Course at a glance
Introduction
A life coach is an individual who helps and empowers others to create, meet and exceed personal and professional goals. These include being happy and fulfilled in personal life, excelling in the workplace and exploring ambitions as well as the self and the world. This Level 3 Diploma in Life Coaching course is designed for those wishing to work as a Life Coach, both on an individual and corporate basis. Throughout the course you will build on the skills you need to coach in a range of situations, and for a wide range of people.
This online life coaching course will also explore and develop your own strengths and show you how this can be implemented into your training and therefore into practising as a coach. The course is widely respected worldwide, and provides a first class training for prospective coaches.
Assessment Objectives (AO)
AO: 1
Students must select and demonstrate clearly relevant knowledge and understanding through the use of evidence, examples and correct language and terminology appropriate to the course of study. This assessment, involves two written assignments: one halfway through the course and following the final unit. Both are assessed and graded by the assigned tutor, according to college procedures. The grading procedure if Pass or Fail. If you Fail an assessment you have the opportunity to amend where your tutor has highlighted and resubmit.
AO: 2
Students must critically evaluate and justify a point of view through the use of evidence and reasoned argument. Students can include evidence in different formats to support their written work such as documentation or images to support their course remembering Confidentiality and Data Protection.
Quality of Written Communication (QWC)
In addition, COLC require students’ to produce written material in English, candidates must: ensure that text is legible and that spelling, punctuation and grammar (SPG) are accurate so that meaning is clear; select and use a form and style of writing appropriate to studying a complex subject matter; organise information clearly and coherently, using specialist vocabulary when appropriate and Harvard referencing of citation and sources. In this Specification, SPG will be assessed in all tutor marked assignments (TMAs)
To ensure that we maintain quality standards; all our students written assignments are subject to our plagiarism policy and procedure.
Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma Entry Requirement
Entry to this Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma requires that potential students have gained GCSE/IGCSE or equivalent qualifications and have, good English oral, reading and writing skills.
Advice on enrolment and guidance of prior learning (APL) can be obtained through out contact centre. The course is a rolling programme and can be started at any point in the year. Successful students can go on to Higher Education, including remaining as students at COLC to complete courses in our portfolio of higher awards.
All students must be aged 16 or over.
Assessment
The coursework is assessed through continuous assessment with no formal exit examinations.
Study Hours
Approximately: 200 hours of personal study time for the entire course is recommended. All of which is supported by the COLC Course Tutor, who we greatly encourage students to access support from throughout their course.
Quality Assurance
This course has been developed by the College’s professional team of tutors to meet the needs of sector based employers and employees.
Further details of our accreditations are provided on our website.
Course Length
1 Year.
Awarding Body
Course Content
Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma Unit 1: Life Coaching and You
This unit explores the role of the coach in wide-ranging situations by giving an in-depth discussion of life coaching in a creative way using quotes and providing and encouraging an introspective look by thinking about the numerous reasons people seek a coach. Various techniques in the successful delivery of coaching such as how to encourage and the use of appropriate questioning to build up a preliminary client session is examined. The differences in giving advice, guidance and the implementation of coaching are explained. Knowledge of active listening and personality profiling are explored. Thoughts and feelings about situations that suit coaching, learning how to structure thoughts and plan personal development are learned.
Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma Unit 2: Essential Qualities
This unit focuses on the qualities that a Life Coach needs to possess and develop in order to be a positive influence and provide a confidential service to the client. The coach requires clients to complete an interview form in order to provide the Coach with a detail of their background and needs. How this can then be used to tailor a plan for the client is considered.
Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma Unit 3: Interviewing a Client and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
This unit demonstrates how to build a client relationships, maintaining confidence and trust of clients, and delivering high quality services, while managing client expectations. The interviewing technique is taught as it is key to the successful coach and also enables the coach to see the client as a whole. Key techniques will be examined and developed as the course progresses.
