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Februrary 2024

Member-Based

Mentoring Program

The Member-Based Mentoring (MBM) program is funded by the Centre. This program is exclusively available to our members and is designed to build the leadership capacity of current and next generation leaders across child and family services.

“It has enabled me to think through the next steps in my career progression and open myself up to new opportunities.”

“Perspective on my current situation. A look into how other organisations work.”

“Establishing confidence in approaching challenges differently, exploring ideas for reflection and self-development. External perspectives on work role and cultural challenges.”

“It has been great having someone completely removed from my day-to-day work/organisation.

"My mentor has prompted me to act on a few different things and encouraged my broader thinking.”

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Developing Child and Family Services Leadership

Mentorship is a developmental relationship in which one person, usually more experienced or senior, takes time to assist the career, professional or personal development of someone else, who is known as a mentee.

Mentoring is most often a one-on-one relationship but is sometimes done in groups.
A mentoring relationship is one that is built on trust, in which there is an exchange of knowledge, experience and goodwill.

Why Mentoring?

ACT

As a source of Information and insight regarding career development or strategies for achieving professional goals

RECOMMEND

Possible resources to improve specific skills Help the mentee solve professional challenges in their working life

SOLVE

Support the mentee solve professional challenges in their working life

PROFESSIONAL

share professional wisdom on ethics and workplace related options for how these may be addressed

Mentor Benefits

Leadership

Elevate membership leadership capacity. Expanding talent pool to take on leadership roles within the association

STRENGTHEN

Services as a whole, building leadership capabilities that benefit the sector’s businesses, educational and government bodies.

PREPARE

Help to prepare another generation of leaders

Transform

Create learning environments and skills, in turn developing transformational leadership capacity

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