Business Mentor

Programme Aim

The SFEDI Endorsed Award for Business Mentors is designed to enable practitioners to build effective business mentoring to small business owners and managers.

Business Mentor Framework

The award is made up of three sections based on the SFEDI National Occupational Standards for Business Support:

  • Personal Professional Development
  • Building Business Mentoring Relationships
  • Delivering Business Mentoring

Who is this award for?

This award is for those who share their skills, knowledge, experience and contacts with entrepreneurs in small businesses. Providing an impartial view, you encourage those you mentor to look at their business from a distance, to clarify their thinking and determine appropriate action.

Delivery

Every candidate will have a personal assessor allocated to them.

A typical journey towards achieving the qualification will involve:

  • Completion of a self-assessment against the award framework
  • An initial meeting with your assessor to review your existing skills/current role. Together you will plan how you will demonstrate that you meet the standards and how you will fill any gaps through a development plan.
  • Observation(s) by your assessor of you carrying out your role, feedback and discussion.
  • Gathering evidence to demonstrate that you meet the requirements of the qualification.
  • A final professional discussion and agreement of ongoing professional development.

 

You would normally be expected to complete the qualification within 12 months.

What about training and development?

As with other SFEDI awards, you are not required to attend specific courses or programmes of study. Where you identify a gap in your knowledge or performance you decide, in consultation with your assessor, how you will fill that gap.

WMQC offers various workshops and/or mentoring to meet your specific needs. Your assessor will be able to discuss these with you.

Want to know more?

If you would like further information, an application form, or an informal chat about this award, please contact:

Programme Manager
Linda Henry
024 7656 1500
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