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“A Call to Mentoring”©

  1. “A Call to Mentoring”© program has two components: 
  2. “A Call to Mentoring: Mentor Manager Toolkit”©  
  3. “A Call to Mentoring: A Direct Care Professional’s Guide to Mentoring”© 

Component One: For Employers: 

  “Mentor Manager Toolkit”©   

The “Mentor Manager Toolkit” is designed especially for employers of direct care/service professionals such as home health aides, certified nursing assistants, hospice aides, direct support professionals, and others who provide most of the hands on care and support to older Iowans and kids and adults with disabilities.

The “Mentor Manager Toolkit walks employers through the steps to ready their organization to develop, implement, maintain, and evaluate the ICA’s direct care professional peer mentor program.

The toolkit is:

  • Easy to Access
  • Easy to Use
  • Easy to Understand
  • Suitable for Various Care and Support Settings
  • Downloadable, Printable, and Modifiable
  • Adaptable to All Employment Settings
  • Based on Lessons Learned
  • Reviewed by Employers from Various Settings

    • IF YOU ARE READY TO GET STARTED CLICK HERE.

    Component Two: For Direct Care Professionals

    “A Direct Care Professional’s Guide to Mentoring”©

     “A Direct Care Professional’s Guide to Mentoring” is designed for direct care professionals (certified nursing assistants, home health aides, direct support professionals, patient care technicians, and hospice, rehabilitation, and medication aides.  This two-day program helps prepare direct care professionals to become peer mentors at their places of employment.

    DIRECT CARE PROFESSIONAL PEER MENTOR TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR 2012

    JUNE 11 AND 12, 2012 IN OTTUMWA, IOWA

    JUNE 25 AND 26, 2012 IN ANKENY, IOWA

    CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS IN FEBRUARY 2012