Become a Certified Wellness Coach
Empower others. Build a rewarding career. Transform lives—starting with your own.
Are you ready to become a confident, competent, and ethical health and wellbeing coach?
The Focus Awards Level 5 Certificate in Coaching for Health and Wellbeing (RQF) is a professional, career-focused qualification designed for individuals who want to make a real difference in people's lives.
This comprehensive course equips you with advanced coaching skills, alongside a deep understanding of physical health, mental wellbeing, and trauma-informed approaches—ensuring that you’re fully prepared to support clients holistically.
Why Choose This Qualification?
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Level 5 RQF accredited – Recognised across the UK and aligned with national standards.
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Industry credibility – Designed for professionals seeking to work as qualified health and wellbeing coaches.
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Pathway to UKIHCA Affiliate Membership – Learners on this course are eligible to join the UK & International Health Coaching Association (UKIHCA) as Affiliate Members, demonstrating your commitment to best practices and ethical standards in the profession.
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Flexible learning – Delivered through guided study, tutor support, and a portfolio of evidence. No exams.
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Progression opportunities – Step into private practice, collaborate within multidisciplinary teams, or continue your studies at Higher Education level.
Who Is This Course For?
This course is ideal for:
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Aspiring or practising health coaches, wellbeing coaches, or lifestyle coaches.
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Therapists and practitioners looking to add professional coaching to their existing scope of practice.
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Anyone seeking a nationally recognised qualification that combines coaching skill with health and wellbeing insight.
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Minimum age: 18
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Entry requirements: There are no specific academic requirements.
Is This Course Right for You? Absolutely—If You...
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Are looking for a career with meaning and freedom
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Are passionate about health and helping others
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Want practical training and expert mentorship
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Prefer studying flexibly, around your current life
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Are ready to work for yourself or in a health team
You do not need a medical or science background—just a desire to help others and a commitment to your own personal growth.
What You’ll Learn
This qualification consists of three core units:
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Professional Coaching
Understand coaching fundamentals, develop ethical practice, build client relationships, and apply structured coaching frameworks aligned with ICF standards. -
Physical Health and Wellbeing
Gain insight into the relationship between physical activity, nutrition, and health outcomes, and how to support behavioural change through coaching. -
Mental Health and Trauma Awareness in Coaching
Explore the effects of trauma and mental health challenges, and learn how to coach clients safely and supportively using trauma-informed approaches.
Investment and Enrollment
The course fee is £999.00, with a 10% discount available for full payment, granting you immediate access to all course materials. Alternatively, you can opt for 4 interest-free monthly payments of £249.75 with course modules released over 4 months. Please note that we keep our course fees low as we are a non-profit training company.
PLEASE NOTE: We do not accept Advanced Learner Loans.
Course Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average duration of this course? This course has been accredited at 183 hours. You have a maximum 12 months to complete the course.
Are there assignments, exams and case studies? How is the course assessed? You will be required to complete self-reflection, short essay, and case study style assignments. There is no exam.
Do you provide client forms and programmes? We provide you with a wide range of client forms, covering both coaching and nutrition. Whilst you are free to use these, we always encourage you to create your own when you know how you best work. We also provide some generic programmes for you, and again, we provide these to use, but more importantly to show you how to create your own that are unique to you, and what you offer. Working generically is not the best way when it comes to working with clients, and we teach you how to tailor the programmes to suit your clients. We also teach how to work with companies that will provide you with blood testing and diagnostic services, so that you can offer an even fuller service to your clients.
What support do you offer? We pride ourselves in offering the best support around! As well as fortnightly supervised online peer support groups, we offer monthly supervision, and pastoral support. We also have a thriving online peer support platform, where our students, mentors and graduates offer each other support. For those who can visit us in Manchester, we offer regular face-to-face networking events at our beautiful Monastery venue. We have a student support team to help you with the day-to-day questions, and tutors are available for anything technical.
Do I need to attend live sessions? No, you will be invited to any relevant live sessions on Zoom, however, they are not compulsory.
Why does your course cost more than others with the same accreditations? We have seen this qualification offered by various companies that offer a wide variety of qualifications. Feedback we have received is that there is no comprehensive course materials included. If you are considering a different training provider, we would strongly recommend you speak to one of their tutors, and ask to see samples of the course materials, teaching videos etc.
Which organisations can I join? You can join the UKIHCA as an affilate. You can also join IICT, and IPHM.
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