Level 5 Certificate in Professional Coaching Practice
Do you have a passion for developing others in the workplace? Coaching is now recognised as a powerful strategy for effectively developing individuals.
Course Summary
Course Information for Students
Who is this course for?
Our Level 5 Certificate in Professional Coaching Practice is an ideal qualification for people with responsibility for coaching. It covers planning and preparing specific learning and development opportunities and requires you to practise your coaching skills in the workplace as well as gaining an understanding of the principles of professional coaching.
Learner Intentions
The course is also designed to support you to move into a development role or to start a career as a freelance coach. It will enable you to:
- Understand the principles of professional coaching
- Plan, prepare and deliver effective professional coaching
- Reflect on professional coaching practice to improve coaching capability
- Assess your own skills, behaviours, and knowledge as a coach
- Provide evidence of your own development as a coach
Entry Requirements
All applicants must attend a bespoke information session and informal interview to discuss their qualifications, experience, workplace role, motivation, and aspirations.
You need evidence of:
- A recognised Level 2 or equivalent qualification in English
- A Level 3 qualification and/or a demonstration of your ability to work at Level 5
- Coaching as part of your workplace role. You must be able to undertake a minimum of 12 hours of formal and contracted coaching with supervision and support and be able to show how you have reflected on your performance
- The capacity to attend ten classrooms-based learning sessions during the programme, take part in a minimum of two tutorials and engage in a minimum of two workplace observations/supervision. Independent study is a key expectation to enable you to learn and achieve
What will you learn?
Coaching Theory / Practice / Skills
Demonstrate Practical coaching skills and behaviour:
- Practical contracted coaching (12 hours)
- Observations / Supervisions x 2
- Tutorials x 2
How will you learn?
The course is delivered using a range of ten classroom-based sessions, two hours of supervision and workplace observations.
What will you need to bring with you?
N/A
How will you be assessed?
Assessment is through coursework and an exciting range of assessment methods. These include observations of your coaching practice, self-evaluation, reflective tasks, written assignments, individual and group activities. All assessment methods have been designed to focus on skills specific to the professional coach, while incorporating key transferable skills. Some assessments require you to apply theory to your own practice and you are expected to engage with academic research and learning theory.
Where next?
You could progress into a coaching role in any organisational setting. This could be an educational setting, or into a work-based teaching and learning role such as assessor-coach.
This qualification may provide progression opportunities to other CMI qualifications such as the CMI Level 5 in Leadership and Management or the Diploma in Professional Coaching.
Who do you contact for more information?
Course Information for Employers
Information for Employers
Career Information
This course could lead to one of these careers...
£0
£0
£0
£0
DCG Success Stories
Discover how our students have achieved success. Their hard work and dedication to learning has enabled them to succeed in rewarding careers or progress onto higher education.
We encourage progress and aspirational outcomes by guiding people onto learning pathways that lead to positive destinations. Our students have gone on to achieve great things since leaving the College. We would like to share some of their inspiring success stories with you.
Course Information Last Updated On: April 30, 2024 10:50 am