1. Mentor Training Session 2

2. House keeping Fire drill Mobile Phones Confidentiality
Hand in documents for DBS checks

3. Introductions Helen Costa – CEO, The Cornerstone Partnership
Hilary Wilson – Mentor Support Assistant, The Cornerstone Partnership
Judith Allen – Social Worker Tri-borough
Mentors

4. Mentor Training will include
Knowledge:
The adoption system (national & local)
Resources and entitlements
Cornerstone
Skills:
Coaching/ active listening
Frameworks:
Mentor role including supervision & escalation
Mentoring contract
Cornerstone & Tri-borough
Safeguarding

5. Session Two 1hr 40 mins 20mins Case studies Safeguarding
Coaching Skills
Active Listening & Judgement
Role play
Safeguarding
Types of abuse
Signs to look for
Examples
Q & A session
Assigning families
LMS – learning platform
Q&A
1hr
40 mins
20mins

6. Case Studies

7. Case Study 1 Pre-assessment – stage 1 of the process
Needs help with family tree
Asks you to comment on what she’s written about her chronology
s you her papers
You meet up and she divulges that they only finished IVF treatment in January
What are the issues ?
How far do you go in supporting ?
What do you do about the IVF issue ?
Role Play Volunteer !
Examples of active listening – how did you know the mentor was listening ?
Examples of phrases that demonstrate coaching / ask rather than tell ?
Any other bits/ phrases you liked ?

8. Case Study 2 Post Placement – 2 months in, 4 yr old girl
Paternal and maternal rejection, wanting to return to birth mother
Challenging behaviour towards the Mum in particular
No bonding happening, Mum is angry with the child and expresses dislike
Sweet and compliant at school
Mum and Dad at wits end – very critical of social worker, have given 48hrs notice to remove the child
What are the issues ?
How far do you go in supporting ?
What do you do about the issue of the Mum disliking the child ?
Role Play Volunteer !
Examples of active listening – how did you know the mentor was listening ?
Examples of phrases that demonstrate coaching / ask rather than tell ?
Any other bits/ phrases you liked ?

9. Case Study 3
Post-assessment – waiting for a match, has been waiting 2 months
Getting very agitated and wants to complain about social worker not doing enough to find a match
What are the issues ?
How far do you go in supporting and what advice could you give on looking for a child ?
What do you do about them wanting to complain about the social worker ?
Role Play Volunteer !
Examples of active listening – how did you know the mentor was listening ?
Examples of phrases that demonstrate coaching / ask rather than tell ?
Any other bits/ phrases you liked ?

10. Case Study 4
At matching stage – has been given 3 profiles of boys to look at
Wants to meet to discuss
She asks your opinion on the 3 boys – she asks you about your children and how did you choose
She asks to meet your child/ children
What are the issues ?
How far do you go in supporting ?
What do you do about the request to meet your child ?
Role Play Volunteer !
Examples of active listening – how did you know the mentor was listening ?
Examples of phrases that demonstrate coaching / ask rather than tell ?
Any other bits/ phrases you liked ?

11. Case Study 5 Pre-assessment – stage 1 of the process
Needs help with family tree
Asks you to comment on what she’s written about her chronology
s you her papers
You meet up and she divulges that they only finished IVF treatment in January
What are the issues ?
How far do you go in supporting ?
What do you do about the IVF issue ?
Role Play Volunteer !
Examples of active listening – how did you know the mentor was listening ?
Examples of phrases that demonstrate coaching / ask rather than tell ?
Any other bits/ phrases you liked ?

12. Any Questions?

13. Safeguarding What do we mean by safeguarding ?
What might the safeguarding issues we experience look like?
How should we handle any issues?
Non urgent – raise via supervisor
Urgent – contact the duty desk
Emergency duty numbers for Tri-borough are:
Hammersmith & Fulham –
Kensington & Chelsea –
Westminster –  
Monday to Friday – 5:00pm to 9:00am Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays: 24 hours

14. Online Safeguarding Training
Kwango – complete online
Send certificates to Hilary at Cornerstone
Username: rbwmhead
Password: royalbwm

15. Any Questions?

16. Learning Management System - LMS
Access to the training courses made available to adopters.
Videos from Dan Hughes, DDPi and adoptive parents.
Training in Art, Play, Music and Filial Therapy.
What you wish you had known before becoming an adoptive parent.

19. Next Steps First contact with mentees at the beginning of July
Online Safeguarding training
Key dates:
Support Session 29th June 2015
Beginning Attachments 8th & 17th July and 11th September