Session 1

1. Mentoring and Peer Support

2. Teams
• We encourage you to keep your mic on so you can participate in discussions, if you
have a noisy background, please mute and use the chat box!
• We like you to keep your camera on – please let me know if there is a reason you
can’t
• You can blur your background on Teams – let me know if you need help with this
• Please don’t wander around with your phone or laptop as it can be distracting for
others
• Remember – we can see everything you do!
• If you do want to ask any questions you can also use the chat pane

3. Tell Me….
• Your Name
• Your Job Role
• The goal you set for yourself in your ILP
• A random fact

4. Expectations of the course and Padlet

5. Expectations of the course and Padlet

6. • Define the terms “mentor” and
“mentee”
• Identify how mentoring works
• Explore the advantages and
disadvantages of mentoring to
both the mentor and mentee
• Understand the requirements of
the criteria in your workbook
• Define the term mentor and
explain the purpose of mentoring
What is our objective for today? What will you be able to do?

7. Over to you
Mentoring vs Coaching vs Counselling
Take a moment to unpack what these definitions could mean in your own context.
• How well does this fit with your own experience of mentoring?
• Do you already have definitions of mentoring in your organisation? If you do, how are these
used?
• Do you think that mentoring should be defined as supporting the development of others or is it a
way of judging and managing performance?
• Name one difference and one similarity between mentoring and coaching.
• Name one difference and one similarity between mentoring and counselling.

9. What is Mentoring
 Define the term Mentor in your own words
 What is a Mentee?
 How does Mentoring work

10. Different types of mentoring
• One – to –one
• Group mentoring (or mentoring circles) When would this take
place?
• Peer mentoring
• Remote mentoring

11. The Advantages of Mentoring
What are the advantages of Mentoring for:
The Mentor

12. The Advantages of being a mentor
• Support your own self development
• Gain satisfaction from helping others
• Improve your confidence
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• Develop communication skills
• Improve questioning and listening technique
• Progress within your role

13. The Disadvantages of Being A Mentor
What are the disadvantages of Mentoring for:
The Mentor

14. • Time!
• Lack of knowledge
• It could bring up things that you haven’t dealt with yourself
• Lack of experience
• You may not be comfortable with the process
• The mentee could become too reliant on you
The Disadvantages Of Being A Mentor

15. The Advantages For The Mentee
What are the advantages of Mentoring for:
The Mentee

16. • Feeling valued
• Someone to listen to your issues
• Confidence
• Learn to trust
• Develop your personal skills
• Establish your goals
• Improve your self esteem
The Advantages For The Mentee

17. The Disadvantages For The Mentee
What are the disadvantages of Mentoring for:
The Mentee

18. • You may not be ready to be mentored
• May be forced upon you by your company
• You may not like or respect the mentor
• Feeling vulnerable
• Can be time consuming
• You may become reliant on your mentor
The Disadvantages For The Mentee

19. For 5 minutes consider the qualities and skills you
need to be an effective mentor

20. Reasons for ending the mentoring relationship
In your chat pane – consider the reasons why you may need to end the
relationship ….
• The mentee might have achieved all targets
• Mentee may become too reliant
• The relationship may be more than professional
• Mentor/Mentee feels they are not progressing
• An issue with safeguarding
• Threats or intimidation
• Personality clash

21. Your Workbook
• Complete tasks 1-5 in ‘Introduction’ on Moodle
• Complete tasks 1-3 in ‘Session 1’ on Moodle
• Complete Assignment 1 in ‘Session 1’ on Moodle
• Write as much detail to back up your answers as you can

22. Any Questions ?

23. Next session we will cover:
Agreements
Support for mentors