Management: Coaching and Mentoring in Management Certificate Level 5 Part-time (FBMS)

We offer courses awarded by either CMI (Chartered Management Institute) or ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management)

The Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring in Management is ideal if you are a manager with significant responsibility for coaching and mentoring as part of your day-to-day role. It will also support you if you are planning to move into a development role in your organisation or start a career as a freelance coach and mentor. You will participate in lectures, group discussion, assessment and team exercises.

Benefits for individuals:

Get a critical understanding of the role and responsibilities of the workplace coach and mentor

Deepen your understanding of how coaching and mentoring can impact an organisation

Be able to assess your own skills, behaviours and knowledge as a coach and mentor

Provide evidence of your own development as a coach and mentor through the qualification

Plan your further development

Plan, deliver and review coaching and mentoring in your organisation

Benefits for employers:

Ensure the managers you develop as coaches or mentors are properly equipped with the skills, knowledge and ethical understanding they need

Develop a coaching and mentoring culture in your organisation, so that managers are able to provide effective support for the development of others and improve their performance

There are three mandatory units in each qualification:

The first unit, ‘Understanding the skills, principles and practice of effective management coaching and mentoring’ aims to enable learners to understand the role and contribution of coaching and mentoring, and build a business case.

The second unit, ‘Reviewing own ability as a management coach or mentor’ aims to give learners the ability to critically review their own personal qualities, skills and competence.

For the Certificate, the third unit requires learners to demonstrate their ability to plan, deliver and review at least 12 hours of coaching and mentoring in the workplace.

Units are assessed by assignment, coaching and mentoring diary and reflective review.

There are no formal educational requirements but you should have a background that will enable them to benefit from the programme.

GCSE Maths and English A to C grade are desirable.

All candidates will be interviewed before being accepted onto the programme.

This qualification will provide progression opportunities to other qualifications such as:

Level 5 Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring

Level 5 Award, Certificate or Diploma in Leadership and Management