Life Coaching Frances Donohoe MAC Member Association For

Life Coaching Frances Donohoe MAC Member Association For Coaching 19/06/2013

What is Coaching? • Coaching is an interactive process that helps individuals develop, set better goals, take more action, make better decisions and learn fully to use their natural strengths. • Professional coaches are trained to listen and observe, to customise their approach to the individual clients needs and to elicit solutions and strategies from the client.

Local perspective-South Aberdeenshire • December 2011 -Bid to South Forum • January 2012 -Establishment of Steering Group for • • Coaching Pilot February 2012 –Feedback to South Forum 1 st March 2012 - Training provided ‘Make a Change’ by Coaching Direct to 12 members of South Forum 15 th March Reviewed training and feedback 29 th March 2012 - Steering group recommended 5 people to attend 1: 1 Coaching and 2 members to attend further training

Make a Change Coaching Workshop Kirsty Mc. William 1 st March 2012 Stonehaven

Some feedback from course: • ‘this was a most valuable course. I have learnt a lot about myself scary as it was a times and about coaching itself’ • ‘a great taster of coaching potentials. The steps provide a helpful progression for people to engage in opportunities, creativity of their life to move ahead and own their future in whole new perspective and ways’ • ‘Inspirational! Motivational!’ • ‘This workshop emphasised my own needs & abilities & to use them to achieve my goals. ’

Coaching for Continued Change The funding from the South Forum for this pilot was used to enable five members of the South Forum to avail of 6 one to one coaching sessions following the success of the one day ‘Make a Change Course’ on 1 st March 2012.

Outcome vision achieved in that… • Coachees feel able and confident to identify directions in life that give them inspiration to move forward with their life • Coachees feel able and confident to move on from services and take responsibility for their own future and continued recovery • Specialist services feel more equipped to release service users who receive coaching in the knowledge their continued recovery will be enhanced by community supports

The DIRECT coaching model Direction Inspiration Responsibility Empowerment Challenge Trust Set your path Feel inspired and motivated to change Take responsibility and commit to action Recognise that they can do it Challenge yourself to achieve, develop and learn Trust yourself

Further developments • April 2012 Feedback to South Forum • May 2012 Preparation for training in Edinburgh by 2 members of South Forum to attend the Multidisciplinary Certificate in Coaching • June 1: 1 Coaching sessions commenced • Feedback to forum on 18 th June • Initial meeting re gardening project • Attended Association for Coaching Conference on 22 nd June as helper • Invited to volunteer with Association for Coaching Aberdeen

July 2012 on. . • Ongoing 1: 1 sessions • 14 th August –further development of Synaxis • • gardening project as a result of Inspirational goal set at ‘Make a Change’ day on 1 st March 27 August-Feedback to South forum 1 st September -2 members commenced Multidisciplinary Course in Professional Coaching Practice

Sept on… • • 5 th Sept. Synaxis meeting, Coaching and Mentoring training Woodhill House GROW model-Goal-Reality-Options-What Next AC Event on Resilience-Dr Chris Johnstone 15 th Day 3 of Multidisciplinary Coaching Certificate in Edinburgh attended by 2 South forum members 18 th Launch of Alcohol Drug Partnership Healthier, Happier and Safer Aberdeenshire Strategy attended by members of steering group 28 th September Support to attendees on Multidisciplinary Coaching Certificate and attendance on Day 5 with them in Edinburgh

0 ct 12 -March 2013 • 1 st October-Attended Strategy meeting of Local Association of • • • Coaching Aberdeen Coaching hours achieved meant progression form Associate Member Association for Coaching to Member Association for Coaching Invitation to newly trained coaches to attend Co-Coaching in Aberdeen Supervision from Team Lead Association for Aberdeen Establishment of links with University of Aberdeen/SAMH Service users gaining qualifications in self coaching in Aberdeen City ran by Comas through Aberdeen Foyer and one South Aberdeenshire service user attended NHS conference at AECC included workshop by COMAS Edinburgh and information on Serenity Café and invitation to visit

April 2013 to date • • • Service users closed to services and moving to roles as volunteers Support to develop Peer Support groups Visit to Serenity Café with support from ADP on 25 th June attended by 2 staff and 15 services users/volunteers from across 3 areas of Aberdeenshire Possibility of site for Synaxis Gardening Project explored Pilot now complete on Coaching for Continued change. 5 people have been offered six 1: 1 coaching sessions with positive feedback 4 of original participants back in paid employment 1 linked back to further support From Make a Change Day we now have a service user as a volunteer with Community Substance Misuse Service 2 members of the Steering group have completed Multidisciplinary Coaching Certificate 4 have been offered support with ongoing sustainability of their inspirational goals Others have linked it to Continuing Professional Development

Whats next… • • • Feedback from visit to Serenity Café submitted Establishment of Peer Support Group in Stonehaven Linking in with acupuncture which is being offered twice weekly by community substance misuse service as a supportive strategy and use of relaxation workbooks and CDs to sustain this Progression of Synaxis gardening project Support, Supervision and personal development of volunteers and progression to paid employment Linking into other services and signposting to support with 1: 1 if requested

Linking practice to theory… • National and local strategies • Self directed support • Integration of health and social care • Feedback from service users • What works. .

Recommendations: • Based on discussions at South forum and visit to Serenity Café here is some feedback to establish further training for a Recovery Community based on real experience …’interested in getting Comas training in self coaching to build confidence’. . ’Its all about helping one another in our community, in life. . ’. . having done self coaching course would be keen to progress to Recovery Coach Training. . would like to be able to access support even in a virtual way. . more support in evenings and weekends in a place where everyone is made to feel welcome and not labelled. . good to see community development approach of serenity café operating at 2 levels of steering group and ideas group with paid staff and volunteers working together and volunteers progressing to paid employment

Questions Thank you