We offer a range of programmes to our DHCW staff that help our staff gain experience through formal training, frontline NHS experience, coaching and mentoring.
Mentoring and Coaching are key tools that can be used for career development opportunities. These tools can also help a person to realise what their aspirations are, increase leadership skills and access support through a personal or professional transition.
Mentoring and Coaching share a number of principles and approaches. Both tools are intended to be supportive and non-judgmental with a great degree of confidentiality and clear boundaries throughout the process.
Coaching - Someone with no prior knowledge of you, doesn’t know your area, colleagues, or context and will bring more impartiality to the conversation
- Someone who doesn’t have technical expertise in your field
- Help to address specific work-related challenges around people or projects, or issues relating to career development
- Someone who will support you in generating your own solutions and taking responsibility for actions, rather than giving advice.
- Someone who will bring a range of approaches, tools and interventions to the conversation
An opportunity to work within a shorter time frame with a fixed number of meetings - Coaching is offered via 4 sessions over a 4 -6 month period – though this can be extended.
MentoringYou may prefer a Mentor if:
- You are looking for someone who knows far more about the context you work in, and may well be an expert.
- You need someone experienced in your field
- You want someone who may be a role model and can give advice and direction
- You are looking for support over a more extended period of time – up to a year or maybe longer
- You may want the focus to be on you as a whole person and particularly relate to career progression/enhancement
Please note that the Mentor must not have a line management relationship with the Mentee.
DHCW currently has a number of internal trained Coaches and Mentors and is able to support our staff in finding a Coach or Mentor, for more information, please contact DHCW.WFOD@wales.nhs.uk.
We also work with the Academi Wales All Wales Coaching Network 
, which hosts accredited Coaches from across the Public Sector in Wales. If you're interested in finding a coach to help your own personal or professional development, you can sign up to the Academi Wales All Wales Coaching Network website and search their list of coaches .
