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Introduction to Coaching & Mentoring for Veterinary Supervisors

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Duration

6 weeks | two-hour sessions per week

Location
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Course Overview

What You’ll Gain

  • A clear understanding of the difference between coaching and mentoring
  • Insight into who benefits from each approach and when to apply them
  • The ability to use coaching models effectively in real-world settings
  • Skills to ask powerful questions and create a safe, supportive environment
  • Practical tools to apply coaching techniques in the veterinary nursing context
  • Confidence to lead, inspire, and empower your team

Expert-Led Learning: this course is taught by a highly qualified coach and educator with deep experience in land-based industries, ensuring content is relevant, practical, and tailored to the veterinary field.

 

Why This Course?

  • Designed for experienced veterinary professionals
  • Focused on real-world application in clinical and team settings
  • Helps you become a more effective leader, mentor, and communicator
  • Supports career progression and team development

 

Modules

Candidates on the course will:

  • Recognise the difference between coaching and mentoring
  • Identify who benefits from coaching or mentoring approaches
  • Describe and explain the purpose of a coaching model
  • Recognise and use effective questions
  • Describe the skills of an effective coach
  • Explain how to create the right environment for effective coaching
  • Analyse a range of coaching resources and how they can be used
  • Apply a coaching model to your professional practice
  • Practise and apply coaching skills to the Veterinary Nursing environment

Module breakdown

Week

 

1

Induction

Course Outline and expectations

2

Recognise the difference between coaching and mentoring

Identify the benefits of coaching and who it can support

Practical Coaching

 

3

Describe a coaching model 

Explain the purpose of the model

Recognise the different elements of the GROW coaching model and explain the purpose of each

Practical Coaching with focus on using the model

 

4

Recognise the skills of an effective coach

Analyse the skills of an effective coach

Practical coaching with focus on coaching skills

5

Recognise different types of questions

Analyse questions and establish their purpose

Practical coaching with a focus on questioning

 

6

Explain the creation of an effective coaching environment

Analyse a range of coaching resources and how they can be used and adapted

Practical Coaching using given resources

Assessment

You will be assessed informally and be given feedback throughout the course on both theoretical knowledge and practical skills.

Entry Requirements

This course is for:

  • Registered Veterinary Nurses in clinical practice
  • Clinical Supervisors working with students of Veterinary Nursing
  • Student Veterinary Nurses
  • Veterinary Surgeons working in clinical practice

 

Please Note: Attendance is required at every in-person session throughout the six-week course.

Course Cost 

Please note âÓ¶¹appÏÂÔØ have recently secured funding, allowing for a reduction in price to a selection of veterinary & hydrotherapy courses, subject to eligibility*.

*Learners will be eligible for funding if they were aged over 19 on 31st August 2024 and have been resident in the UK for the last 3 years. Learners living in devolved areas (eg Greater London Combined Authority) will not be eligible for funding. Learners currently undertaking an apprenticeship will not be eligible for funding.

Price (non-funded learners): £500

Price (funded learners): £300

Course Fees

Students aged 24+ who are studying a second Level 3 course or aged 24+ who are studying their first Level 3 course will have to pay tuition fees, depending on the course.

Students on low income who can prove they earn less than £25,750 (from 1st August 2025); are unemployed; or receive state benefits could be entitled to a tuition fee waiver.

Find out more on our course fees and funding page

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