We recognise that working with children and families can be demanding and challenging. Practitioners are under increasing pressure, navigating complexity whilst seeking to work in an attuned, relationship-focused way. The care paradox tells us that people who care for others don’t always care for themselves or recognise the signs of compassion fatigue and burnout.
Our Reflective Coaches are trained to support you as you support others.
“How you are… is as important as what you do.”
Jeree H. Pawl (1930-2021)
How to access Reflective Coaching and Evaluation Support?
Fill out the Evaluation, Reflective Coaching & Accreditation Form. This unique form allows you to access Evaluation and Reflective Coaching support, but also starts the process of accreditation.
It is a short form that we will use to ask for details of the intervention you are delivering. After this, we will be in touch to support you with Evaluation and Reflective Coaching, and to start the accreditation process, you can learn more about this below.
Reflective Coaching
Reflective Coaching part of the free support we offer to trained practitioners from Mellow Parenting. This is an opportunity to reflect on your group delivery, celebrate areas of success and explore challenges. It is free of charge for all trained Mellow Practitioners and is necessary to obtain Accreditation. You can access RC every time you run an intervention, regardless if you are already accredited.
Reflective Coaching sessions last up to an hour. Before the consultation, we ask you to reflect on what has gone well and what has been more challenging. You can use this time to ask questions and freely discuss your Mellow Group or One-to-one in a safe space. If your programme includes a parent-child interaction film, we will ask you to share a video with us and talk through how you used ‘Say what you See’ and gave strengths-based feedback.
You might have one or two sessions of RC; this is up to the RC Consultant and yourself.
Evaluation
When you fill out the Evaluation, RC & Accreditation Form, the Evaluation Team will be in touch to send you the evaluation questionnaires/links for your group or one-to-one intervention. This data will come directly to Mellow and will be used to evaluate the impact of your intervention. At the end of the programme, Mellow Parenting will send you an evaluation report with the results. This is very useful for us to know the impact of our programmes, but it is also great for you and your service to measure the interventions and the voices of the people you support.
You will be provided with a unique evaluation link and a QR code for your group/one-to-one participants (one pre-intervention and one post-intervention). Practitioners will open this on a device (open the link or scan the QR code with a phone) and support their participants in completing it.
Participants will be asked to complete both evaluations. Some participants might not want to answer the questions; this is fine since it is their right (if this is the case, inform the evaluation team so they know how many participants’ answers they should expect). Facilitators will also complete a Practitioner post-group survey.
Remember to...
- Support participants to fill out the pre and post-evaluation, explain why we ask them to fill this out and any questions they might have about their privacy (this is all explained at the beginning of the questionnaire and on the members area of the website)
- Keep Progress-Review Sheet & Attendance Log up to date throughout sessions
- Fill out the practitioner evaluation
- If you are using paper copies for evaluation, you would need to scan and send those to evaluation@mellowparneting.org.
Accreditation
Accreditation will help you deliver interventions at the highest standards, verified by us through Reflective Coaching and Evaluation. It will also extend the certification of your training for 2 years.
As an Accredited Practitioner, you are effectively an advocate for Mellow Parenting and can take advantage of exclusive benefits.
- FREE ACCESS to Exclusive Events
- 10% OFF Participants’ Journals
- 10% OFF Updated Programme Manuals
- 15% OFF Trainings
- 50% OFF Ticketed Events
Start your journey towards Accreditation by filling out the form below about your next intervention, then access Reflective Coaching and get the participants in your group to fill out the evaluation questionnaires.
A Short Guide through the Process of Accreditation by the Mellow Team
Before your group or one-to-one intervention starts...
- Fill out the form about your planned delivery of the programme; this helps us know where the programme is delivered, and we can also be in touch and offer you the support you need.
- If you fill out the form, you will be contacted by the Evaluation Team; make sure you have your evaluation questionnaires ready before the group starts.
- A RC consultant would be in touch to arrange a suitable time and date for your Reflective Coaching during your group/one to one. It is best to arrange this in advance.
When you’re in the middle of your groups or one-to-one...
- You will support participants in filling in the pre-evaluation; this can be on paper questionnaires or with a link. We recommend using the links since these are easier to manage. If you use paper copies, you would need to scan and send those to evaluation@mellowparenting.org.
- You will have one or two Mellow Parenting Reflective Coaching sessions
When the group is finished...
- You will support practitioners to fill out the post-evaluation and make sure the evaluation team have these.
- You will fill out your practitioner evaluation.
- Mellow will review the evaluation data and the feedback from the RC Consultant and will be in touch to let you know the result of it. If you are accredited, this lasts 2 years and extends your certificate of training if this was about to expire.
If you need any support or have any questions about the process, contact enquiries@mellowparenting.org.
Download Mellow Parenting Accreditation Guidelines
