What was required?
Services that would enable the Local Authority to:
- Maximise the skills and talents of aspiring Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, [BME] middle and senior school leaders and social workers
- Strengthen the support given to BME leaders who were either new in senior leadership posts or aspiring to senior leadership positions
- Identify best race equality and employment practice
How Integrity Coaching Helped
Integrity Coaching provided three key services to enable the Local Authority to move forward in the areas that it had identified
- Learning for Leadership Transformation: A four day ILM accredited development programme for aspiring BME teachers and social workers who want to move forward in their careers , this programme has so far been successfully delivered to two mixed groups of BME aspiring social workers and teachers
- Fulfilling Your Vision: We provided 1:1 Coaching for newly appointed BME senior leaders working across Children and Young People’s Services to enable them to successfully adjust to the demands of their new positions
- Coaching for All: We trained non-BME senior leaders e.g. Assistant Directors, on issues relating to coaching and the BME context, so that they in turn could provide better support for their BME employees
Impact
The impact of our work is best summed up in the testimonials below:
‘The training and preparation provided by Integrity Coaching has been invaluable. I have no hesitation in recommending Integrity to colleagues who wish to drive forward their commitment to ensuring that BME staff are full and equal partners in succession planning’
Jack Cordery, Assistant Director, Wandsworth Children’s Services
‘The LfLT programme had a huge impact on my ability to acquire a substantive headship. No amount of leadership skills training could have impacted in the same way’
Collette Morris, Primary headteacher, Wandsworth.
