Mentoring for people in health and human services.
Health and Human Services is a government administration field with its own language, its own way in and its own unwritten rules. A mentorhero session puts a mentee in front of somebody already doing that job for 30 minutes, so the questions get answered by a person instead of a search engine. Public sector recruitment rewards people who know the format. Mentoring shares that knowledge instead of hiding it.
- Session length
- 30 minutes
- Cost to the mentee
- Free
- Sector
- Government Administration
Why a session helps in health and human services.
The language of health and human services
A mentee leaves the session understanding the terms used on the job, not a glossary written by somebody outside it.
The route in, said plainly
Which qualifications, tickets or first jobs matter in health and human services, and which are a waste of money.
Thirty minutes, no cost to the mentee
Short enough that a working mentor can give it, long enough to change what somebody does next.
Somebody who has done the job
Mentors are matched on the work itself, so the person on the call recognises the problem straight away.
The language of government administration.
These are the terms that come up in a health and human services session, and what they mean in practice.
Grade and band
The structure that decides pay, responsibility and the next application.
Success profiles and competencies
The framework public sector applications are scored against, word for word.
Business case
How spending gets approved. Writing one well is a career skill.
Statutory duty
What the law requires you to do, and the boundary around every decision.
Where the jobs sit.
A mentor can walk a mentee through any of these, from the first job to the one after next.
Administrative officer
Case worker
Policy officer
Commissioning and contracts
Service manager
Senior civil service
The questions that come up.
Writing an application that scores against the competencies
Moving between departments or from local to central government
Getting from operational delivery into policy
Whether a secondment is worth taking
Coming into the public sector from private industry
Half an hour is enough for this.
How the application and sift process is actually scored
What a policy or commissioning job involves day to day
How decisions get made and where the influence sits
Four steps, no cost.
- 01
Say what you do or want to do
Tell us the part of health and human services you are aiming at.
- 02
We match you
A mentor working in the field, chosen on the job rather than the job title.
- 03
Thirty minutes on video
Bring the questions. No preparation, no cost, no obligation.
- 04
Come back when you need to
Sessions are repeatable as the next decision arrives.
The things people ask first.
Do the mentors actually work in health and human services?
Yes. Matching is done on the work itself, so the mentor either works in health and human services now or has spent long enough in it to speak from experience.
What does it cost a mentee?
Nothing. Sessions are funded by our partner organisations, so mentees never pay.
I am changing careers into this field. Is that still a fit?
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons people book. Thirty minutes with somebody inside health and human services is the fastest way to find out whether the move is right before you commit to a course.
Can employers in this industry offer sessions to their people?
Yes. Partners fund sessions for their workforce, their candidates and their local community, and get live reporting on hours delivered.
Working in health and human services?
Give 30 minutes as a mentor, or book a session as a mentee. Both start on the same page.