Career Coaching CPD: Elevate Your Professional Practice
Enhance Your Skills, Transform Lives
Who is it for? Are you a certified career development practitioner seeking a refresher in practical theory application and one-on-one career conversations? Or perhaps you are a qualified coach looking to expand your services to include career coaching.
Our Career Coaching CDP Programme is designed to enhance your skills and expand your career coaching toolkit. Whether you’re seeking to develop your expertise, earn accreditation, or stay current with industry trends, this course equips you to provide excellent value to your clients and advance your professional journey.
We offer a variety of Level 6 units in Career Development theory, individual career conversations, and an additional unit in Labour Market Information and Intelligence for coaches. You can choose between an accredited or non-accredited path. Our program combines online and in-person masterclasses, providing opportunities to experiment, practice, and refine your skills and approaches.
Guidance skills training series
Want to master your one-to-one skills, receive invaluable feedback and have access to real career guidance/coaching sessions? Our level 6 units on individual career guidance can be taken as part of the Level 6 programme or as stand alone.
The offer:
- If you have never covered career development theory before, watch 3 videos to make sure you’re on a level playing field to other participants.
- Join us online for 3×3 hour practical workshops led by the internationally renowned trainer and author, Liane Hambly. These will be recorded so that you can watch back at your convenience.
- Nothing beats an in-person event where you experiment with tools and tactics, learn from your peers and expand your network of support. This day will be held at a venue central to the participants and delivered by the marvellous duo, Liane Hambly and Katherine Jennick RCDP.
- Submit a recording of your practice for feedback from a highly supportive assessor who still practices in the field.
- Have 4 months free access to learning resources which include videos of real practice plus underpinning models and theory.
Our training gives you the option to accredit your learning through the OCR Career Guidance and Development Diploma, it’s your choice – for the non-accredited option, you get all of this for £395! The accredited route is £650 and includes registration with OCR, written and practical assessments.
Three Unit programme
This provides the two individual guidance units plus the unit on career development theory. Our programme focusses on the latest trends, techniques, and research in career coaching. You’ll learn how to:
- Relate career development and motivational theories to your practice
- Promote the value of your service and practice to others
- Apply cutting-edge coaching methodologies and career guidance models
- Develop advanced communication and rapport-building skills
- Address diverse client needs in a rapidly changing work environment
- Learn how to move from supporting your clients to offering high support and high challenge in career coaching conversations
Flexible Learning Pathways
We offer two pathways to suit your professional development needs:
- Accredited Pathway: Earn three OCR units upon successful completion:
- Unit 4: Agree the purpose of client-centred career interactions and maintain communication with clients
- Unit 5: Explore and agree the career guidance and development needs of clients
- Unit 6: Career guidance and development theories and models
These units can be put towards the Level 6 Diploma in Careers Advice and Guidance
2. Unaccredited Pathway:
- Access all course content without formal accreditation
- Includes a coaching review of a careers interview to support developmental practice
Course Structure
Our carefully designed course programme ensures a comprehensive blended learning experience. All delivery is highly interactive, engaging and, dare we say it, enjoyable!
We begin with an intensive focus on careers guidance theories and models with 3×2 hours online live workshops supported by an accessible handbook and videos.
This theoretical grounding is followed by 3×3 hours online live workshops and a 1 day in person masterclass where you’ll have the opportunity to practice and refine your techniques.
These sessions are complimented by thought-provoking assignments and case studies that challenge you to apply your new knowledge to real-world scenarios for those that wish to accredit their learning.
Who Should Attend
This course is ideal for:
- Experienced career coaches seeking to update their skills
- New coaches looking to deepen their expertise
- HR professionals involved in career development
- Anyone passionate about helping others achieve professional success
- Anyone potentially interested in obtaining the full L6 Careers Guidance
and Development Diploma in the longer term
Course Fees
- Unaccredited Pathway: £595
- Accredited Pathway (includes OCR registration and certification): £995