Mentoring
Leadership Academy mentoring scheme
The Leadership Academy is pleased to announce the Leadership Mentoring Scheme.
Aim
The aim of the Leadership Mentoring scheme is to improve the capabilities of MPS leaders by identifying their goals and guide them towards attaining them by developing the required skills, knowledge and behaviours at work. The scheme will also encourage the most effective leadership practices.
What does this mean?
It means that the Leadership Mentors will provide the Mentee with options and support which enables the Mentee to make informed decisions and actions in order to move towards their goals. The Mentor will also invite the Mentee to step outside their comfort zone on occasions.
What is mentoring?
Mentoring is regarded as a relationship in which one person (the mentor), usually someone more senior and experienced, helps another (the mentee) to discover more about themselves, their potential and their capability.
Mentoring is also concerned with creating an informal environment in which one person can feel encouraged to discuss their needs and circumstance openly and in confidence with another person who is in a position to be of positive help to them.
Mentoring can be the best intervention in areas where the development task relates to an individual requiring much specialist, knowledge and information.
What is a Mentee?
A Mentee is usually someone who wishes to expand their current knowledge of the organisation and to develop skills and abilities that will assist them in their career.
What is in it for the Mentee?
To have space to share, discuss and come up with solutions to issues.
To feel confident and empowered in resolving and enhancing things the mentee is working on.
To enhance their leadership skills set.
Better understanding of strategic issues/priorities.
Opportunity to safely assess strenghts and weaknesses
Networking
How the Mentoring Scheme works? - Mentors
- Application and Selection of the Mentor.
- Initial two days training.
- Support/review days for the mentors on a 3 monthly basis.
- Mentors will be paired with their Mentees.
- One to One mentoring sessions every 4 - 6 weeks, with telephone or email contact in between.
- The mentoring relationship to lasts for 12 months
- When the mentoring scheme has finished the effectiveness of the scheme will be evaluated.
(Mentee)
- Application and selection of the Mentee, you must discuss your suitability of the mentoring scheme with your Line Manager and you will need your line manager's support.
- Half day Mentee briefing.
- The briefing will explain in detail the mentoring scheme and what is expected of the mentee.
- Mentee will be paired with their Mentor.
- One to One mentoring sessions every 4-6 weeks, with telephone or email contact in between.
- It is the Mentee who drives the relationship.
- If you would like to apply for a leadership mentor, please complete the application below (see link), and email your application to Hyacinth Daly .
Volunteer Police Cadets Mentoring Scheme
This unique scheme gives the opportunity for all MPS Police Officers and Police Staff to engage with young people from a variety of backgrounds, across all London boroughs.
What is the aim of the scheme?
To improve the capabilities of Volunteer Police Cadets by identifying their goals, developing their skills, knowledge and behaviour and addressing everyday issues in their lives. It is a chance for all Police Officers and Police Staff to use their enthusiasm and experience of the MPS to engage with today’s youth, maximising the potential of cadets and fostering a relationship that will benefit both mentor and mentee.
Who are the Volunteer Police Cadets?
There are 1,423 Volunteer Police Cadets in London, aged from 14 to 19. 44% of these cadets are from BME backgrounds. 25% of cadets are referred to the scheme by partners such as Young Offender Teams. There are plans to increase the number of cadets to 4,000 by 2012.
Cadets meet weekly across all boroughs, taking part in awareness activities, crime prevention tasks and ‘extra-curricular’ sports and events.
For further information click on the 'Volunteer Police Cadets Main Site' link below.
The Mentoring Relationship
During your mentoring relationship you will meet with your mentee on a one-to-one basis where you will set goals and activities and act as a sounding board to discuss any issues your mentee may have.
In order to establish an effective mentoring relationship, mentors must have some of the following attributes:
- Ability to communicate in a patient, non-judgemental manner.
- Enthusiasm, commitment and reliability.
- Ability to motivate and inspire.
- Experience of higher education and job application processes.
- Ability to identify the needs of a young person, and help them where necessary
- Willingness to give up one or two hours a month outside of working hours to meet your mentee
How to apply
You will need to complete an application form, and have your line manager's agreement.
Deadline for applications: Friday 3rd September 2010
Training sessions for successful applicants will take place on the 6th and 7th October 2010. This training will provide the mentor with the knowledge, skills and techniques required for a mentoring relationship.
After training you will be paired with a mentee. This match will be based on your location, experience and job role.
The scheme will last for 12 months, with meetings between mentor and mentee taking place once a month. Meetings last between one and two hours and are confidential.
Please complete the application form below titled 'Police Cadets Mentoring Application' and email via your line manager to Robert.Walls@met.police.uk or post to Leadership Academy, Third Floor West, Empress State Building.
An Equal Opportunities Form (6117) must also be completed, see link below.
If you have any queries regarding the scheme please contact Robert Walls on 780146 or Hyacinth Daly on 780451
Useful links:
- Integrated Competency Framework (Word document - 47 kb)
- Mentor Application Form (Word document - 75 kb)
- Equal Opportunities Form 6117 (Word document - 62 kb)
- Mentee Application Form (Word document - 495 kb)
- Agreement and Undertaking Form 8027 (Word document - 37 kb)
- Volunteer Police Cadets Main Site
- Police Cadets Mentoring Application (Word document - 73 kb)