employed, work on cruise ships. Learners can also progress to higher education linking to different courses, for example, complimentary therapy, business management and teaching.

  • Apprenticeship Funding

    When you start an apprenticeship with us, there’s no need to worry about the cost—apprenticeship fees and funding are covered by your employer, not you. This means you can focus fully on gaining valuable skills and experience without any financial burden.

    For more information on apprenticeship funding/costs and any government support available, please contact our Apprenticeship Team on 01254 292500 or apprenticeships@blackburn.ac.uk

     

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