Learning Coach Review

My role of a learning coach is to use my industry knowledge and skills to support my learners through their apprenticeship journey and to help them get the most out of their apprenticeship journey. I help them to achieve their full potential and open up career opportunities and make sure they know where their apprenticeship can take them.

I have learnt lots about safeguarding and what signs and symptoms to look out for - this also includes active listening to make sure that I am really listening to what they are saying. I have also learnt to have difficult conversations and how to set goals with my learners to ensure they are doing what they need to be doing. I have also really developed my time management skills and learnt about prioritising my workload.

I thoroughly enjoy the learning and love developing myself and seeing the impact that this has on my day to day work and the impact that this has on my learners. I feel that it is broken down in to manageable sections and my learning coach is on hand to support me.

I think that it is very well structured and organised, there seems to be a really great flow to the modules and the learning and it is easy to see where it fits in with my day to day development. I like that the modules are broken down in to manageable chunks that enable me to stay on track.

My employer is great with ensuring that I receive enough time and support. If i need to develop and shadow someone in a different department this is always accommodated and we are encouraged to do as much as we can to achieve our full potential.

I feel like this is very similar to the last question but they are very supportive. They always allow me the time that I need to finish the work that i need to do and the off the job training. They encourage us to work in different departments and with different people to really learn.

I feel that without this qualification I would not be able to do my job - It has really helped me to become a great coach and to develop great rapport with managers and learners and has made sure that I am able to give a really great quality experience too.

I wouldn't really say there are many extra curricular activities but working remotely means that my team are based in all different parts of the country. This would make it really difficult as I wouldn't travel to Birmingham for a game of netball or Networking event for example.

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They have amazing virtual classrooms to support with my maths and english. My tutor is amazing and really supports me. They have additional support available for mental health needs. I have done an apprenticeship with another provider that was online based and Lifetime see us face to face. It makes a big difference.

Make sure that you are staying on top of logging your off the job training as it really makes things much easier and ensures that you are able to develop and aren't chasing your tail. Make sure that when you commit to appointments and sessions you are able to attend them as when it is delayed it can hinder your development.