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Coaching and Mentoring
Did you know we’re training 13 of our own
coaches and mentors? They’re working hard
to get fully qualified with a formal Chartered
Management Institute (CMI) qualification.
Coaching and mentoring are great ways of
developing ourselves. We’re often asked what’s
the difference between coaching and mentoring?

Mentoring:
„„ Mentoring is customarily a planned pairing of a
more skilled or experienced person (usually in
the same or similar field of work or sector) with
a less experienced person

Here’s some information to give you an idea:
„„ Ideally mentors have no line management
relationship to the mentee. Mentors will often
provide direction and advice and should ‘open
organisational doors’ and networking
opportunities for
mentees

Coaching:
„„ Coaches need not have first-hand experience
of the coachee’s line of work. Coaching can be
done formally with a qualified coach or more
informally

„„ Mentors can provide
a neutral ‘sounding
board’ and have no
agenda other than
assisting their mentees
in their development and
to reach their goals.

„„ Effective coaching is intended to help you
to learn, rather than by “teaching” you. By
engaging with an experienced coach, the
coachee will develop their own insights leading
to enhanced effectiveness
„„ Coaches will ask ‘powerful’ questions and not
offer or give advice

John Barr and Michael
Cleaver, two of our
EMT Directors, share their own
experience of coaching with us.

„„ Coaching is driven by the coachee who needs
to take ownership for their own learning and
development.

Read their stories and discover
more about coaching and
mentoring here.

Awards update

Policy update

A Fresh Visions project has been
shortlisted at the upcoming Women
in Housing Awards. The ‘First Steps’
project has been shortlisted for
Best Community Project to Rebuild
Women’s Lives. First Steps is a
free service for victims of domestic
violence living in seven refuges across
Kent.

Gifting Policy – We’ve made two changes to our existing
Policy. We’ll no longer gift:

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„„ Temporary heaters
„„ Used electrical items more than three years old.
DBS Policy – This replaces our CRB Policy. It outlines how
we decide which roles require a DBS (Disclosure & Barring
Service) check. A DBS check will disclose any convictions,
and HR decide if the nature of the offence bears a risk
to the organisation or customers. It also states all staff
(whether their role requires a DBS check or not) should
declare any convictions.
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