Studying for and achieving an accredited qualification alongside an existing role is an extremely effective way to ‘learn by doing’. Qualifications from widely respected awarding bodies provide lasting endorsements of expertise and competence for individuals to carry with them throughout their career. They also ensure methods and tools taken onboard and deployed in the workplace represent proven best practice.
Why?
As a way of guiding development, transforming performance management and unlocking productivity, formal and informal coaching and mentoring have become popular solutions in the modern workplace, leading to the development of accredited qualifications in the corresponding knowledge and skills. These qualifications develop learners’ ability to build relationships that empower people to take responsibility for -and control of – their own development journey, whether this support comes from a place of personal experience (mentoring), or not (coaching).
Arranging coaching or mentoring connections between staff creates a safe and supportive space in which they can discuss their goals and challenges, generating and committing to practical action plans in response. Informally, managers and leaders with coaching/mentoring qualifications can apply their skills to the whole spectrum of people management – enabling them to actively listen, ask the right questions (at the right time) and give highly effective feedback.
For organisations, qualified coaches and mentors contribute to the development of a coaching culture – unlocking a variety of benefits including improved reactions to change, a more streamlined and continuous approach to appraisals/performance reviews and an increased appetite for workplace learning and CPD.
What?
Eliesha provides engaging, supportive and flexible learning programmes that support and guide professionals to complete a range of qualifications in one or both of coaching and mentoring. As a long-term Approved Centre, we provide accredited courses of study for the qualifications of both ILM (part of the City & Guilds group) and CMI (the UK’s chartered professional body for management and leadership). This includes the breadth of Levels 2 to 7, as well as the different depths of Award, Certificate and Diploma. You can see the full list of qualifications currently available below or in our Accredited Qualifications brochure:
Level 2 Award in Effective Mentoring Skills
Level 3 Award or Certificate in Effective Coaching
Level 3 Award or Certificate in Effective Mentoring
Level 5 Certificate or Diploma in Effective Coaching & Mentoring
Level 7 Certificate or Diploma for Executive and Senior Level Coaches & Mentors
Additional information:
All learners on ILM programmes receive 12 months student membership of the Institute of Leadership, providing access to expertly curated online resources including interactive tests, guides, journals, webinars, blogs, podcasts and free events.
Level 6 Award in Professional Coaching Supervision
Professional coaching supervision provides a confidential framework that supports and promotes good practice by benchmarking and quality assuring the way coaching is planned and delivered.
Additional information:
Learners on CMI programmes receive studying membership of the CMI for 1-3 years (dependent on their chosen qualification), including access to the first-class management insight, tools and support within their online learning portal – ManagementDirect.
How?
Studying for a professional qualification alongside an existing role requires an engaging, supportive and flexible learning programme which fits around and within existing responsibilities. We can provide the learning environment that suits our accredited learners perfectly, and we are committed to providing the exact amount and nature of learning support that they need.
Face-to-face learning programmes feature a series of interactive, in-person workshops, delivered to a cohort of learners by an experienced tutor. Learners have access to a dedicated section of Eliesha’s Learning Management System (LMS) to help them prepare for each workshop, complete/submit their assessed work and communicate with their tutor, fellow learners and Eliesha’s Learning Support Team.
(Minimum and maximum numbers apply, open cohorts available).
Virtual programmes follow the same learning pattern as above, but workshops are delivered in an online virtual learning environment which uses all the functionality of the latest meeting software to create an interactive, engaging and safe online classroom. Learning support is similarly provided via a dedicated space on Eliesha’s LMS.
(Minimum and maximum numbers apply, open cohorts available).
Distance Learning involves individual self-learning guided by comprehensive learning materials and the support of a dedicated personal tutor. Eliesha’s LMS is deployed to host supportive resources, which are worked through at the learners’ desired pace.
(No minimum numbers apply, organisations can group multiple distance learners together to enable social learning discussion/collaboration and group learning support sessions from a single tutor).
Eliesha Alumni
On successful achievement of any accredited qualification with Eliesha, learners are offered free, lifetime access to the exclusive Eliesha Alumni network. This online portal is regularly updated with valuable learning content, curated to help newly qualified learners continue their ongoing personal development journey.
Qualified leaders and managers must continue dedicating time to CPD – staying on top of the latest thinking and best practice in their complex and ever-evolving world of responsibility. Eliesha Alumni is designed to makes this as easy as possible, providing insightful articles, interactive questionnaires, valuable microlearning content (including our pearls of wisdom®) and invitations to live, free-to-attend webinars and workshops.
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Case Studies
The Care Quality Commission (CQC)
The delivery of an ILM Level 5 Coaching & Mentoring programme to more than 120 CQC staff across four different sites, featuring both face-to-face and virtual learning delivery, comprehensive accredited learning support and near-perfect pass rates for learners completing the programme.
Nexus
Design and delivery of an ILM Level 2 Award in Mentoring programmes, supporting experienced staff to develop their ability to successfully pass vital knowledge, skills and behaviours down through Nexus – the Tyne & Wear Metro system operator and a vital public sector organisation in our local region.
College of Policing
Within our role as a senior supplier supporting the UK Civil Service and Wider Public Sector as a member of KPMG’s consortium of learning specialists, we delivered a successful cohort of ILM’s Level 5 Certificate in Effective Coaching & Mentoring to College staff.
To find out more about our delivery of Coaching & Mentoring Qualifications,
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