Training in Mentoring and Coaching Skills for working with young people

This course would suit those who..  

• Advise, coach or mentor young people to achieve their potential.
• Want to understand the potential and impact of professional coaching skills.
• Want to add coaching techniques and tools to your skill set

Coaching tools can help you achieve the following : 

• Understand your client’s interests and build a better rapport
• Help them to take responsibility for their own goals and actions
• Uncover real thoughts and feelings using skilled questioning techniques
• Create structured conversations with clients that achieve real outcomes.
• Understand how to give guidance rather than advice to empower your client.

The 2.5 day course will teach you coaching techniques and tools. It will incorporate practical hands on learning and the small group structure will enable sharing between the participants.

This course is suitable for youth workers, teachers, sport coaches, social workers, mentors, drug counsellors, supported housing workers, employment advisers or careers advisers.

The 2.5 day workshop can be upgraded to an ILM level 2 award Qualification in Mentoring for Young Learners.This then also includes six one to one sessions with a coach to help you reflect on how to apply your knowledge effectively. The content will vary depending on the coaching experience of those within the session and, subject to completion of assessments, will lead to a recognised qualification.

The course is being delivered by Fiona Biggins and Tracy Dooley, certified CTI coaches and ICF accredited. Boh have extensive experience working as a mentor and coach with young people, and they also have over 10 years industry experience working in the recruitment industry .  

The Striding Out team has delivered training in coaching and mentoring skills to organisations including the Birmingham Youth Service, Changemakers, Envision, Catch 22, The Princes Trust and London Youth.

When

Friday 11th 12:30 - 5pm, 18th and 25th of November from 10am - 5pm at The Cube http://thecubelondon.com/contact/

Course Cost

Attendance at workshop only £199 plus VAT (includes workshops, course material and lunch)

ILM Qualification £299 plus VAT (includes workshops, individual supervision sessions, ILM registration fees, ILM assessment, course materials and lunch)