North West Mentoring Scheme
What is the North West Mentoring Scheme?
The North West NHS Mentoring Scheme was launched by Cheshire & Merseyside, Cumbria & Lancashire and Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authorities in June 2004 and has proved a great success story with 800 people (both mentors and mentees) currently in the scheme. The Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust is now hosting the scheme until March 2010.
The North West Mentoring Scheme provides a high quality, confidential service to match mentees with appropriate and qualified mentors and is specifically for those who wish to access a Mentor from outside their own organisation or to provide access where no local schemes are available. It is therefore designed to be complementary to local mentor schemes on a formal and informal basis.
Please Note: The scheme offered by the Leadership and Transformation Gateway in partnership with the NHS is only available to North West local authorities. If you are from an NHS organisation, please contact the North West Mentoring Scheme direct.
Overall Strategy
“…to develop leadership capacity at all levels in the North West. This strategy aims to develop staff leadership abilities to lead to innovation and integration of services."
North West Mentoring Scheme, 2006
Take Advantage of the North West Mentoring Scheme through the Leadership and Transformation Gateway
Building on the success of the NHS, through the Leadership and Transformation Gateway, we have established a cross-sector partnership which will support the development of managers and leaders in local government, dedicated to supporting leadership and professional development in the North West.
Combined with shared learning and experience of working colleagues in the NHS, this should provide a valuable opportunity for individual, organisational and regional growth. It will also give those involved the chance to work with people from across sectors.
We have been working with NHS colleagues to develop this offer which takes full advantage of their existing scheme and promotes leadership and organisational development within authorities. Working across sectors is a crucial skill for managers now and even more so in the future, and in supporting this we are delighted to offer 50 mentor and 100 mentee funded places for local authority employees into the NHS mentoring programme.
Mentoring can be a powerful development process for both the mentor and mentee. It is hoped that this partnership will complement existing schemes and development initiatives already available within authorities.
Interested in Becoming a Mentor?
If you are from a North West local authority and feel you have skills and experience that can support others within their development journey, as well as welcome the challenge to develop your own approach, why not become a mentor?
Click here to access the answers to some frequently asked questions about being a mentor.
To find out if being a mentor is for you, click here. If you are interested in becoming a mentor and to apply online, click here.
Interested in Being a Mentee?
If you are from a North West local authority and would like the opportunity to work with a mentor to support your development goals, why not become a mentee?
If you are interested in becoming a mentee click here to apply online. Please ensure you select the North West Leadership and Transformation Gateway where prompted.
To find out if being a mentee is for you, click here.
If you want to know more about the approach and model of mentoring adopted within the NHS scheme, and to see if the process is right for you, navigate through the links below.
Through the Leadership and Transformation Gateway and North West Mentoring Scheme we aim to establish mentoring relationships that will support the development of local authority managers and leaders, and offer opportunities for colleagues from the NHS to be mentored by local government Officers.
If you have any questions about the process itself, or whether mentoring is right for you, please contact the Gateway Adviser or call 0161 214 7107.