Specialist Mentor (Autism Spectrum Condition)

Job Description

Clear Links Support is recruiting for One-to-One Specialist Mentors to support students with an autism spectrum condition studying at the University of Dundee and Kingston University.

The role

You will be working with higher education students to provide strategies to develop their skills in the management of the impact of the condition or impairment on their academic experience. This includes managing anxiety, developing concentration skills, time management skills, prioritising workloads, and creating schedules that balance work and life. It also covers skills in acquiring, recalling, and retaining information in written and spoken language, and strategies to develop memory, organisation, attention, and numeracy skills.

Pay: £28 per hour plus £3.38 holiday pay per hour.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours to suit your availability
• Competitive hourly pay rate, plus holiday pay per hour (£3.62 for this role)
• Continuous Professional Development allowance
• Free CPD accredited online training on relevant topics
• Workplace pension scheme
• A dedicated team of office staff and a single point of contact to support you in the role

Requirements

• Available to provide in person support at the University of Dundee or Kingston University campuses.
• A degree.
• Complete six National Autistic Society (NAS) online training modules: Understanding autism, Autism and communication, Autism and sensory experience, Autism, stress and anxiety, Autism: supporting families, Autism and girls.
• OR complete the Optimum Student Support training course: Autism and ADHD in Higher Education – Recognising and addressing the barriers through Non Medical Helper (NMH) Mentoring and Study Skills Strategies.
• If you have a postgraduate qualification such as a PGCert or Masters in Autism, you must still complete the NAS Autism and Girls online training module.
• Desirable: Experience in a similar role within the last five years.
• Understanding of the impact of disabilities in the higher education context.
• Ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
• By the start of employment, must have permission to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, and be subject to satisfactory references, a background check under the PVG Scheme (University of Dundee applicants), and other applicable pre employment checks.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and are positive about the employment of disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised vacancy will be contacted to discuss their application further.