Unit 502

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Learning mentors tend to work on a one to one level or in small numbered groups, a learning mentor must be a good listener, be able to encourage and motivate and act as a role model and encourage the build up of a mutually respectful relationship (Hayward, 2001).

Mentoring takes many forms and has many purposes, however, no uniform definition of mentoring exists (Bochke, 2001). Caffarella (1993) defined mentoring as “intense caring relationships in which person(s) with more experience work with less experienced person(s) to promote both professional

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 for the mentor is about challenging himself to perform to greater capabilities while nurturing a mentee and stretching them to realise their full potential. Mentors counsel, tutor and guide their mentees in developing themselves.

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