Coaching Industry Accreditation & Regulation
“We know you take your training seriously, and so do we. We know you want nothing but the highest standards, and so do we. That’s why we make sure our courses are accredited by the leading professional bodies. That means you know your training is in safe hands.”
Accreditation and Regulation of the Coaching Profession
The coaching profession is a relatively new one, especially in this country – coaching really only started to gain attention in early 1999. Compared with the counselling profession, coaching is very young and still in its formative years.
We must remember that coaching is a skill which does not involve delving into people’s past, nor does it involve giving advice or making suggestions (although some coaches combine coaching techniques with other disciplines). Therefore, the chances of coaching causing harm are very slim although this is no excuse for bad coaching. This is why high quality, substantive and accredited training courses for people entering the profession are extremely important.
So, with all that said, coaching is an unregulated profession – although some might say that it is regulated by your clients… who will only hire you if you do a good job! We prefer to say that currently coaching is a self-regulated profession.
So will coaching be regulated in the future? It’s certainly a possibility and something we would fully support. In fact, The Coaching Academy has made the first step towards a possible regulation of the industry by sponsoring The National Occupational Standards in Coaching and Mentoring, the framework for future NVQs.
These standards provide a benchmark by which employers will be able to judge the quality of coaching delivered and we expect all training providers who care about the standard of coaching delivery to educate their students to a level that allows them to do this.
Needless to say, The Coaching Academy courses exceed these National Occupational Standards and our students can feel confident that they are fully equipped for any regulation of the profession in the future.
The Coaching Academy, as the leading coach training provider in the UK, would be consulted on any steps in this direction and we, in turn, would consult with you – our coaches and members.
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