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The International Regulator of Coaching and Mentoring CIC's remit is simply to protect the Consumer.
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How can the IRCM fulfil its remit and vision?
Consumers
A consumer* is a person or organisation who buys (for a fee or bartered or pro-bono or free) a product or service for personal or professional development.
Consumers are the individuals and/or organisations who benefit from the services or products provided by individuals and/or organisations within the Coaching and Mentoring Industry.
Consumers are simply buyers, end-users, clients, customers, students, and members. The IRCM CIC recognises that consumers can also be coaches, mentors, or owners/staff of coaching/mentoring organisations.
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The most important industry individual is the Coach* and/or Mentor*. Their remit is to provide each Consumer with the support they require through coaching* and/or mentoring*.
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The IRCM CIC protects each Consumer by ensuring that:
- every coach and/or mentor in the UK working with UK based clients is REGISTERED#.
- every international coach and/or mentor working with UK based clients is REGISTERED#.
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To determine the quality of the service provided, each Coach and/or Mentor is trained by one of two types of Education Bodies/Training Organisations:
- Formal Education Bodies are simply training organisations that are government regulated and offer coach and/or mentor training and formally recognised qualifications.
. - Commercial Training Organisations are commercial training organisations that have been set up by individuals to provide coach and/or mentor training. Coaches and/or Mentors who provide training to their clients are also classed as Private Commercial Training Organisations.
The IRCM CIC protects each Consumer by ensuring that each Formal Education Body and Private Commercial Training Organisations is REGISTERED+. It is important the coaching and/or mentoring student is trained by a Formal Education Body and Private Commercial Training Organisation that is REGISTERED+; as it is these coaching and/or mentoring students who, as Coaches and/or Mentors will be working with the client (see above). Therefore,
- Formal Education Bodies and Private Commercial Training Organisations in the UK who are training UK based coaches and/or mentors must be REGISTERED+.
- Formal Education Bodies and Private Commercial Training Organisations outside the UK who are training UK based coaches and/or mentors must be REGISTERED+.
- Formal Education Bodies and Private Commercial Training Organisations who are training coaches and/or mentors to work with UK based clients must be REGISTERED+.
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Formal Education Bodies and Private Commercial Training Organisations who are REGISTERED with the IRCM CIC, include in their training all Codes of Conduct>, the Disciplinary Procedures>, and the Ombudsman Service>.
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Although not directly involved in the Consumers experience, the Professional Bodies play an important part in the competence* of each Coach and/or Mentor.
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Professional Bodies simply verify through their Accreditation/Credentialing* processes, the competence of the:
- Coaches and/or Mentors
- Private Commercial Training Organisations.
The competence of Formal Education Bodies is verified through their countries government Education Department.
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The IRCM CIC protects each Consumer by ensuring that every Professional Body:
- in the UK who verifies, through their Accreditation/Credentialing* processes, coaches, mentors, and private commercial training organisations is REGISTERED^.
- outside the UK who verifies, through their Accreditation/Credentialing* processes, UK based coaches, mentors, and private commercial training organisations is REGISTERED^.
- outside the UK who verifies, through their Accreditation/Credentialing* processes, coaches, mentors, and private commercial training organisations from outside the UK, who work with UK based clients or train UK based students is REGISTERED^.
The IRCM CIC’s remit is to protect all consumers who are UK and British Overseas Territories residents; therefore, the IRCM CIC recommends all Professional Bodies REGISTER^ as they may not know who their coaches and mentors are working with; and who their private commercial training organisations are training; and who the indirect clients are of each student who trains with a private commercial organisation.
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Consumers of Coaches and/or Mentors are recognised as:
- clients, also known as buyers, end-users, clients, and customers.
. - coaches and/or mentors:
- who are currently working in the industry.
- who may have previously worked in the industry.
- who are planning to work in the industry.
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- any member of staff of an organisation working within the industry.
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Consumers of Formal Education Body and Commercial Training Organisation are recognised as:
- coaching and/or mentoring students who training with one or more of the Formal Education Bodies and/or Private Commercial Training Organisations on their courses and/or workshops.
. - the clients of these coaching and/or mentoring students, who benefit from the training and qualification the Coach and/or Mentor received from one or more of the Formal Education Bodies and/or Commercial Training Organisations.
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Consumers of Professional Bodies are recognised as:
- Coaches and/or Mentors.
. - the clients of these Coaches and/or Mentors, who benefit from the training and qualification the Coach and/or Mentor received from one or more of the Formal Education Bodies and/or Private Commercial Training Organisations.
. - Commercial Training Organisations.
. - coaching and/or mentoring students who are training with one or more of the Private Commercial Training Organisations on their courses and/or workshops.
. - the clients of these coaching and/or mentoring students, who benefit from the training and qualification the Coach and/or Mentor received from one or more of the Formal Education Bodies and/or Private Commercial Training Organisations.
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Coaching and Mentoring Industry Future
To address all industry issues and determine the future of the coaching and mentoring industry, the IRCM:
- works closely and partners with:
- Professional Bodies that represent the coaches, mentors, and private commercial training organisations within the industry, and
- Formal Education Bodies as their involvement is defined by their countries' Education Department.
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- receives input, feedback, and survey responses for all Coaches, Mentors, Formal Education Bodies, Commercial Training Organisations, and Commercial Organisations who are REGISTERED on one or more of the IRCM'S Directories.
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Currently, all information provided by and correspondence with the IRCM is in English.
