Role of the Mentor by Val Walker, Mentor Support Officer

1. Role of the Mentor
Val Walker
Mentor Support Officer

2. What does mentoring mean to you?
• Your experience of mentoring
• How do we define mentoring?

3. Mentoring for CILIP Professional Registration
For the purposes of the CILIP scheme mentoring is defined as:
“a partnership through which one person shares knowledge,
skills, information and perspective to foster the personal and
professional growth of someone else”
CILIP Chartership: a guide for members 2014

4. • Every candidate has a mentor
• No line managers!
• Key source for criteria 3 – look outside of sector
• Flexible relationship - Can be outside of your region
Professional Registration
Mentoring

5. Professional Registration
Finding your mentor

6. • Make a personal approach
• Take time to craft a request, don’t ‘mailshot’ multiple
mentors at the same time!
• Persevere – keep searching if your initial choices are not
possible
Finding your mentor

7. Mentoring Agreement Checklist
• Establish expectations and timescales
• Determine boundaries
• Check what confidentiality means to both of you
• Frequency of meetings –distance or face to face
• Communication and emergency contacts

8. Get to know each other!
• Work/life balance
• Interests outside work
• Career history
• Where do you want to be in 5 years time?
• Greatest achievements –and failures

9. Prepare for the first formal meeting
• CV and current job description/ role profile
• Organisational structure chart
• Draft PKSB if possible
• Be prepared to take notes and action points

10. The Mentoring Meeting Agenda
• What do you want to discuss today?
• What has been achieved since the last meeting?
• Any insights or conclusions
• What challenges are you facing?
• What actions need taking before the next meeting

11. Finishing the mentor process
• What if it isn’t working?
• Review the outcomes – what has been delivered
• Completion forms
• Stay in touch!

12. Contact details
Val Walker
vmwalker@blueyonder.co.uk