Unit 502

Coaching: helping another person to improve awareness, to set and achieve goals in order to improve a particular behavioural performance.

UNIT 524. Facilitate change, in health and social care or children and young people’s settings.

Unit 401 – Understanding the Principles and Practice of Internally Assuring the Quality of Assessment

One definition of coaching is “Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance.” (Coaching for performance, Sir John Whitmore 1992). Or to expand on this; Simply defined, coaching is one person guiding another through a process, leading to performance enhancement. The applications can vary, support to achieve a specific project, helping an individual to do better what they already do well, or developing a skill they don't yet possess.

These snacks are offered freely and never forced upon a child. We’re not to bring in unhealthy snacks for ourselves or eat in front of the children, and if we have unhealthy food it must be kept in a cupboard hidden and put away.

Assess strategies and methods used to minimise the harm to children, young people and their families where abuse is confirmed (M3). Justify responses where child maltreatment or abuse id suspected or confirmed, referring to current legislation and policies (D2)

Mentoring involves a manager passing on his/her knowledge and expertise to an employee. Typically, the employee has a mentor who is at management level but not directly involved in his or her work area, so that issue s can be discussed in an impartial and confidential manner.

Quantitative data can be described as measurable factual and accurate data, i.e. sales, volumes and costs. Can be developed with historic records. Quantative data is more objective rather than subjective focusing on key issues.

Tissues are groups of cells, which are placed together to achieve a common function. There are four main types of tissue: Epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous. Most of these tissues are found in our bodies, however the epithelial tissue is covered all over the surfaces of the body.

Coaching allows an individual to ‘unlock’ their potential through use of questioning techniques to find their own solutions and develop

Though increasingly professionalised, coaching has no standard definition (ILM 2014 report ‘Coaching for success’). Understanding of coaching and coaching success varies amongst individuals, including coaches themselves.(Please list of definitions in appendix) Part of Wilson’s (2013) definition describes an ‘evolving relationship of mutual confidence’. The ILM definition states the need for ‘people to find their own solutions’. Passmore et al (2011) state the importance of ‘personal responsibility of the participant’. This critical review found the ILM definition below most helpful (key words underlined). It is felt these statements with the ones above most closely match the competencies of evaluating and goal setting that this critical review

Mentoring is a way to make employees feel more fulfilled, engaged and productive in the work environment (Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/200636421?accountid=13211).

One way or another, we’ve all gone through coaching, whether we knew it at that time or not, or you might have used coaching to improve a person's performance, without even knowing it as well. It’s a valuable way of developing people's skills, abilities and boosting performance. It can also assist curbing issues or challenges beforehand. A coaching session typically takes place as a two-way conversation between the coach and the coachee and focuses on helping the coachee discover answers for themselves. It’s impressive that at OBW, coaching is considered to be a positive and proven approach for helping others explore their goals and ambitions, and then finally achieve them.

Coaching is about performing at your best through the individual and private assistance of someone who will challenge, stimulate and guide you to keep growing.

The mentor is a person who we can compare to the football team leader. He "runs on the field, chases the ball, shoots goals". He spends most of his time explaining what needs to be done, he also does the work which no. He