The public sector coaching & mentoring pool

Access accredited coaches and experienced mentors in the public sector

Our coaching and mentoring pool allows public sector employees to access free, high-quality coaching from accredited coaches and mentoring from experienced individuals who have valuable knowledge to share.

This innovative, practitioner led project is part of an ongoing drive to improve public sector performance. Over 40 organisations subscribe to the pool, collaborating to deliver coaching and mentoring, across the West Midlands and beyond. We are driven by a vision of enabling people to become the best they can be whatever the work environment.

What are the benefits?

Working with a coach or mentor in the pool can have a profound impact on your performance and confidence. It gives you the opportunity to work 1 to 1 with somebody who can guide you on how to truly excel in your role and helping you define the actions needed to realise your full potential. Focusing on specific issues in a professional setting enables reflection, bringing fresh insights.

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Benefits of having a coach

A coach can help you looking at different perspectives to enable you to think things through in a way that you couldn't do on your own.

Coaching can support you if you want to:

Make a change, no matter how big or small
Think through decisions or reimagine the future
Constructively review and enhance your approach and working style
Improve working relationships
Develop your resilience

If you are looking for someone with relevant skills to help develop your thinking, then coaching could be right for you.

Benefits of having a mentor

A mentor will help you through sharing their own experience and expertise.

Mentoring can help you gain:

Practical advice to or to deepen your technical knowledge
Understanding of how a service area or organisation works
Knowledge on how to work strategically or politically to get the job done
The chance to develop your networks

If you are looking for support from someone with credibility and experience to further your professional development, then mentoring may be your best choice.

Who you can go to

There are over 40 organisations subscribed to the Public Sector Coaching or Mentoring Pool, if your organisation is part of the pool, you can access free of charge coaching and mentoring.

Or click on your organisation logo to find out what is available to you and who to contact for further information.

Birmingham City Council

The Public Sector Coaching and Mentoring Pool offers the fantastic opportunity for you or your employees to receive free high quality executive coaching from fully qualified and accredited performance coaches, or mentoring from experienced individuals who have knowledge and expertise to share.

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Bromsgrove District Council

Working with a coach or mentor can make a profound impact on performance and confidence. Coaching and mentoring are proven to help enhance performance and the speed at which it is achieved.

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Cherwell District Council

A coach will help you through raising awareness; looking at different perspectives to enable you to think things through in ways you couldn’t do on your own and a mentor does this through sharing their experience and expertise.

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City of Wolverhampton Council

Working with a coach or mentor can make a profound impact on performance and confidence. Coaching and mentoring are proven to help enhance performance and the speed at which it is achieved.

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Civil Nuclear Constabulary

The Civil Nuclear Constabulary is committed to nurturing and supporting a healthy, capable and engaged workforce to have the skills and behaviours needed to protect civil nuclear sites and nuclear materials in England and Scotland.

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Coventry City Council

At Coventry City Council, we are committed to nurturing and developing our talent to foster a culture where everyone is supported to do and be the best they can be. Coaching and mentoring have been proven to support individual growth by enhancing performance and confidence.

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Dudley Council

We believe that staff and managers at any level within the organisations can benefit from coaching or mentoring to help with change and personal performance and that anyone should be able to access this fantastic resource.

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Gambling Commision

Colleagues who utilise the WME pool will have access to support from a group of experienced coaches and mentors from across the West Midlands with a variety of backgrounds and areas of expertise.

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Gloucester City Council

A coach will help you through raising awareness; looking at different perspectives to enable you to think things through in ways you couldn’t do on your own and a mentor does this through sharing their experience and expertise.

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Gloucestershire Constabulary

The Supportive Leadership and Wellbeing Coaching and Mentoring Programme aims to provide access to high quality effective coaching and mentoring to all in Gloucestershire Constabulary.

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Gloucestershire County Council

Accessing trained and accredited coaches and mentors from the range of organisations represented within the Pool offers a unique opportunity to focus on specific issues within a professional and confidential setting.

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Malvern Hills District Council

Working with a coach or mentor can make a profound impact on performance and confidence. Coaching and Mentoring are proven to help enhance performance and the speed at which it is achieved.

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Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

We are pleased to be able to develop our staff by offering access to both experienced internal and external coaches and mentors.

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NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board

A coach will help you through raising awareness; looking at different perspectives to enable you to think things through in ways you couldn’t do on your own and a mentor does this through sharing their experience and expertise.

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North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust

If you believe that Coaching or Mentoring would improve your performance and enable you to contribute further to the organisation’s success please complete the registration form on the online matching hub providing a clear summary of what you are looking to gain from a coaching/mentoring relationship.

