ILM Level 5 - Certificate in Effective Coaching and Mentoring

As the largest awarding body for leadership and management qualifications in the UK, the Institute of Leadership and Management is committed to developing managers at all levels. This qualification has been re-designed in a unit-based format, for the UK and European credit frameworks.

The ILM Level 5 in Effective Coaching and Mentoring is an ideal qualification for managers with significant responsibility for coaching and mentoring as part of their day-to-day role. They are also designed to develop learners planning to move into a development role or start a career as a freelance coach and mentor.

Benefits for individuals

• Be able to assess your own skills, knowledge and behaviours as a coach and mentor
• Know how to manage the coaching and mentoring process within an organisational context
• Deepen your understanding of how organisational context can affect coaching and mentoring
• Plan your future development in coaching and mentoring 

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;

• Unit 1 - Understanding the Skills, Principles and Practice of Effective Coaching and Mentoring within an Organisational Context

• Unit 2 - Undertaking Effective Coaching or Mentoring within an Organisational Context

• Unit 3 - Reviewing Own Ability as a Coach or Mentor within an Organisational Context

Unit 2 requires students to plan and prepare to deliver a coaching or mentoring programme within an organisational context, to support a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 individuals over 18 hours.

This 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.

These qualifications may provide progression opportunities to other ILM qualifications such as:

• ILM Level 5 Award, Certificate or Diploma in Leadership and Management
• ILM Level 7 Certificate or Diploma for Executive and Senior Level Coaches and Mentors
• ILM Level 7 Certificate or Diploma for Coaching Supervision
• ILM Level 7 Award, Certificate or Diploma in Leadership and Management

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