Specialist Mentor (Autism Spectrum Condition)

Clear Links Support; Kingston upon Thames; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A support organization for students is seeking candidates to work with higher education students facing disabilities. You will provide strategies to improve their academic experience, manage anxiety, and develop essential skills for their studies. The role offers flexible working hours, competitive pay, and support from a dedicated team. Applicants must have relevant postgraduate qualifications and experience in a similar role.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Continuous Professional Development allowance

Workplace pension scheme

Free CPD accredited online training

Qualifications

• Relevant postgraduate qualification such as a PGCert or Masters in Autism.
• Experience in a similar role within the last five years is desirable.
• Understanding of the impact of disabilities in the further/higher education context.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategies for developing skills in students with disabilities.
• Manage anxiety and develop concentration skills.
• Assist in creating schedules for work-life balance.

Skills

Understanding of disabilities

Time management

Memory and attention strategies

Communication skills

Education

Relevant postgraduate qualification (e.g., PGCert, Masters in Autism)

Job description

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. To manage anxiety, to develop concentration skills, time management skills, to prioritise workloads and create schedules of work-life balance. This also includes skills in acquiring, recalling, and retaining information in written and spoken language, and strategies to develop memory, organisation, attention, and numeracy skills.

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.

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 relevant postgraduate qualification such as a PGCert or Masters in Autism, you will still need to complete the NAS Autism and Girls online training module.

It is desirable that applicants have experience in a similar role within the last five years. Applicants should also have an understanding of the impact of disabilities in the further/higher education context.

By the start of employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. This post is also subject to satisfactory references, as well as 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.

Pay

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

Benefits

Flexible working hours to 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.