Ambassadors - Greater London
Information sessions for the 2010 National Training Awards are now well underway with more sessions taking place during March 2010. As well as finding out what makes a good submission, attendees hear an inspirational story from a 2009 winner. At the 1st London Session last week I was pleased to note that all 27 attendees said that they intended to submit an application.
A number of you are speaking at these sessions however we also need your help in bringing them to the attention of organisations and individuals that you feel would be good entrants.
Thank you for those of you that are spreading the work amongst Business Link Advisers, Investors in People Specialists, British Chambers of Commerce, Housing Associations, Job Centre + and Connexions. I really would like to hear of any other networking sessions or speaking opportunities that are taking place where we can promote both the 2010 awards and skills in general, or of conferences or meetings where the pop up stand can be displayed or leaflets distributed. I also have a couple of paragraphs that you could use on your website to promote the Information Sessions or could arrange for your website to link direct to the NTA website, please contact me if you would like to help.
London Ambassadors joined together for a Networking
Event on 4th March where we will shared good practice
and learning about latest developments in Leadership & Management,
Coaching and Investors in People, more details on the
event will follow in next month's edition.
Regional Award
Winner NSPCC
NSPCC Promotes
Safer Recruitment through "Value Based" Interviews
The NSPCC is pioneering a new method of interviewing for positions working with children.
The murder of two young girls by a school caretaker in 2002 shocked the world and highlighted a dilemma that faces schools and childrens' services around the UK: when recruiting, how do you weed out applicants who should not be working with children?
In its evidence to Sir Michael Bichard's 2004 inquiry, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) proposed a new method of interviewing based on values as well as the more usual knowledge and experience. The NSPCC's research found that managers had difficulty probing a candidate's attitudes, beliefs and motivations for working with children in-depth in a fair and consistent way. Often, these managers admitted to a "gut feeling" about the candidates they interviewed, but could not pin down the problem with normal interview techniques.
