Level 2 Accredited Assistant Life Mechanic Training

Be better equipped to support other people to become their own life mechanic using The Life Garage tools.

Created byDr David Wood

Last updated 6/2023

English

What you'll learn

Understand the role of The Life Garage in relation to other wellbeing works available.
Demonstrate the necessary skills and knowledge to be able to facilitate use of The Life Garage as an Assistant Life Mechanic.
Appreciate the differences between guidance, therapy and the coaching foundation to The Life Garage.
Critically apply the concepts covered to your own practice as an Assistant Life Mechanic.

Course content

8 sections • 75 lectures • 1h 19m total length

Introduction2:37
Learn more about your training and access a downloadable copy of the course handbook.
Accelerate your learning0:30
How to make the most of the course including access to a downloadable PDF of all the core course content.

Life garage concept3:09
The core concept behind The Life Garage approach to living life well.
Section overview0:23
Core concept, skills and learning objectives for this section.
Who's the mechanic?0:14
Responsibility for change
Question break0:05
Explore your thinking
Fixer or understander?1:09
Exploring our relationship to the person with whom we are working.
Question break0:05
Explore your thinking
Workshop familiarisation - Part 15:01
Here we will take a brief look at each of the first three core Life Garage sessions to consider their intention and content.
Becoming your own life mechanic1:15
Exploring the content and intent of core concept one.
The flourishing self0:40
Exploring the content and intent of core concept two.
Relational living0:41
Exploring the content and intent of core concept three.
Workshop familiarisation - Part 23:46
Here we will take a brief look at each of the final three core Life Garage sessions to consider their intention and content.
Changing habits0:39
Exploring the content and intent of core concept four.
Practical hopefulness0:32
Exploring the content and intent of core concept five.
Growth for life0:28
Exploring the content and intent of core concept six.
Question break0:06
Explore your thinking

Introduction1:19
Introduction to the coaching foundation section.
Section overview0:19
Core concept, skills and learning objectives for this section.
The ACE coaching model1:44
Video of exploring the ACE coaching model
The ACE coaching model (notes)0:52
Exploring the ACE coaching model (notes from video)
Question break0:05
Explore your thinking
Coaching, mentoring and counselling1:43
Exploring coaching as a methodology
Coaching, mentoring and counselling (notes)0:51
Exploring coaching as a methodology (notes from video).
Differences between approaches1:42
Differences between coaching, counselling and mentoring.
Differences between approaches (notes)0:46
Differences between coaching, counselling and mentoring (notes from video).
Question break0:05
Explore your thinking
End of section quiz

Introduction1:04
Introduction to working with individuals section.
Section overview0:18
Core concept, skills and learning objectives for this section.
Active listening6:02
Exploring active listening.
Active listening (notes)2:00
Exploring active listening (notes from video).
Question break0:12
Explore your thinking
Active listening starters1:05
Exploring active listening starters.
Active listening starters (notes)0:27
Exploring active listening starters (notes from video).
Question break0:03
Explore your thinking
Non-judgemental questioning1:17
Exploring non-judgemental questioning.
Non-judgemental questioning (notes)0:34
Exploring non-judgemental questioning (notes from video).
Question break0:06
Explore your thinking
Non-judgemental questioning starters1:01
Exploring the development of non-judgemental starter questions.
Non-judgemental questioning starters (notes)0:25
Exploring the development of non-judgemental starter questions (notes from video).
Question break0:04
Develop your toolkit
End of section quiz

Introduction1:05
Introduction to working with groups - facilitator skills.
Section overview0:22
Core concept, skills and learning objectives for this section.
Working with groups1:14
Exploring the benefits and challenges of working with groups.
Working with groups (notes)0:34
Exploring the benefits and challenges of working with groups (notes from video).
Question break0:02
Relate the ideas to your context.
Personal disclosure4:37
Exploring concepts around personal disclosure.
Personal disclosure (notes)0:14
Exploring personal disclosure (notes from video).
Disclosure and risk of harm (notes)1:11
Exploring disclosure and risk of harm (notes from video).
Question break0:05
Understand your own safeguarding context.
Disclosing personal information (notes)1:07
Exploring disclosure of personal information (notes from video).
Question break0:05
Explore your thinking.
Shared reflections and ideas2:33
Exploring shared reflections and ideas.
Shared reflections and ideas (notes)1:13
Exploring shared ideas and reflections (notes from video).
Question break0:04
Explore your thinking.
End of section quiz

Introduction1:05
Introduction to working with groups - group dynamics.
Section overview0:20
Core concept, skills and learning objectives for this section.
Group boundaries2:36
Exploring group boundaries.
Group boundaries (notes)1:15
Exploring group boundaries (notes from video).
Question break0:05
Develop your practice.
Group life and identity3:11
Group life and identity (notes)0:20
Exploring group life and identity (notes from video).
Question break0:06
Develop your practice.
End of section quiz

Introduction1:17
An introduction to self-care as an Assistant Life Mechanic.
Section overview0:22
Core concept, skills and learning objectives for this section.
Perfection, performance, and proficiency1:29
Exploring perfection, performance and proficiency.
Perfection, performance, and proficiency (notes)0:47
Exploring perfection, performance and proficiency (notes from video).
Self-care and self-expectations1:14
Exploring self-care and self-expectations.
Self-care and self-expectations (notes)0:39
Exploring self-care and self-expectations (notes from video).
Question break0:06
Explore your thinking.
Confidentiality and unloading1:41
Exploring confidentiality and unloading.
Confidentiality and unloading (notes)0:57
Exploring confidentiality and unloading (notes from video).
Question break0:05
Explore your resource network.
End of section quiz

Requirements

No prior experience required, just an open mind and a willingness to putting your learning in to practice. You will explore everything you need to know.

Description

Our Level 2 Accredited Assistant Life Mechanic Training has been designed to support individuals, community groups and organisations to make best use of our free to access Life Garage resources. The course will provide participants with familiarisation with the content and its intention. It will also cover the skills and tools participants need to engage others with the materials in an effective and ethical manner.

Whilst anyone can access and use The Life Garage free of charge, we have developed our Level 2 Accredited Assistant Life Mechanic Training to ensure a consistent, theoretically grounded, approach for those who want to use the materials with other people.

Our training comprises self-guided study sessions, all with questions to develop the participants knowledge and skills. These sessions explore coaching as a fundamental approach to being an Assistant Life Mechanic, communication skills, working with groups and self-care.

We have partnered with the Institute for Training and Occupational Learning (iTOL), to offer our Assistant Life Mechanic Training as a Level 2 accredited course. iTOL is an independent professional body with an expertise in external benchmarking, validation, and accreditation of occupational courses.

This course has been mapped and benchmarked at Level 2 of the UK learning levels descriptors. Level 2 courses are designed to provide learners with a basic level of knowledge and understanding of a subject to equip them to undertake a variety of tasks.

Who this course is for:

This course is intended for those who want to learn how to best use our free course, The Life Garage, with others.

Level 2 Accredited Assistant Life Mechanic Training

What you'll learn

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 3min

Life garage concept and content15 lectures • 18min

Coaching foundation10 lectures • 9min

Working with individuals14 lectures • 15min

Working with groups: Facilitator skills14 lectures • 14min

Working with groups: Group dynamics8 lectures • 9min

Self-care10 lectures • 9min

Assessment2 lectures • 2min

Requirements

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