Step into Leadership

Mentoring

Here you will find resources and tools to support you with mentoring in your organisation. Mentoring can be an effective way of:

• supporting individuals to embark on the kind of self-directed learning used in Step into Leadership
• improving an individual's leadership skills
• providing opportunities for reflection and development.

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].

Mentoring resources

• Mentoring: Supporting and Promoting Professional Development and Learning guidance Explains what mentoring is, and contains information on developing a mentoring policy and how to implement a mentoring programme.
• Guidance for Mentoring in Childhood Practice Aims to promote good practice in peer mentoring, providing a framework designed to be adaptable to a range of contexts and is based on current research and good practice knowledge in mentoring.
• Are we ready to mentor? This tool will help you to decide if you or your organisation is ready to take part in a mentoring programme.

Mentoring web resources

• Coaching and Mentoring The NHS Education for Scotland website helps you to access information, resources and support on coaching and mentoring, including finding an internal or external coach or mentor to support your development, and/or signing up as a coach or mentor to offer your services to others.
• The European Mentoring and Coaching Council The European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) exists to develop, promote and set the expectation of best practice in mentoring and coaching across Europe and beyond. EMCC is a recognised brand in mentoring and regulates and accredits mentors and mentoring programmes.
• The Scottish Mentoring Network The Scottish Mentoring Network provides information and advice on running effective mentoring projects in Scotland. Their extensive library provides free resources to support a range of mentoring approaches.
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development have produced a range of free and easily accessible resources to support a range of mentoring approaches.
• The International Mentoring Association The International Mentoring Association (IMA) promotes individual and organisational development through mentoring best practices in public and private institutions, businesses and industry. This diverse and dynamic worldwide organisation unites a broad cross-section of hundreds of individuals interested in the theory and practice of mentoring.