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Coaching Professional

This course aims to develop learners knowledge, understanding and skills to work as a coaching professional for a wide range of individuals and teams across organisations.

Progression:

After successfully completing the Level 5 Coaching Professional Apprenticeship, you will have several exciting progression options:

Professional Accreditation: Consider obtaining accreditation from bodies like the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).
Advanced Coaching Qualifications: Pursue coaching qualifications at Level 7, such as the ILM Certificate in Executive Coaching and Mentoring.
Leadership Qualifications: Explore leadership qualifications, such as our ILM Level 5 Operations Manager.

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Level 5 Diploma in Professional Coaching

15 months (plus 3 month for EPA)

Assessed virtually

There has been a growing demand for the professionalisation of coaching to include one-to-one coaching, team coaching, leadership coaching and for coaching skills to be embedded within culture and governance infrastructures to support future ways of working. The broad purpose of the occupation is to work with a wide range of individuals and teams across organisations, to empower and engage with them to enhance their professional performance. Coaching is a way of leading in a non-directive manner, helping people to learn through deep listening and reflective, open questions rather than instructing, giving advice or making suggestions.

The apprenticeship programme includes the following modules:

Introduction to Coaching
Understanding Yourself and Others
Coaching Skills
Setting up Successful Coaching Sessions
Goal Setting and Accountability
Coaching Agreements, Ethics & Safeguarding
Design Coaching Interventions
Evaluating Coaching Sessions

The Coaching Professional apprenticeship is ideal for professionals who wish to use coaching as a way of leading in a non-directive manner, helping people to learn through deep listening and reflective, open questions rather than instructing, giving advice or making suggestions.

As part of the apprenticeship you will achieve the Level 5 Diploma Coaching Professional. This standard aligns with the following professional recognition: • European Mentoring and Coaching Council for Accredited Coaching Practitioner • The Association for Coaching for Accredited Coach • The International Coach Federation for Associate Certified Coach

As well as on programme assessments there will be an end-point assessment (EPA) which will be carried out by an external independent assessor. This will include a series of assessment elements completed by the apprentice. For an up-to-date assessment plan please visit the IfATE standards page. Each component of end-point assessment is graded with an overall grade and given a fail, pass or distinction.