Course overview
The ILM Level 5 Certificate and Diploma in Coaching & Mentoring are ideal qualifications for managers with significant responsibility for coaching and mentoring as part of their day-to-day role.
They are also designed to develop those planning to move into a development role or start a career as a freelance coach and mentor.
Learners will gain a critical understanding of the role and responsibilities of the workplace coach and mentor, deepening their understanding of how coaching and mentoring can impact an organisation.
They will develop the ability to assess their own skills, behaviours and knowledge as a coach and mentor, and be able to provide evidence of their development through the qualification.
They will gain valuable experience in planning, delivering and reviewing coaching in their organisation, and also their own further development as a coach and mentor.
For the Certificate, students are also required to demonstrate their ability to plan, deliver and review at least 18 hours of coaching and mentoring in the workplace.
For the Diploma, this unit is extended to 54 hours of coaching and mentoring, and there is an added focus on using supervision and reflective review to develop individual practice.
Both courses are delivered through a unique blend of coaching/supervision, and work-based learning. Students define a set of objectives designed to have a real impact on their individual coaching practice.
Credit Value: 13 Credits (Certificate), 37 Credits (Diploma)
What you'll learn
Participants will see significant growth in their professional experience and skills. They will gain valuable experience of providing professional supervision to colleagues that will help them grow and develop into effective leaders, managers and practitioners.
Further to this, they will also develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to understand the purpose and principles of effective and ethical professional supervision.
They will also be able to establish and maintain effective professional supervision relationships, reflecting in depth on their practice and taking responsibility for developing their own learning and progress.
Recognition
Study method
- Blended
- In-class
- Online
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Duration study load
- Level 5 Certificate: 6 months
- Level 5 Diploma: 9-12 months
Entry requirements
Participants will normally be practising managers or consultants with a coaching or mentoring role and the opportunity to meet the assessment demands. They will normally be expected to be able to demonstrate this through holding some form of leadership and/or qualification at level 3 or above.
Assessment
A series of practically focused assignments based on your role, your organisation and your own CPD as a coach.
Students are also required to demonstrate their ability to plan, deliver and review at least 18 hours of coaching and mentoring in the workplace (2-3 coachees) for the Certificate and at least 54 hours of coaching and mentoring in the workplace with 7-9 coachees for the Diploma.
Delivery
Attendance Method: Blended delivery, featuring professional coaching and supervision, online learning and reflective practice.
Certificate: 5 x 1 hr coaching supervision sessions (by telephone or video link) – 18 hours of coaching practice
Diploma: 8 x 1 hr coaching supervision sessions (by telephone or video link) – 54 hours of coaching practice
Each unit involves a number of learning activities which may include:
- online learning
- monthly coaching/supervision sessions with a highly experienced executive coach/supervisor
- completion of a series of Reflective Reviews designed to help you reflect on your progress.
- a series of practical activities which guide students through the coaching process from contracting to evaluation.
- regular feedback from your coach/supervisor and the assessment team
All students are provided with study membership of the Institute of Leadership & Management for the duration of their course.
Subjects
Induction
Three themes:
- Skills, Principles and practice of effective coaching and mentoring
- Undertaking effective coaching and mentoring (delivering 18 hours of coaching as a coach and mentor)
- Reviewing your practice as a coach and mentor
5 x 1 hr coaching supervision sessions (by telephone or video link)
Induction
Four themes:
- Skills, Principles and practice of effective coaching and mentoring
- Undertaking effective coaching and mentoring (delivering 54 hours of coaching as a coach and mentor)
- Reviewing your practice as a coach and mentor
- Professional Practice
8 x 1 hr coaching supervision sessions (by telephone or video link)
About Academy of Leadership & Management
At The Academy of Leadership & Management, we focus on developing leaders, managers, coaches, mentors and business advisers through practical work-based and distance learning programmes. All our courses lead to globally recognised qualifications from an awarding body e.g. ILM or the Small Firms Development Initiative (SFEDI). We are also an Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE) approved academy.
We offer distance learning courses in the following subject areas:
- Leadership & Management
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Business & Enterprise
- Business Advice & Consulting
- Education
Our development programmes are available to both individual students and employers who want to develop their people at an organisational level. Our courses are delivered online – making for a flexible and cost-effective learning option which can fit into a busy schedule. We also have a strong track record of designing tailored in-house programmes suitable for employers. Additionally, we also provide programme management, accreditation and learning consultancy services.
