2010 SchemeBriefing Presentation
– Definition of Mentoring– Aims– Structure / Responsibilities– Quality standards– Recruitment– Matching– Mentor support and development– Evaluation results
What will be covered
Mentoring is a long-term, voluntary relationship between two individuals, with the purpose of providing personal and professional development, support and challenge
Our Definition
Scheme Aims
• To broaden perspective and approaches to issues, increasing organisational creativity and innovation and supporting change.
• To improve strategic thinking and decision making by providing a neutral and objective view, unbiased by ‘institutional’ thinking.
• To develop partnership working in the public sector, through providing opportunities for appropriate individuals to network and learn across organisational boundaries.
Scheme Aims
• To provide a supportive framework for individual development.
• To widen choices for individual development, complementing internal mentoring schemes and other development opportunities.
• To support member organisations’ initiatives to develop specific staff groups, where consistent with the principles of the scheme.
Structure of the Scheme
Management Committee
Organisational Co-ordinators
Project Leader
Mentor and Mentee Reps.
Organisations involved in Yorkshire Accord
City of York Council
Hambleton & Richmond District Councils
Harrogate Borough Council
North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service
North Yorkshire Police
North Yorks & York Primary Care Trust
Ryedale District Council
Scarborough Borough Council
Selby District Council
The University of York
York College
York St John University
Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Quality
April 2002 – one of first 50 in UK
– Aims and Structure– Recruitment and Selection– Mentor Preparation, Training and Support– Monitoring and Evaluation– Equality of Opportunity
Re-accredited in October 2005
Quality
• September 2007
National Training Awards – Highly Commended
“resulted in impressive outcomes for participants and might be considered as a model which could be reproduced for local and regional public bodies across not only the country but also internationally.”
National Training Awards Ceremony Nov 07
Recruitment, Matching & Training
• Organisational Publicity from October
• Applications submitted in November
• Training – Mentee Training– Initial Mentoring Skills– Advanced Mentoring
• Matching by Management Committee– Mentors and mentees will be notified of their match in January– Mentors to contact mentees before their training, arranging first meeting
in late January / early February.
Development, Support and Networking
–Project Leader–Organisational Co-ordinator–Website www.yorkshireaccord.co.uk
–CPD Programme
Evaluation 2008
Satisfied with their mentoring match- 92% of participants
Personal benefits from mentoring – 100% of participants
Benefit from cross-organisational mentoring – 98% of participants
Evaluation 2008 Comments
– Highly valuable to not only the individual participants, but also to the respective organisations who will be gaining significant extra benefit from participating staff members (mentor)
– I have had a difficult year professionally and I have found my mentor to be very supportive, helping me to gain perspective on issues and identify action points which I can address (mentee)
– For me the best part of the scheme is networking with other mentors and my mentee – sharing best practice and ideas (mentor)
– I have found it very useful for help with directing / evaluating and grounding at a time when I am undertaking
major changes in my life (mentee)
For More Information
• Visit the Staff Information Point• The Yorkshire Accord Website
www.yorkshireaccord.co.uk • Or contact
– Karen Hickman
Staff Development Adviser
Ext 6463