GROW is Roots HR’s learning and development service, developed specifically for social sector organisations including charities, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and co-operatives.
What is Learning and Development?
Learning and development helps individuals, teams and organisations develop new skills. This can be undertaken via a range of different methods to best suit the learners’ preferred style of learning e.g., classroom training, mentoring, coaching etc.
Roots HR’s Learning and Development Services
Roots HR offers a range of learning and development services that can be fully tailored to the specific needs of your organisation. In all cases we work with you to fully identify your learners’ needs and to make sure that our services deliver the required development outcomes.
Below are just a few topics that can be delivered by our social sector HR experts:
- People management for social sector line managers
- People management for social sector leaders
- Inclusive recruitment and selection
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Mental health and wellbeing at work
- Managing performance
- Menopause at work
- Dealing with contentious employment matters
- Discipline and grievance
- Undertaking effective investigations
We can also offer strategic learning and development services such as organisational or team skills audits and training needs analysis, development of an organisational learning and development strategy, policy and/or training plan and a review or evaluation of training effectiveness.
The Importance of Learning and Development in the Social Sector
By working with you to train, develop, coach or mentor individuals and teams, we can help you change, motivate and enhance the skills of people in your organisation to improve performance in the services you deliver.
Benefits of Learning and Development
Roots HR’s learning and development services are designed by social sector HR experts to make a positive difference to performance within your organisation, and which provide the best value for money in our field.
Our experience shows that individuals are attracted to organisations that seek to support their professional development. The provision of effective learning and development for your workforce can be a key indicator that you are an “employer of choice”, help you to retain key talent and achieve high levels of employee engagement, which can all have a positive impact on overall organisational performance.
We understand the importance of effective people management in social sector organisations. Through the provision of people management learning and development your managers will be better able to manager people. People management will be inclusive, fair and lawful and feel “normal” to your workforce; people management risks are minimised, and employees, workers and volunteers are retained so your service delivery is stable and your recruitment costs are minimised.
What Businesses Can Benefit from Learning & Development?
Roots HR’s learning and development services are designed and delivered specifically for social sector organisations including charities, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and co-operatives.
Learning & Development Services That Suit You
Roots HR offer a range of learning and development services, including:
Webinars – Webinars are a great way for your workforce to learn without having to leave the working environment. Delivered remotely by fully qualified HR consultants, via simple-to-use webinar technology, sessions typically run for one hour and can be delivered at a time convenient to you.
Upload – Upload is an exciting and simple knowledge transfer package, delivered from the HR experts in our organisation to you. Aimed at HR professionals, senior managers and leaders in the social sector, bespoke 1:1 sessions are specifically designed to supply the advice and information needed by individuals in your organisation to enable them to develop their knowledge and understanding, improve performance or develop in their roles.
Coaching – Coaching can unlock you or your team’s potential, enabling individuals to constantly grow and improve. Through a balanced mixture of observing, listening, supporting and asking questions, coaching can create an environment in which goals are identified, and individuals are supported in achieving them.
Training – Ranging from ½ day upwards, we offer a suite of training courses which are aimed at developing managers and supervisors with people management and/or health and safety responsibility, and ensuring your organisation meets minimum legal compliance.
Mentoring – Mentoring provides the opportunity for individuals in your organisation to work with qualified, experienced, supportive HR professionals whose knowledge, experience and contacts can be invaluable as development opportunities.
Facilitation – Facilitated away days, team days etc. are often helpful when used as part of strategic planning or communication process. Our HR Consultants will work with your Board or senior management team to help you understand your common objectives and assist you in planning to achieve them.
In all cases we work with you to fully identify your learners’ needs and to make sure that our services deliver the required development outcomes.
Learning & Development Fees
We will work with you to design and deliver effective customised learning and development. As such the costs will vary depending on the required learning outcomes, method of delivery etc.
Please contact us to discuss your needs and we can provide you with a proposal outlining the proposed costs.
Learning & Development Testimonials & Case Studies
Don’t just take it from us, here are a few examples of the feedback we get from clients
“I found Upload very easy to use and 100% focussed on my needs, making it an effective and efficient method of learning. Ideal for developing existing knowledge or for a subject which is new to you, I recommend it as a clear alternative to traditional methods.”
“Very knowledgeable and delivered the training with correct tone and pace”
“It was the right length of time going at a good pace and the speaker obviously knew their stuff”
“A digestible amount of content and really appreciated the tailoring to small organisations.”
“It was very informative, clear and concise”
You can also read some of the feedback from our clients on Trustpilot
Frequently Asked Questions
How much will learning & development services cost me?
We will work with you to design and deliver effective customised learning and development. As such the costs will vary depending on the required learning outcomes, method of delivery etc.
Please contact us to discuss your needs and we can provide you with a proposal outlining the proposed costs.
Do you offer any discounts?
A 5% discount is available on Roots HR’s hourly rate services for members of NCVO or Social Enterprise UK, Social Enterprise Mark Holders and Students/Fellows of the School for Social Entrepreneurs.
Is there anything you can give me for free?
We have a number of free resources available:
- Free hour of HR advice for social sector organisations
- Free HR Toolkits
- Free HR Factsheets
- HR blog
- Webinars
Who would deliver the HR training?
You’d be allocated one of our consultants who are highly skilled, technically knowledgeable, friendly and professional HR experts who bring with them substantial experience of having worked in social sector organisations.
Meet our team of HR experts that will provide your training.
Contact Us Today!
Please call us on 01562 840060 or email info@rootshr.org.uk to discuss any work you may have in mind.
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