MENTORSHIP Level Ups!
Ignite XP
1XP!
2XP!
3XP!
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge by supporting someone using simple mentoring skills. Earners have listened and responded respectfully; given a clear message or instruction with support; and identified a helpful way to give feedback. Earners have followed a basic safety rule; understood boundaries; identified who to ask for help; and when to report a concern. Earners have collected evidence and reflected on what went well and what to try next.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has communicated clearly and used feedback to support others by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in coaching by communicating in a helpful way. They have gained awareness of mentorship and learnt about teaching.
- Earner has made safe decisions and used escalation routes by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in supporting others by following safety and escalation rules. They have gained awareness of the importance of sensitivity and learnt about diplomacy.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organisation, reflection, and trying again by collecting simple evidence and reflecting. They have gained awareness of interviews, personal strengths, transferable skills, and learnt about a curriculum vitae (CV).
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge by communicating clearly with different people, using appropriate tone and active listening to confirm understanding. Earners have given and received feedback and used it to improve support. Earners have recognised common risks; followed agreed escalation routes; and recorded concerns or actions appropriately. Earners have organised evidence into a portfolio, summarised learning, and updated a progression plan with next steps.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has communicated clearly and used feedback to support others by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in coaching by applying communication and feedback skills. They have gained awareness of mentorship and learnt about teaching theory.
- Earner has made safe decisions and used escalation routes by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in supervision by applying safe decision-making. They have gained awareness of organisational structure and learnt about consultation processes.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organising evidence, using feedback, and reflection by organising evidence and summarising learning. They have gained awareness of their progress, next steps, transferable skills, and learnt about interviews, curriculum vitae (CV), and applications.
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge by evaluating communication choices; coaching practice; and using coaching-style questions to support learning and performance. Earners have used feedback and evidence to plan improvement for self and others; analysed risks; and justified decisions in ethical dilemmas by using agreed escalation routes. Earners have proposed improvements to reduce risk, support inclusion, and curated a role-aligned portfolio with reflection and next steps.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has communicated clearly and used feedback to support others by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in coaching by evaluating communication and coaching practice. They have gained awareness of leadership development and learnt about mentorship.
- Earner has made safe decisions and used escalation routes by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in people management by evaluating risk and managing ethical dilemmas. They have gained awareness of the importance of sensitivity and learnt about diplomacy.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in curriculum vitae (CV) writing, cover letter writing, job applications, and reflection by curating a progression-focussed portfolio. They have gained awareness of transferable skills, professionalism, and learnt about reflection, progress tracking, and interview skills.
Ascend XP
1XP!
2XP!
3XP!
Earners completed an employer-led mentoring challenge by practising clear communication and respectful listening, including giving a clear message or instruction with support and identifying simple ways to give helpful feedback. They identified basic safety rules (safeguarding, boundaries), knew who to ask for help, and recognised when to report a concern. They provided evidence from at least two activities and reflected on what went well and what to try next time.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has communicated clearly and used feedback to support others by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in mentorship, coaching, and peer support by communicating in a helpful way. They have gained awareness of supporting others (including supporting colleagues) and learnt about peer engagement.
- Earner has made safe decisions and used escalation routes by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in supervision, sensitivity, and diplomacy by following safety and escalation rules. They have gained awareness of organisational awareness, people management, and learnt about consultation and supporting others.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organisation, reflection, and trying again by collecting simple evidence and reflecting. They have gained awareness of interviews, personal strengths, transferable skills, and learnt about a curriculum vitae (CV).
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led mentoring challenge by communicating clearly with different people using an appropriate tone and active listening to confirm understanding. They gave and received feedback and used it to improve, described common risks including safeguarding, and followed agreed escalation routes, recording concerns and actions clearly. They built a simple portfolio, summarised learning using evidence, and updated a progression plan with actions and a timeline using feedback and reflection.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has communicated clearly and used feedback to support others by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in coaching, sensitivity, mentorship, and supporting others by applying communication and feedback skills. They have gained awareness of supporting colleagues, peer engagement, and learnt about peer support.
- Earner has made safe decisions and used escalation routes by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in supervision, sensitivity, organisational awareness, and people management by applying safe decision-making. They have gained awareness of confidence building in others, diplomacy, and learnt about consultation and supporting others.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organising evidence, using feedback, and reflection by organising evidence and summarising learning. They have gained awareness of their progress, next steps, transferable skills, and learnt about interviews, curriculum vitae (CV), and applications.
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led mentoring challenge by evaluating communication choices and impact and using coaching-style questions to support learning and performance. They used feedback and evidence to plan improvements for themselves and others, analysed risks with safe actions, and evaluated ethical dilemmas to justify decisions, including improvements that reduce risk and support inclusion. They curated a role-aligned portfolio evidencing development over time and next steps.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has communicated clearly and used feedback to support others by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in adaptive leadership, coaching, and mentorship by evaluating communication and coaching practice. They have gained awareness of leadership development, team effectiveness, and learnt about training, learning, and workshop facilitation.
- Earner has made safe decisions and used escalation routes by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organisational awareness, sensitivity, supervision, and diplomacy by evaluating risk and managing ethical dilemmas. They have gained awareness of people management, human resources, resource management, and learnt about consultation and supporting others.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in curriculum vitae (CV) writing, cover letter writing, job applications, and reflection by curating a progression-focussed portfolio. They have gained awareness of transferable skills, professionalism, and learnt about reflection, progress tracking, and interview skills.