{"id":25,"date":"2020-08-04T21:42:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/mvpscotland\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:28:06","slug":"accreditation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/mvpscotland\/mentors-support-team\/accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"
This area will highlight potential routes and resources for accrediting senior mentors delivering the MVP programme.<\/h5>\n
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  1. \u00a0A general mentor log created by MVP practitioners to aid mentors in documenting their experiences and outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Mentor Log<\/a><\/p>\n

    2.\u00a0 An award booklet created by practitioners for mentors undertaking the SQA Leadership Award Level 5<\/p>\n

    MVP Leadership Award Level 5 Logbook sample<\/a><\/p>\n

    3.\u00a0 An award booklet created by practitioners for mentors undertaking the SQA Leadership Award Level 6<\/p>\n

    MVP Leadership Award Level 6 Logbook sample<\/a><\/p>\n

    4.\u00a0 Case studies of awards used by schools<\/p>\n

    Awards Case Studies<\/a><\/p>\n

    5.\u00a0 Presentation from Education Scotland staff detailing potential awards and levels<\/p>\n

    Awards network presentation <\/a><\/p>\n

    6.\u00a0 Potential awards to consider<\/p>\n

    \"\"\u00a0Amazing Things<\/a> – Guide to youth awards in\u00a0 Scotland<\/p>\n

    Leadership Awards<\/a>
    \n(SCQF Levels 5 and 6)
    \nBuilding confidence and self-esteem, Leadership Awards develop the skills, styles and qualities essential for successfully leading activities. Endorsed by the Chartered Management Institute, the Awards also stress the importance to the leadership role of respecting differing cultures and beliefs.<\/p>\n

    Personal Achievement Awards<\/a>
    \n(SCQF Levels 1 and 2)
    \nSQA\u2019s Personal Achievement Awards recognise small but significant successes in a variety of areas. These Awards are ideal for learners with special educational needs, and for organisations working with learners who build up achievements in small steps. The themes of Developing Independence and Taking Part in the Community help develop confidence, independence and communication skills.<\/p>\n

    Personal Development Awards<\/a>
    \n(SCQF Levels 2 \u2013 6)
    \nPersonal Development Awards focus on developing personal skills and abilities as well as increasing knowledge of self through experiential learning. The Awards can help build self-confidence and resilience, with learners encouraged to take responsibility for their own learning. Through involvement in personal, group and vocational projects, learners can develop valuable interpersonal and task management skills, practical abilities and self-awareness.<\/p>\n

    Volunteering Skills Awards<\/a>
    \n(SCQF Levels 3 \u2013 5)
    \nThrough participation in volunteering activities, learners develop skills and personal development experience \u2014 ideal preparation for further education and employment. Encouraging responsibility, the Awards focus on the context of volunteering and see learners planning a volunteering placement, reviewing and reflecting on
    \ntheir skills and volunteering experience, and completing an investigative project.<\/p>\n

    Wellbeing Awards<\/a>
    \n(SCQF Levels 3 \u2013 5)
    \nThe aim of the Wellbeing Awards is to help learners explore factors that influence well-being and encourage them to undertake activities to improve it. These Awards take a holistic view of
    \nwell-being and provide learners with an opportunity to look at different ideas of health and well-being at a personal, community, societal or global level.<\/p>\n

    The Mentoring Award<\/a> SCQF level 4 has been designed to recognise the knowledge and skills developed by mentors when taking part in organised mentoring programmes.<\/p>\n

    The\u00a0Pope Benedict XVI CARITAS AWARD<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>encourages and promotes the ongoing faith journey of young people. It recognises that some are already active and committed within their homes, schools, parishes and dioceses and it invites others to respond to God\u2019s call of love. It supports and celebrates the faith witness which young people give within their communities.<\/p>\n

    DofE<\/a> is an external award that MVP can be used to support the volunteering aspect of the award.<\/p>\n

    Diana Award<\/a> Throughout all of our programmes and initiatives \u2018change\u2019 for and by young people is central. Our Anti-Bullying work encourages change in attitudes and behaviours for young people by young people, our Mentoring schemes guide change for some of the UK\u2019s most vulnerable young people and our flagship Award programme recognises the young people driving selfless change across the world<\/p>\n

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    The Youth Achievement Awards<\/a> are individual learning awards that provide a framework to support quality work with young people aged 14+. They offer formal recognition and accreditation for young peoples\u2019 achievements<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This area will highlight potential routes and resources for accrediting senior mentors delivering the MVP programme. \u00a0A general mentor log created by MVP practitioners to aid mentors in documenting their experiences and outcomes. Mentor Log 2.\u00a0 An award booklet created by practitioners for mentors undertaking the SQA Leadership Award Level 5 MVP Leadership Award Level … Continue reading Accreditation<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48426,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/mvpscotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/mvpscotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/mvpscotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/mvpscotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48426"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/mvpscotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/mvpscotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":762,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/mvpscotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/762"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/mvpscotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/mvpscotland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}