About Mentoring Programmes
Mentoring programmes are intended to tap in to the knowledge and experience of senior people to build the personal skills of mentors and those mentored. Mentoring programmes can be used to attract and retain quality employees; develop individual and organisational capability; and enhance performance and productivity
Benefits of mentoring in health and social care
With over 20 years experience of coaching and mentoring training within the health and care sector, TPC Health provide one of the UK's leading mentor training programmes that can be adapted to suit your organisational requirements and goals. Mentoring is increasingly being used in the health and care context to share experience, develop understanding and transfer skills. In the high-pressure health and care context, mentoring programmes are one of the most valuable and effective development opportunities that organisations can offer. Mentoring programmes are relatively low cost, high value interventions that provide both mentors and mentees with a wide range of personal and professional benefits, including:
- Exposure to new ideas and different ways of thinking
- Opportunities to develop new skills and knowledge
- Increased understanding of the bigger picture and context
- Challenge and support to reflect on performance and development opportunities
Mentoring is an effective way to keep senior leaders engaged, while they support the development of future leaders who are learning about what it takes to succeed within the organisation. The academic and applied evidence is that mentoring programmes benefit health and care organisations by:
- Enhancing engagement
- Encouraging retention
- Improving productivity
- Breaking down the “silo” mentality that hinders cooperation among departments or divisions
Our mentoring programmes
We have worked with Health and Care organisations to develop mentoring programmes in order to achieve the following organisational goals:
- To pass on specialised knowledge
- To develop the talent pipeline
- To source insight and understanding about the experience of others (frontline workers, specific services through reverse mentoring)
- To support inclusion initiatives
- To encourage an innovation culture
We offer the following mentoring programmes designed specifically for health and care settings:
Reverse Mentoring
Supporting senior staff to gain real insight into the experiences of less experienced/less senior staff
Mentoring Skills Programmes
Highly interactive training with an emphasis on skill practice and development.