ILM L7 certificate in coaching supervision

Earn a highly respected, nationally recognised, practical qualification and become a coaching supervisor

Level 7 certificate in coaching supervision awarded by the Institute of Leadership and Management

• Build on your existing coaching skills
• Learn the processes and skills to be able to supervise fellow coaches
• Move to the next step in your coaching career by adding supervision to your portfolio

Time commitments

This programme is:

• 12 x ½ day webinars, over a 3 month period
• 4 x 121 supervision sessions with your course tutor
• On average, half a day a week for a further 6 month period, for self study with tutorial support, to complete the qualification

You will learn

• All the skills and structures for 1:1 and group coaching supervision
• How to supervise both experienced and newly qualified coaches
• Understanding how coaching supervision is both different from and similar to standard coaching

By the end of this programme you will have the skills, experience and credibility to offer your services as a coaching supervisor.

This programme is designed for coaches who have an existing coaching qualification and a level of confidence and experience in their coaching. Unlike other providers, we don’t expect you to have been coaching for 10+ years – we find that coaches who are 3-5 years into their experience make really good supervisors.

What support is available?

We ensure that you have all the resources needed to pass the qualification, including:

• Unlimited tutorial support
• Written and verbal feedback on your coaching supervision sessions
• Writing templates and sample assignments

Enquire today, to see if this is the right course for you, and to start your development to become a coaching supervisor

ILM level 7 certificate in coaching supervision

Hard copy certificate - £238

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The level 7 certificate in coaching supervision is a highly practical programme, accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management.

Adding this qualification gives you the opportunity to launch your coaching supervision practice, develop your skills and have a new service to offer

Key features

• Small groups – maximum of 8 people
• Highly practical and participative approach
• Written and verbal feedback on your coaching supervision sessions
• Unlimited tutorial support between training room days
• Continual support until you pass your ILM qualification
• Thriving alumni community, to continue your learning

Course outcomes

On completion of this programme, you will be able to

• Supervise 1:1 and group sessions with both new and experienced coaches
• Use and understand two different structures for 1:1 supervision, and a range of structures for group supervision
• Understand both the theory and practice of coaching supervision
• Know the ideal balance between supervisee led sessions and supervisor input
• Be aware of and able to manage ethical issues and conflicts of interest
• Reflect deeply and continue to improve on your coaching supervision

Syllabus

In order to meet the syllabus, the training covers topics that include:

• Consolidating your coaching skills
• Defining coaching supervision and its purpose
• Skills and approaches needed to manage supervision sessions
• Contracting with supervisees
• A range of structures for holding supervision sessions
• Use and awareness of self within the supervision session
• Understanding the supervisor and supervisee dynamic

The core content is highly practical, and is focussed on the practice of holding supervision sessions. The literature and theory is covered briefly, with guidance to reading material. This frees up the sessions to be focussed and skills based.

Assessment

The three units of the ILM level 7 certificate in coaching supervision are:

• Understanding the principles and practice of coaching supervision
• Undertaking coaching supervision
• Reflecting on your own ability to perform effectively as a coaching supervisor

These are assessment by:

• A written assignment about the theory and practice of coaching supervision
• 20 hours of coaching supervision practice, including assessment of a coaching session, and completion of coaching logs
• A reflective journal, showing your development as a coaching supervisor

These assignments are undertaken after the training days have finished and are completed within 6 months.

Assignment support

Many adult learners have not undertaken formal assignments or study for many years. We understand this and provide a high level of support, so that everyone gets through the challenging times and completes their assignments. The support includes:

• Template answer books to follow
• Full guidance on completion of assignments
• Example assignments to draw inspiration from
• Marking and reviews of assignments, prior to final submission to the ILM
• Detailed feedback on your coaching practice
• Unlimited tutorial support and mentoring through the process

Our approach

Coaching supervision is a practical skill, with a theoretical basis. Our approach is that we practice the skill in the training room and study the theory outside of the training room.

This makes the training days highly focussed, active and practical, with opportunities to coach, be coached, receive feedback and work on coaching skills.

At the same time, we provide support to make sure the academic and study element is fully met, by providing resources, guidance and specific texts to study

Tutor team

The lead trainer for the Level 7 coaching programme is Charlie Warshawski. He has been coaching since 2007 and delivering ILM qualifications since 2014. His own coaching practice is of over 1000 hours, and he focusses on coaching leaders in education. He trained as a supervisor at Oxford Brookes under Tatiana Bachkirova

Charlie’s approach is inclusive, structured, rigorous and empathetic. Learners are highly supported, respectfully challenged and helped to become the best supervisors they can be.

Alongside Charlie is a team of experienced coach trainers, all of whom have taken the ILM qualification through Love Your Coaching. They support training days, feedback to supervisors and assessments.

People who enrol for this ILM level 7 programme are all coaches with at least one coaching qualification.

We distinguish, broadly, two categories of people who sign up for this programme.

Experienced coaches who have many years of coaching experience, and who are ready to move on to coaching supervision.

Coaches who have qualified more recently, probably in the past 5 years, and who have the opportunity and enthusiasm to learn how to be coaching supervisors.

Although these two groups may be different in their level of coaching experience, we find that both groups are able to develop well as supervisors. And we design the programme to meet the needs of both groups.

This programme is open to coaches who:

• Have at least one coaching qualification (ILM L7, ICF or equivalent)
• Have at least 100 hours of coaching practice and experience

Expectations for successful candidates for this qualification include:

• Being able to offer 1:1 and group coaching supervision to their networks, and on approved coach registers, with the NHS and elsewhere
• Being able to operate as an internal coaching supervisor if their organisation has internal coaches