Academic support worker

TipTopJob; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Specialist Study Skills Support Worker to provide flexible, tailored academic support to students with specific learning difficulties. This hybrid role involves creating personalized learning plans and helping students develop essential skills to succeed in their studies. With the opportunity to work both in-person and online, you will engage with students at the University of Nottingham, ensuring their unique needs are met. Join a leading provider of non-medical help support and enjoy the flexibility of choosing your own working hours, competitive pay, and numerous benefits that prioritize your professional growth and well-being.

Benefits

Flexible Working Hours

GBP28 per hour plus holiday pay

Access to Online Timesheet System

Weekly Payment

Free CPD / eLearning

Employee Assistance Helpline

Access to Discounts Hub

Workplace Pension Scheme

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Hold membership with a relevant professional body like BDA or PATOSS.
• Experience working with clients with specific learning difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Provide tailored academic guidance and learning support to students.
• Create individual learning plans to foster independence in students.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Reliability

Ability to Manage Caseload

Education

Membership with Relevant Professional Bodies

Job description

Are you looking for a flexible role? Then Randstad may just have the perfect role for you.

This SpLD Tutor role has already begun at the start of the new academic year and is a hybrid role. All successful candidates must be able to travel to the University of Nottingham and offer both in-person and online sessions flexibly to meet student preferences.

As a Specialist-one-to-one Study Skills Support Worker with Randstad, you will provide learning support and academic guidance. This includes creating an individual learning plan that has been tailored to the student's needs and encourages them to become an independent learner.

As a Specialist-one-to-one Study Skills Support Worker, you are required to support students to:

1. Develop independence.
2. Build on strengths and learning strategies.
3. Create strategies around organisation and time management.
4. Create action plans to stay on track with studies.
5. Build on research skills - widening knowledge by using a variety of sources.
6. Distinguish appropriate sources and how to correctly use references.
7. Build on comprehension skills within reading and writing.

Whilst working for Randstad, the needs of individual students should be taken into consideration case by case and you should ensure that any concerns are addressed in a timely manner. It is expected that you would act professionally and maintain confidentiality within your role at all times, sharing all relevant information with Randstad to ensure the best possible service to your students.

Requirements for the role:

As this is a specialist role, you must hold membership with one of the below relevant professional bodies. All students you will be supporting are funded by the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) meaning all candidates providing this role must adhere to the qualification framework set out by the DfE:

1. British Dyslexia Association (BDA)
2. Professional Membership The Association of Dyslexia (ADSHE)
3. Dyslexia Guild
4. The Professional Association of Teachers of Students with Specific Learning Difficulties (PATOSS)

Desirable skills include:

1. Experience of working with clients with specific learning difficulties.
2. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
3. Ability to identify ways of helping students to build on their learning strengths whilst maintaining a confidential and professional working relationship.
4. Punctuality and reliability.
5. Good organisational skills.
6. Ability to manage a caseload of students.

Benefits of working with Randstad:

1. We offer flexible working hours - you can select your own schedule!
2. GBP28 per hour plus accrued holiday pay at GBP3.38 per hour.
3. Working for the UK's leading provider of non-medical help support.
4. Access to an online timesheet system - meaning quicker turnaround on student approvals.
5. Engaged on a pay as you earn PAYE contract.
6. Weekly payment for all approved timesheets.
7. Join our Support Worker meetings & best practice sessions.
8. Free CPD / elearning included within the registration.
9. Free Employee Assistance Helpline.
10. Access to online discounts hub.
11. Workplace Pension Scheme.
12. Entitled to maternity, paternity, adoption and sick leave.

Refer a friend scheme - unlimited cap on all successful referrals!

If you are shortlisted for the role, we will contact you for a short informal chat about the role followed by a formal interview. If you are successful following the interview stage, you will then be taken through the registration process.

If you have any questions, call the office on # 247 #.