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Course Overview
The Foundation Certificate in People Practice is aimed at those looking to move into HR, embarking on a career in HR or those working in HR and looking for a professional qualification to reflect their experience. The programme offers an overview of the essentials of people practice and provides a basis for starting or continuing to build your career.
The course is offered as a blend of online and face-to-face delivery and is designed to give you the autonomy to complete your qualifications around your life and commitments. All course content is linked to the world of work and ensures that you are given practical and theoretical knowledge to make the most of your qualification.
Course Content
Successful completion of the qualification requires you to attend workshops and carry out assessment across 4 CIPD units as below:
Core Behaviours for People Professionals
- Understand insightful approaches to supporting and maintaining ethics and professional practice
- Be able to promote respect and inclusive working underpinned by professional courage and a passion for learning
Dates In Person: 13 & 14 January 2026 (10am - 5pm)
Online Assignment Support: 23 January 2026 (2pm - 5pm) (over Teams), plus 5 hours self study
Essentials of People Practice
- Understand the employee lifecycle and different roles within it
- Be able to contribute to the effective selection and appointment of individuals
- Know how legislation and organisational practices affect employment relationships
- Know the importance of performance management in motivating and retaining individuals
- Know the importance of reward in attracting, motivating and retaining individuals
- Understand how to support others to develop the skills and knowledge required to meet both individual and organisational objectives
Dates In Person: 4 & 5 March, 22 & 23 April, and 3 & 4 June 2026 (10am - 5pm)
Online Assignment Support: 20 March 2026, 29 April 2026, 17 June 2026 (2pm - 5pm) (over Teams), plus 15 hours self-study
Business Culture and Change in Context
- Understand the business environment in which the people profession operates, including the key issues that affect it
- Understand how people's behaviour in the workplace affects and shapes culture
- Understand the importance of effective management of change
Dates In Person: 06 & 07 July 2026 (10am - 5pm)
Online Assignment Support: 17 July 2026 (2pm - 5pm) (over Teams), plus 5 hours self study
Principles of Analytics
- Understand how evidence-based practice informs organisational measures and outcomes
- Know how creating value benefits employees, customers and wider stakeholders
Dates In Person: 07 & 08 September 2026 (10am - 5pm)
Online Assignment Support: 25 September 2026 (2pm - 5pm) (over Teams), plus 5 hours self study
Schedule
13th January 2026 10:00 to 17:00
Full Day Session 1
14th January 2026 10:00 to 17:00
Full Day Session 2
23rd January 2026 14:00 to 17:00
Half Day Session 3
4th March 2026 10:00 to 17:00
Full Day Session 4
5th March 2026 10:00 to 17:00
Full Day Session 5
20th March 2026 14:00 to 17:00
Half Day Session 6
22nd April 2026 9:00 to 16:00
Full Day Session 7
23rd April 2026 9:00 to 16:00
Full Day Session 8
29th April 2026 13:00 to 16:00
Half Day Session 9
3rd June 2026 9:00 to 16:00
Full Day Session 10
4th June 2026 9:00 to 16:00
Full Day Session 11
17th June 2026 9:00 to 16:00
Full Day Session 12
6th July 2026 9:00 to 16:00
Full Day Session 13
7th July 2026 9:00 to 16:00
Full Day Session 14
17th July 2026 13:00 to 16:00
Half Day Session 15
7th September 2026 9:00 to 16:00
Full Day Session 16
8th September 2026 9:00 to 16:00
Full Day Session 17
25th September 2026 13:00 to 16:00
Half Day Session 18
Benefits
The CIPD Level 3 Certificate in People Practice is designed for those starting their career in or moving into people practice. This course gives a factual, procedural and theoretical knowledge of elements of people practice. It also offers you an understanding of the nature of the people profession.
Course Tutor
Jacqui Richards
Jacqui is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a Fellow of CMI, with over 30 years’ HR experience across several industry sectors and worked for the Government of Jersey as Director of Jersey Business School, Highlands College. She has previously held positions on the Jersey CIPD Branch, the HR sub-committee of the Jersey Chamber of Commerce and worked directly for CIPD as a national CIPD membership upgrade assessor. Jacqui is also a leadership coach and mentor for both experienced executives and those looking to progress into management roles.
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