Workplace mentoring is a key component of staff development. To ensure that mentoring is as effective as possible it is important that all mentors are suitability skilled to support and develop their colleagues.
This half-day workshop will provide an opportunity for attendees to evaluate their mentoring roles, reflecting on theory and practice to optimise the success of their work place mentoring programmes.
Outline content:
- Develop understanding of what mentoring is, as distinct from training and coaching.
- Develop understanding of the scope & limits of the mentoring role.
- Personal reflection on own experiences as a mentor and mentee
- Stages of development and reflection on each how mentoring can support a learning journey
- Adding value as a mentor and tracking progress (including recording processes).
- Identify different mentoring styles
- Pre-empting potential barriers to successful mentoring and ways to overcome them.
Course Cost:
This course is provided free of charge to staff employed within primary care in Cornwall, with funding sourced alternatively to the Education Programme subscription.
This course is for staff working within the Cornwall healthcare economy. If you work outside Cornwall and are interested in this course, please email kernowhealthcic.workforce@nhs.net
If you need to cancel a booked place on a course, please do so giving sufficient notice for the place to be reallocated. As per our terms and conditions, we reserve the right to charge for places cancelled less than 5 working days prior to the course start (unless otherwise stated), or failure to take up the place on the day of the course. This applies to both members and non-members of the Primary Care Education Programme.