Targeted Job Roles
Our Coaching Professional apprenticeships are designed for staff needing to develop the skills required to encourage individuals or teams to focus on releasing potential, self-development, building relationships and performing at a higher level.
- Team leaders
- Workplace coaches and mentors
- HR managers
They are equally applicable in any number of coaching roles in all sectors.
The Course Structure
This apprenticeship is delivered through:
- 1 drama-based learning event
- 10 workshops
- Regular webinars
- Quarterly workplace performance reviews
- Online assessments
Read more about our innovative approach to teaching and learning on our Apprenticeship Training page.
Skills Coaching
Each of your apprentices is guided and mentored through the whole programme by their Skills Coach. Find out more about how this works.
End Point Assessment (EPA)
This programme is continually assessed by our Tutors and Skills Coaches throughout. The final End Point Assessment (EPA) requires candidates to give a presentation to an assessment panel and answer questions on their work, and the completion of a work-based research project.
Read through the course content below…
Duration
13 months
Level
5
Where?
At your business address and/or our London HQ
Coaching Professional Course Content
Workshops
Organisational culture & coaching techniques
This workshop focusses on the organisation’s culture, values & beliefs and how these impact on an individual’s professional behaviour. Inclusion, diversity & bias theory is also a key component of this workshop and how these can be integrated into the coaching practice to develop a coherent model of coaching suitable for the whole organisation.
Stakeholder Management
This workshop gives focusses on contracting & re-contracting in the context of coaching, dwells on some of the key stakeholder management theories transactional analysis & power dynamics. It also sheds the light on working with some challenging stakeholders, goal setting and management of boundaries within an ethical & legal framework.
Wellbeing: Session One
This session focuses on the benefits of mindfulness through exploring different concepts of wellbeing, meditation, sound healing, yoga and breath work. This will include developing a further understanding towards our everyday mental and physical health by sharing thoughts and insights on helpful coping mechanisms responding to experiencing anxiety, fear, stress and procrastination. The session aims to provide practical and meaningful steps forward to help integrate this knowledge into everyday life.
Coaching Essentials
This workshop introduces the theories of learning & reflective practice. It gives learners the opportunity to look at their values, beliefs and behaviours.
Developing Your Role as a Coach
This workshop focuses on developing the individual’s ability to looks introspectively; use tools like Johari window to improve self-awareness and develop techniques to manage time. It also spotlights the topic of emotional intelligence with particular emphasis on theories of Goleman and Salovey & Myer and their application to self.
Coaching Theories and Models
This workshop focusses on the underpinning models, theories & psychological approaches that influence effective coaching. The key concepts targeted are NLP, GROW model, Kline’s thinking environment etc. The application of these theories & models beyond the core communication skills to bring about insight and learning are key objectives of this workshop.
Professional Communication- Theatre Based Learning
This Theatre based learning workshop focusses on honing an apprentice’s communication skills to become a better professional and an effective coach. The specific skills targeted to be improved include verbal/ non-verbal communication, listening skills, rapport/ trust building, delivering meaningful feedback and questioning techniques. This workshop is brought to life with professional actors enacting real play scenarios and through forum theatre.
Wellbeing: Session Two
This session focuses on the benefits of mindfulness through exploring different concepts of wellbeing, meditation, sound healing, yoga and breath work. This will include developing a further understanding towards our everyday mental and physical health by sharing thoughts and insights on helpful coping mechanisms responding to experiencing anxiety, fear, stress and procrastination. The session aims to provide practical and meaningful steps forward to help integrate this knowledge into everyday life.
Practical Coaching: Session One
This session aims to bring all the theoretical aspects learnt so far into the practical world. This will include live coaching session on one or more peers and getting feedback on the current strengths and areas of development. The key learning points captured so far in the coaching journey will be further developed using action planning. Expert feedback from a business coach and peer feedback will be the cornerstones of this practical skills development session.
Practical Coaching: Session Two
This session aims to bring all the theoretical aspects learnt so far into the practical world. This will include live coaching session on one or more peers and getting feedback on the current strengths and areas of development. The key learning points captured so far in the coaching journey will be further developed using action planning. Expert feedback from a business coach and peer feedback will be the cornerstones of this practical skills development session.
Practical Coaching: Session Three
This session aims to bring all the theoretical aspects learnt so far into the practical world. This will include live coaching session on one or more peers and getting feedback on the current strengths and areas of development. The key learning points captured so far in the coaching journey will be further developed using action planning. Expert feedback from a business coach and peer feedback will be the cornerstones of this practical skills development session.