Coaching in Practice

• Credit value: 30 credits at Level 7
• Convenor: Janet Sheath
• Assessment: a 2000-word case study (20%) and a 3000-word final skills essay (80%)

In this module you will be equipped to work with individuals at relational depth in the role of career coach, coach or consultant. You will reflect critically on theory and practice in your organisational coaching role or as a freelance coach.

The module consists of:

• five Saturday skills days
• six evening case discussion and workshop sessions
• two case discussion/supervision groups
• essay preparation.

Indicative syllabus

• Assessment in coaching
• Ethics in action
• Coaches in action
• Online coaching in practice
• Coaching and diversity
• Developing a career coaching practice
• Endings in coaching
• Case discussion

By the end of this module, you will have:

• an in-depth theoretical knowledge of coaching approaches and theory as applied to coaching in the workplace
• developed an evidence-based approach to working with your coaching clients
• the skills to support individuals to identify and explore their (career) development needs
• built a coaching practice supported by professional supervision
• the capacity to build on and maintain client-centred relationships 
• a high level of reflective practice skills needed to maintain an ethical approach to working with clients
• the ability to respond appropriately to a range of complex demands of clients in private practice and in organisations
• an in-depth understanding of the dynamics present in coaching relationships 
• a clear understanding of organisational, social and cultural contexts which impact on coaches at work
• an advanced ability for critical self-reflection on the ways in which the coach may impact on the coaching process
• the capacity to manage endings in the coaching relationship
• the skills to reflect on one's own practice and to learn from reflecting on that of fellow coaches
• the capacity to work across different media (digital and in person) and to manage the transition from one to the other
• an understanding of how to work with difference in coaching relationships
• critical thinking skills.