Here you will find resources and tools to support you with mentoring in your organisation. Mentoring can be an effective way of:
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and partners have produced guidance which can be used by employers, managers and staff who work in social services to develop and support mentoring in the workplace.
We are working in partnership with colleagues from other sectors to look at ways of developing mentoring across public services. If you are involved in a mentoring network as a mentor or mentee, we would like to hear your experiences and practice examples. Please email [email protected].
Here is an example from Angus Council.
"Off-line help from one person to another in making significant transitions in knowledge, work or thinking."
Meggison and Clutterbuck, 1995
"A mentor in Childhood Practice successfully develops a professional and challenging relationship to empower their mentee to enhance knowledge, skills and abilities enabling them, irrespective of their workplace, to be confident and effective contributors within the sector."
The Coalition of Umbrella Organisations, cited in Guidance for Mentoring in Childhood Practice, 2010