A Partnership Approach to Creating Affordable Coaching & Mentoring Opportunities for Staff
Calling Health, Social & Community Care Workers with an Interest in joining our Coaching & Mentoring Scheme!
A call for individual applications for our 2022/23 Scheme year
For the very first time we are able to offer Individuals the opportunity to apply for a funded place on our scheme!
​Funded Places Are Now Available!
With the support of the Humber & North Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership LEAP Programme we are delighted to confirm we have secured funding to enable a small number of health care, social care and community support individuals to join our partnership for the 2022/23 scheme year.
This funding is open to those who are directly and indirectly supporting the overall delivery of health care, social care, and support services to their local communities.​ It creates a unique opportunity for them to join a well-established professional Coaching & Mentoring Scheme which provides meaningful and valuable professional development opportunities which may not otherwise be accessible within current constraints or structures.
​What is the offer?
This funding will enable individuals from the organisations mentioned above to join our scheme as either a Coachee/Mentee or Coach/Mentor, free of charge for a period of up to one year.
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Coaching & Mentoring relationships will be due to commences in January 2023 with training and briefing taking place in December & January prior to this for all participants.
All Coach/Mentors are required to attend a 2-day workshop to prepare them to support 2 Coachee/Mentees across the year for a period of 6 months each. Prior experience of Coaching & Mentoring is not necessary as the training will prepare individuals and ongoing support and development will be provided.
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All Coachee/Mentees are briefed in advance of their start date to ensure they get the maximum benefit from their Coaching & Mentoring relationship.
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Interested in Joining Us?
Please complete the short expression of interest form below, and we'll be in touch with more information.
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Alternatively, you can email our schemeleader@yorkshireaccord.co.uk directly, who will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and help you decide if this is an opportunity is right for you.
Important Note!
Those wishing to proceed with an application will need to do so by the following dates.
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Coach/Mentor applications will need to be made by Friday 28th October
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Coachee/Mentee applications will need to be made by Friday 18th November
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Places are limited, If we find that we get a high number of responsse from this opportunity we reserve the right to close the application window sooner, so those interested are encouraged to act swiftly to secure their place.
​Eligibility
The scope for potential applicants to benefit from this opportunity is wide and not prescriptive, although we expect that recipients will be part of the private or charitable sector and not a NHS or Local Authority service as these organisations should have access to a wider range of staff development and support services.
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We provide some examples of the type of organisations individuals may work for below but remain open minded about who may apply for this funding, and we encourage any individual working within this sector who feels they could benefit from this opportunity to get in touch.
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Examples of the types of organisations individuals may work for
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Private care homes
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Home care, social support, or enabling services
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Child or Youth support organisations
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Community outreach services
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Those supporting to individuals, families or others providing care for others with physical disabilities, learning difficulties, mental health issues, or neurodivergent individuals.
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Organisations proactively working on societal health and wellbeing agendas to improve support and reduce risk of such issues which may arise for example from social isolation, domestic abuse, sexual health, financial hardship, or lack of opportunity
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Organisations or projects working to improve health, fitness, and wellbeing of their communities