The Role:
To meet the increasing demand for our first class support we are expanding our team of specialist support consultants.
The Amano approach gives:
* Student focussed support.
* Academic support towards goals and aspirations
* Hassle-free arrangements
* Student choice and empowerment
* Flexibility in delivery
* Adaptable support for changing needs.
This role is available on a flexible hourly rate basis, supporting students in a university setting and we have vacancies across the country.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide effective support to students in a higher education setting
* Work with individuals who may face barriers to learning due to a variety of mental health and/or autistic spectrum conditions
* Work with your student to identify strategies to help address barriers and to move towards independent learning
* Provide support that is student specific and could include activities such as time management, planning, coping with anxiety and prioritising workload
* Work to enhance your student’s autonomy and to monitor the effectiveness of strategies
* Be responsible for organising sessions with your assigned students
* Offer support on campus, in-home, or remotely as agreed with your student
* Be required to complete Amano administration promptly and accurately
* Follow Amano safeguarding, health and safety, lone working, and professional and personal boundaries policies
* Follow Amano safeguarding, health and safety, lone working, and professional and personal boundaries policies.
Essential Skills and Experience
* Have experience of working with students with disabilities and/or people with mental health or ASC related difficulties
* Be able to assess a student’s needs and with them establish an appropriate Individual Support Plan
* Understand the needs, objectives, and constraints of others.
* Have an understanding of the particular demands of study in higher education
* Be able to clearly assess when a referral or ‘signpost’ to another service is required
* Have the ability to plan, prioritise and organise your own workload
* Have excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
* Have good competency in using mobile IT
* Be proactive in maintaining your CPD.
Mandatory Qualifications
You will be educated to degree level and must have current professional membership of one of the following organisations:
* PATOSS (full or associate membership)
* BDA (full professional membership)
* ADSHE (professional membership)
* Dyslexia Guild (member, associate or fellow membership)