Who we work for

Dun and Bradstreet Management Academy: Leadership and Management Development programme.

Cherith Simmons was selected to design and deliver a 3 year management development programme through the vehicle of the Dun & Bradstreet Academy

The programme was delivered at various location in the UK and covered over 150 managers, awarding them with the ILM Diploma in Management at Level 5

The programme featured specially written exercises, cases studies and simulations

In addition a substantial Customer Care programme was delivered in London, Birmingham and Glasgow

City & Guilds Institute: Leadership and Management Dvelopment programme.

Cherith Simmons was selected to design & deliver City & Guilds own internal management development programme in partnership with Henley Business School.

The programme was delivered over a 2 year period at various location in London and the South east and covered over 100 managers, awarding them with the ILM Diploma in Management at Level 5

The programme featured specially written exercise, cases studies and simulations.

West African Pipeline Company (Ghana)

Cherith Simmons has provided a number of distance learning programmes for this WAPCO including:

• ILM Level 3 certificate in management
• ILM Level Diploma in Management
• On line communication delivered via elearning

The programme has been supported by Cherith Simmons’ Learning Management System FlexiLearner and is entirely run from the UK.

All programme materials are supplied online including eLearning packages, and marking is undertaken online by UK based tutors.

Hospital – Cleveland Clinic – Abu Dhabi

Cherith Simmons have designed and delivered customised programmes for front line and customer service staff at the Cleveland Clinic in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Over 300 front line staff took a 6 day advanced customer care programme

Supervisors undertook a five programme in supervisory management.

The programme was delivered on site in the UAE and was supported by Cherith Simmons Learning Management System, Flexilearner

Wandsworth Service Delivery

Cherith Simmons Learning and Development tailored the design and delivery of the Aspiring Managers and Management Development programmes for managers across the authority and for voluntary sector partner organisations for several cohorts of 10-20 people.

The programme is designed to lift the skills of Wandsworth Managers in dealing with substantial changes to service delivery, budget provision and the needs of a multi-ethnic inner London Borough population.

Topics covered include managing and improving service delivery, managing change, performance management and developing people.

Wandsworth Borough Council supplemented the programme with internally delivered workshops where it made more sense to use internal expertise.

Surrey County Council – Management development

This is a large scale multi-level management development programme being delivered by Cherith Simmons over 3 years in parallel with separate programmes of similar scale, being delivered for the same period to two of the major Surrey Hospital Trusts, Ashford St Peters and Royal Surrey.

The core delivery is based on a blended learning approach.
Highly interactive workshops based on action learning principles are reinforced by pre course work in subject specific work books downloaded from the customised learning management system we have set up free of charge for Surrey as part of our contract offer.
Learners download workbooks and complete some elements to bring to workshops. Usually these are about self-assessment across a wide range of skills such as leadership styles, team role preferences, self-assessment on influencing skills, assertiveness skills, delegation skills, emotional intelligence etc.

Local Government Shared Services

• Management development
• Commissioning and procurement:
• Service improvement

This is a programme we delivered for a consortium of County and District authorities in the following locations

Northampton, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Bedford, Peterborough

• This 3 year contract covers a wide range of management and interpersonal skills delivered against a framework of ILM qualfictaions at levels 3 & 5
• They include:
• Level 5 certificates in Service Improvement
• 2 day Lean management programmes
• Bespoke ILM Level 5 Leadership and Management Development programmes

Over 1,000 managers took part in the programme over its duration.

Cherith Simmons delivers on site at various locations

All clients are allocated a dedicated client service manager as single point of contact for both the client and all learners

Hart district council (Hampshire) – Management development

This is an innovative mixed delivery programme which incorporates a blend of face to face workshops, distance learning for dispersed workers and accredited elearning.