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North Warwickshire Borough Council

North Warwickshire Borough believe coaching and mentoring have a key role to play in developing staff in our organisation. Being part of the pool means that we have access to a number of free coaching and mentoring sessions for employees and we need to make sure that the right people and situations have access to the service.

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Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council

A coach will help you through raising awareness; looking at different perspectives to enable you to think things through in ways you couldn’t do on your own and a mentor does this through sharing their experience and expertise. It could be an hour of focussed discussion, or over a number of short sessions.

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Oxfordshire County Council

You can use the Public Sector Coaching and Mentoring Pool website to search for available coaches in your area. This includes colleagues in Oxfordshire CC’s Internal Pool, as well as coaches from other public sector partners in the Pool.

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Redditch Borough Council

Working with a coach or mentor can make a profound impact on performance and confidence. Coaching and Mentoring are proven to help enhance performance and the speed at which it is achieved.

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Sandwell MBC

Sandwell Council, via the Public Sector Coaching and Mentoring Pool, offers a fantastic opportunity for managers and officers to receive high quality executive coaching and mentoring from fully qualified and accredited coaches and mentors

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Solihull Community Housing

Solihull MBC and Solihull Community Housing are proud to be working in partnership with West Midlands Employers to deliver our coaching and mentoring offer.

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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council

Solihull MBC believe coaching has a key role to play in developing staff in the organisation offering access to both internal and external coaches.

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Staffordshire Commissioner's Office

Accessing trained and accredited coaches and mentors from the range of organisations represented within the Pool offers a unique opportunity to focus on specific issues within a professional and confidential setting with someone from an external environment.

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Stratford-On-Avon District Council

A coach will help you through raising awareness; looking at different perspectives to enable you to think things through in ways you couldn’t do on your own and a mentor does this through sharing their experience and expertise.

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Telford and Wrekin Council

Do you see a gap between where you are and where you want to be? Could you do with some help and motivation to get there? If so, accessing a coach or mentor could be the answer.

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University of Gloucestershire

The pool provides staff access to trained coaches and mentors, offering a safe space to explore ideas, ambitions, issues and challenges in their professional life. It’s for anyone and everyone who would benefit from talking through situations and scenarios that may be creating feelings of stagnation or frustration.

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Walsall Council

There is open access to coaching and mentoring for all managers in Walsall Council.

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Warwick District Council

Warwick District Council is part of the Public Sector Coaching and Mentoring Pool organised by the West Midlands Employers. This means that we have access to a limited number of free coaching sessions for Leaders or Managers.

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Warwickshire County Council

A coach will help you through raising awareness; looking at different perspectives to enable you to think things through in ways you couldn’t do on your own and a mentor does this through sharing their experience and expertise. It could be an hour of focussed discussion, or over several short sessions.

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Warwickshire Police

Accessing trained and accredited coaches and mentors from the range of organisations represented within the Public Sector Pool offers a unique opportunity to focus on specific issues within a professional and confidential setting with someone from an external environment.

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West Midlands Combined Authority

The Public Sector Coaching and Mentoring Pool offers the fantastic opportunity for employees to receive free high quality coaching from fully qualified and accredited performance coaches, or mentoring from experienced individuals who have knowledge and expertise to share.

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West Midlands Employers

If you want to be at your best in your role, or you are looking to progress, then coaching or mentoring could be the tool to help you get there and faster than you might be able to do on your own.

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West Midlands Fire Service

West Midlands Fire Service believe coaching has a key role to play in developing staff in the organisation offering access to both internal and external coaches.

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West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police has established a coaching and mentoring pool, Coach 2 Grow, to improve organizational and personal performance. Coach 2 Grow aims to develop our people through coaching and mentoring to build their resilience, improve performance and unlock potential.

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Wychavon District Council

Working with a coach or mentor can make a profound impact on performance and confidence. Coaching and Mentoring are proven to help enhance performance and the speed at which it is achieved.

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Testimonials and case studies

Look at how people have benefited from the pool through our case studies.

It's a win-win: their coaches are gaining experience, new skills and qualifications while helping to guide and inspire people...

West Midlands Fire Service - making a splash
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We worked on the agreed goals and maintained focus by looking at what was making a difference...

Change perspective and improve solutions
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The coaching gave me an alternative outlook and helped me transition into my new role much better...

Different time, different focus, different coach
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How to access the portal

To join the pool, please complete the online registration form, providing a clear summary of what you want to gain from a coaching or mentoring relationship. If coaching is the best option for you, please register as a coachee. If you feel that mentoring would be more suitable, please register as a mentee. Your request will then be reviewed, and if approved, you will be given access to search for a coach or a mentor.

Should you have any further questions or simple want to talk it through with a member of our team, please contact us here.