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The Mentoring Programme & the Role of a County Mentoring Officer

The Mentoring Programme & the Role of a County Mentoring Officer. Bruce Poole BA (Hons); Fellow ILCM; CMC SLCC Mentoring Officer & Elisabeth Skinner BA ; Cert.Ed.,ILTM; FILCM Academic Leader. The Plan. Introduce the scheme Explain the role of the County Mentoring Officer

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The Mentoring Programme & the Role of a County Mentoring Officer

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  1. The Mentoring Programme& the Role of a County Mentoring Officer Bruce Poole BA (Hons); Fellow ILCM; CMCSLCC Mentoring Officer& Elisabeth Skinner BA ; Cert.Ed.,ILTM; FILCM Academic Leader

  2. The Plan • Introduce the scheme • Explain the role of the County Mentoring Officer • Link to Society membership, training and the advisory service • Answer questions • Discuss ways of strengthening the scheme

  3. The Scheme • Underwritten by Government (National Training Strategy) • Designed to support clerks during their first year in the profession • Organised by the Society of Local Council Clerks (SLCC) • Part of the SLCC service to clerks whether they are members or not

  4. The Aim ……is to help new clerks settle into the profession and reduce the turnover of clerks……

  5. The Four Pillars • Welcome Pack and “The Essential Clerk” • A mentor • The network of local contacts • Links to training from CTP, SLCC, CALC, University of Gloucestershire

  6. The County Mentoring Officer • 45 branches are covered • CMO undergoes specialist training • Completes written assessment • Gains remuneration and CPD points

  7. The Support Process CMO • receives fortnightly listing of new clerks • makes contact • offers a chat, a meeting, support, listens • maintains contact through the first year • invites new clerk to networking and training events

  8. SLCC Membership Offers in addition • Lower cost training • Advisory service • Branch activities

  9. The Training Initiative • WWYC (Working With Your Council) with support from one-to-one mentors, training groups and the e-group • CiLCA (Certificate in Local Council Administration) 3. CPD programme of specialist topics • University of Gloucestershire advanced qualifications

  10. The Advisory Service Specialist advisors • Legal • Financial • Employment Regional advisors

  11. Thank you for listening Do you have any questions?

  12. Our Questions • Were you aware of the scheme? • Is the scheme helping in your area? • Do we need to improve the scheme and if so, how?

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