Leadership & Management development for every sector
Cherith Simmons designs and delivers a wide range of programmes across all major UK sectors but with particular emphasis on the Public, Health and Voluntary Sectors.
Programmes can be delivered face to face on site throughout the UK or by advanced distance learning techniques. We also offer some open access programmes for individuals.
In all cases they are supported by FlexiLearner, our free client branded Learning Management System.
Public Sector
Wycombe District Council – competency design and 360 assessments
Cherith Simmons designed and developed a bespoke competence framework for Wycombe for all levels of management and staff. The development used focus groups and surveys and incorporated full union collaboration throughout.
The competencies were used to populate Cherith Simmons on line 360 degree assessment programme E360 and used to determine training needs.
Cherith Simmons also delivered a wide range of training course covering most management skills.
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
Private Sector
Sony UK: Management & Supervisory development
Cherith Simmons was selected to design and deliver a 3 year European management development programme for first line managers and supervisors from Sony’s European operations
The programme was delivered at various locations in the UK and covered over 150 managers, over a 3 year period awarding them with the ILM Certificate in Management at Level 3
The programme featured specially written exercises, case studies and simulations
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
Health Sector
NHS England – Commissioning & Procurement
4 day commissioning and procurement programme incorporating the ILM Level 3 & 5 Certificate in Service Improvement.
This programme was specially tailored for NHS England to reflect a greater concentration on the management of larger scale contracts.
The programme was delivered on site.
The programme was supported by a client branded customised version of our Learning Management System & complementary elearning.
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