The programme is accessible to over 350 staff

Programmes are booked and accessed through the Hart Hub, which is a customised version of our Learning Management System, FlexiLearner

Accredited management development programme (2006-2007);

• ILM Level 5 Diploma in Management
• ILM Level 5 Introductory Diploma

Corporate training services (2014 – present)

A series of training interventions across a wide range of subjects such as;

• Leadership and management
• Recruitment and selection
• Equality and diversity
• Influencing and negotiating
• Time & stress management
• Health and safety

Ashford and St. Peters and Royal Surrey County Hospital

Cherith Simmons have been commissioned by Ashford and St. Peters and Royal Surrey County Hospital to deliver a multi-level programme across 2 sites

The programme covers the following levels:

• ILM Level 3 Certificate in Leadership and Management (front line managers)
• ILM Level 5 Certificate in Leadership and Management ( Middle management)
• ILM Level 7 Certificate in Leadership and Management (Senior leadership team)

The programme uses a mix of highly interactive workshops, self-study and optional supplementary e-learning

Content is contextualised to a Hospital Trust environment

The programme has reached over 400 managers to date with a value of over £300,000 over 3 years

Cherith Simmons learning and development have been working with Thanet CCG to deliver a programme for them to improve their services whilst reducing delivery costs.

The 4 day Commissioning and Procurement programme incorporates the ILM Level 5 Certificate in Service Improvement. 

The Service Improvement requires participants to complete a work based improvement report which has generated measurable savings across the organisation.

This programme was specially tailored and delivered on site.

We have also run a one day workshop for Collaborative and Partnership Working.

The programme was supported by a client branded customised version of our Learning Management System and complementary eLearning.

NHS Brighton & Hove CCG: Commissioning & Procurement

4 day commissioning and procurement programme incorporating the ILM Level 5 Certificate in Service Improvement.

This programme was specially tailored and delivered on site

The programme was supported by a client branded customised version of our Learning Management System & complementary elearning

NHS Kent & Medway Commissioning Support: Leadership and Management

Cherith Simmons has worked with the NHS in Kent for over 20 years delivering a series of programme for Trusts, Commissioning Support Units and GP Practices across the area

Programmes include

• ILM Level 5 Diplomas in Management
• ILM Level 3 Certificates in Management
• Project management programmes
• Various one off programmes

The programme was supported by a client branded customised version of our Learning Management System & complementary elearning

Some delivery was shared with the client

The University of Southampton Health Technology Assessment faculty

The University of Southampton commissioned Cherith Simmons Learning and Development to deliver 2 cohorts of ILM Level 3 Award and Certificate in Leadership and Management.

Cherith Simmons worked with HTA to design and develop a bespoke solution for the participants who operated in a unique research environment.

We also incorporated internal templates and documents provided by HTA.

Interactive workshops

The programme was made up of 9 workshop days. Participants had the option of completing either the Award or the Certificate level.

Workshops included:

Award & Certificate level

–   Returning to learning

–   Change Management, decision making & problem solving

–   Leadership, supervision and team building

–    Time management, delegation and stress management

– and many more..

London School of Economics and Political Science

Cherith Simmons is commissioned to deliver two programmes to LSE academics and administrative staff.

The programmes are part of the Leadership and Development programme for such staff outsourced by the LSE to a range of framework providers.

Our current programme include Marketing and Strategic Marketing and is aimed at faculty teams charged with revenue maximisation across a wide range of activities from intellectual property to accommodation resources.

The programme is in its second year and receiving excellent reviews.

Action for children: Action Academy

Cherith Simmons worked with Action for Children over a 7 year period delivering a wide range of management development programmes at all levels nationwide

Over 500 managers went through the programme

Programmes included

• NVQ Level 3
• ILM Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management
• Managing people performance programme
• Action Academy – Senior Leadership at Post-Graduate Certificate level delivered in partnership with Kingston Business School

The programme was supported by a client branded customised version of our Learning Management System & complementary elearning

National Probation Service

Surrey and Sussex Probation Trust commissioned us to design and deliver an accredited ILM programme in Management across 3 cohorts of 10-20 participants each. The programme was designed to provide management with new and refreshed skills to deliver real and tangible change in the face of sector reform and the challenge of competition for service provision.

The workforce is dispersed, professional and under some pressure at all times so the programme was designed for minimum attendance by blending workshops, self-study and e-learning.

We are now on our 8^th cohort and have been working for Probation for over 5 years.

Topics covered within the programme include managing and improving service delivery, dealing with budget reductions and the challenge of contestability. The programme was delivered across the region at multiple sites including Brighton, Hove and Godalming.

The programme was managed using Flexilearner to provide 24/7 flexible access to learning materials, resources and tutors. The learners’ forum and online chat room provide the opportunity to provide virtual learning sets and study groups.

The programme has been delivered to over 250 Probation officers to date.