ILM Level 3 - Certificate in Leadership & Management (Evening)

Why come to Blackburn College?

• Teacher trained and sector specific qualified tutors
• Purpose built facilities
• Small class sizes
• Renowned for providing an excellent student experience with an emphasis on pastoral care throughout
• Bespoke hand-outs to enhance learning
• Excellent library facilities

Benefits of undertaking an ILM Qualification:

1. Customised qualifications adapted to your/your business needs 
2. Strong focus on application of knowledge in the workplace. 
3. Specialist online learning resources
4. Filling in skills gaps across your organisation (or to enable you to apply for roles)
5. Free studying membership with the Institute  

This course gives practising or potential first line managers (team leaders or supervisors) the foundation for their formal development in their roles. You’ll develop an understanding of the factors that influence how people behave at work and investigate a range of leadership styles to motivate individuals and monitor performance.  You’ll have the opportunity to look at the importance of planning and delegation and, in the later stages of the course; you’ll develop your knowledge and understanding of how effective communication at work can increase staff motivation and productivity.

The qualification develops management skills and assists participants in gaining the knowledge and skill required by team leaders and supervisors, as well as providing a route to career development. The modules offer opportunities for class discussion and interaction with other course members. All assessment methodologies are work-related and designed to provide individual development and direct organisational benefits.

The course is split into 3 distinct set of programmes:  AWARD (Min 4 Credits), CERTIFICATE (Min 13 Credits) or DIPLOMA (Min 37 Credits) but students can also choose to study the course options separately, details below:

Programme A

Developing Yourself and Others

This unit requires you to analyse your own and one other member of your team’s development needs and learning styles. You’ll review your Job Description and Person Specification together with your own skills and experiences. You’ll prepare a personal statement and CV demonstrating your suitability for the role.

Solving Problems & Making Decisions

In this unit you’ll learn how to how to describe a problem, its nature, scope and impact, gather and interpret information to solve a problem, know how to evaluate options to make a decision and understand how to plan monitor and review the implementation and communication of decisions.

Understanding Stress Management in the Workplace

The unit aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of managing stress as required by a practising or potential first line manager.  You’ll understand how to manage own stress and minimise stress in others, know how to support individuals in the team and consider causes and impacts of stress at work, symptoms of stress in self and in others, implications of stress for workplace and non-work activities/relationships, implications and effects of stress for individuals and organisations, management responsibilities in relation to work-related stress, simple practical stress management techniques and sources of available support for stress sufferers.

Programme B

Understand how to establish an Effective Team

The course will provide you with a clear understanding of exactly what "effective working relationships" are - and how to cultivate them within your team, you’ll consider the key components of an effective team and the symptoms of a dysfunctional one together with the stages involved in team development and management.

Understanding Performance Management

You’ll understand the value of assessing performance to meet organisational and individual needs and know how to manage performance of individuals in the team.  Thereafter understand the value of feedback in the workplace and know how to manage performance and underperformance.

Understanding the Induction of New Staff in the Workplace

By the end of this course you should be able to explain the importance of effective induction, describe the phases of induction in your organisation, describe any legal aspects that should be included in an induction for workplace you are using for this assignment, explain methods that you could use to record the progress of an individual during induction in your workplace and explain how you could evaluate an induction process in your workplace.

Programme C

Understanding Innovation & Change in an Organisation

Consider the benefits of change and the consequences of not changing, the role of change in the survival and prosperity of organisations, concepts of creativity and innovation and their significance for organisational success and change management, the role of communication in successful implementation of change, barriers to change and innovation, change fatigue and its adverse effects, ways to organise and co-ordinate resources and activities to achieve planned change, differentiate between fixed and variable costs and direct and  indirect aspects of change – human and financial effects upon other people, departments and organisations

There are no formal entry requirements but candidates will normally be either practising or aspiring first line managers with the opportunity to meet the assessment requirements. An informal discussion with the Programme Leader is recommended to ensure that the qualification meets individual needs. Most candidates will already be in employment; however the course will assist in career progression by enabling candidates to identify opportunities for management skill development. Many have used this qualification successfully to enhance their promotion prospects.

Workbook, portfolio/report

You may be interested in our ILM Level 5 Award, Certificate or Diploma in Leadership & Management.

For more information about this course, contact our specialist team on 01254 29 25 00 or email business@blackburn.ac.uk