The NLP component of this unit is a stand-alone course in itself. NLP brings together the three areas of the mind, our use of language, and our behaviour to achieve our goals. “Neuro” relates to neurology, the study of the mind and how we think, “linguistics” covers our use of language and how is has an affects and “programming” addresses how actions are sequenced to achieved desired outcomes. The basic premise is that it useful and desirable for coaches to appreciate the nature and applications of NLP, particularly since there are strong links and similarities between many NLP concepts, strategies and techniques widely used in coaching. The unit adopts an objective, informative, and questioning approach to NLP. It outlines the benefits of NLP in promoting positive thinking, effective communication, and encouragement to use one’s internal resources to “change one’s state” to achieve well-formed outcomes.
Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma Unit 4: Relationships, Sexuality and Bereavement
This unit explores the techniques used to draw information out of the client in order to get them to recognise how they are feeling. This is developed to coach in a different situation such as coaching couples. The unit covers wide-ranging relationships from workplace to family to couple counselling and discussing sexuality. The issues that break-down elements within relationship e.g. work pressure or loss of self-esteem are discussed.
The stages of dying, terminal illness, loss and the tasks of mourning follow as they refer to a final end of a relationship. The coach can have a huge part to play in these situations by helping people to identify the various stages of emotions and feelings that arise out of bereavement. Many clients will benefit from a mourning plan and dealing with the vast array of emotions they may be feeling. Various techniques, defences and coping styles are explored to address perspectives of loss and adjusting to an environment missing a loved one.
Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma Unit 5: Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictions
This unit addresses the definitions and effects of drugs, alcohol and addictions. Knowledge and understanding of the effects of addiction and substance abuse has with regard to relationships, physical and emotional health, aspects of performance as well as legal and financial situations. The unit covers ways of assisting the client in a practical and supportive manner. The course also covers coaching clients with financial problems since addictions can give rise to debt or money worries, both for them and their families.
Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma Unit 6: Stress, Depression and Suicide
Many of today’s largest problem areas that are encountered by clients are examined in this unit. The causes of anxiety, stress and depression are discussed by providing opportunity to work through detailed practical steps and goal setting processes that assist the client with these issues. Suicide must be taken seriously and ways to tackle what gives rise to it and any possible interventions are explored. Healthy coping styles, relaxation techniques, stress management systems, stressors and time management are explained as ways to challenge and reduce stress, depression and suicide.
Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma Unit 7: Finding Clients and Initial Enquiries
This unit explores the areas in which a coach works. There are many types of coaching in specialised areas, e.g. Health and Fitness Coach, Addictions Coach, Female Lifestyle Coach, Relationship Coach, Career Coach and Business Coach, as well as all round coaching. By this stage of the course, students may have definite ideas of specialising in a particular area of coaching so knowledge about promotion of one’s businesses, as well as dealing in a positive manner with prospective clients is discussed to find and keep suitable and potential clients.
Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma Unit 8: Financial, Career and Workplace (Corporate) Coaching
This unit focuses on the clients’ financial goals, using financial indicators and positive goal setting to increase and manage money. Information will also be given to offer coaching within the context of career and workplace. Businesses use experienced staff to coach new or less experienced employees or bring in external coaches to train and problem-solve, e.g. to manage a conflict that is affecting production or help increase the profits by motivating employees to work better and raise the quality of the service on offer.
Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma Unit 9: Business of Coaching, Administration and Ethics
This unit contains an extensive array of samples of various useful coaching sheets and relevant documents. These include: coach/client contract, client session form, client basis form, client goal action form, referral letter, terms and conditions, client’s action plan/care plan, client feedback form. The final part to the full course is a ‘Plan for Business’. This is a full course that moves through a business plan, how to market important skills professionally, finance, and the conflicting elements that may be encountered in a private coaching practice.
Progression
This Accredited Level 3 Life Coaching Diploma can be used to gain entry to a Level 4+5 Diploma or higher.
You can view a lit of our Level 4+5 Diplomas here: Accredited level 4+5 Diplomas
