Explore the field of facilitation in more depth

This is a new qualification validated by the University of Sussex. It provides an opportunity for participants to work with peers to explore the field of facilitation in more depth to build your capability and ground your practice in theory and personal research.

Participant Profile

You are an OD practitioner, HR professional, change agent, consultant, developer or manager for whom facilitation is a key part of your role. You will have a real interest in developing your practice as a facilitator and understanding both personal and group process so that you are able to work more effectively with client groups and organisations.

Post Graduate Programme Benefits

The Diploma will enable you to:

• Demonstrate a systematic and critical understanding of the field of facilitation
• Understand how your own values, ethical base and personal process inform your practice
• Experience leading thinking on creative and dynamic approaches for working with groups
• Develop to Masters standards your facilitative skills, styles and application of various tools and techniques
• Build your knowledge and capability as a process facilitator so that you are more confident and emotionally competent to work with issues of power and influence in groups
• Develop the critical thinking skills needed to undertake research and apply this to your own and others practice.

Programme content

• Initial 2-day weekend residential: Building a Community of Practice: you will learn some of the critical thinking, research and reflective practice skills needed for this qualification
• Core Modules: you will attend Roffey Park’s open programmes, Practical Facilitation Skills and The Art of Facilitation.
• Additional Modules: you will attend two further two day modules tailored to your specific needs and interests which you will co-design with your peers and Roffey Park tutors
• Final Event: at this final 3-day event you will submit and have peer-reviewed your portfolio of written work and evidence for the qualification. At a practical level you will be required to demonstrate and share your learning and skills development
• Supervision Groups: to support the achievement of your development you will attend six supervision groups in total, facilitated by a Roffey Park Supervisor. 

Course Requirements

Following an initial position paper, the portfolio of evidence required for successful completion of the programme includes a Development Agreement (your individual syllabus), a skills development project, a short dissertation and a final linking document.

To find out more information, please contact Sheila Dale at  sheila.dale@roffeypark.com