We believe there is a need for an association purely focusing on coaching supervision, enabling coaches and buyers of coaching to understand supervision and its benefits better. Whilst the leading associations and academies acknowledge that supervision has become more widely accepted in many countries, we want to continue to give supervision greater publicity and a larger 'share of voice' across the global coaching community.
There is frustration that some coaches do not “get" supervision, whether this is the connotation of the word “supervision” or that coaches are nervous of the concept or, even more disturbingly, think that they don’t need it!
We are passionate about supervision and the benefits we know supervision brings. As clients benefit from a space to reflect, we believe coaches should too.
AoCS is a not-for-profit organisation with a core of voluntary members who inform the organisation’s strategy, goals and policy. We have a group of honorary members and advisors who guide the development of AoCS, promote AoCS’s aims and lend their support and voice where necessary.
Our aim is not to accredit supervisors, or to act as a training school, or to replace existing coaching bodies/associations, but to supplement current relationships and to provide a real focus on supervision.
AoCS encourages diversity and supports inclusion across our membership. We actively welcome applications that meet our joining criteria from the BAME and LGBT+ communities to come and join us.
We have created networks to provide individual and group supervision to coaches (safe Covid practices allowing) by telephone and virtual platforms. Country Ambassadors and local Coordinators act as a focal point for enquiries from coaches, organisations and buyers of coach supervision.
We have Ambassadors in North and South America, Asia Pacific, Australia/ew Zealand, UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Czech & Slovak Republics, Russia and the Baltic States, Sweden, and Ireland – and we are developing alliances and links in many developing countries.
We aim to attract a range of buyers of coach supervision to quickly and easily search for local or global qualified supervisors. All involved in AoCS are passionate about supervision and wish to ensure that coaches continue to improve their skills, and to help larger organisations provide effective and continuous in-house supervision to their internal coaches.
We monitor trends and changes as they evolve and we are published regularly in key coaching and social media.
Complaints
Should you have a complaint against any of our members we really want to hear from you. We welcome your comments as they give us the opportunity to put things right and to improve the service. Please see our full Complaints Procedure here.
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Become part of our online family. Connecting and empowering each other to succeed. We want to give supervision wider exposure and a larger 'share of voice' in the coaching community. Come and join us!