Senior Disability and Wellbeing Adviser
Location: Cirencester, GL7 6JS
Salary: Grade 8:£37,099 - £44,262 per annum (depending on experience)
The Role
The Senior Disability & Wellbeing Adviser is a key role within the Student Services team leading on provision of a high-quality guidance service to disabled & neurodivergent students to enable students to access their studies successfully and encourage academic progress and student retention. They will manage a small team and deputise for the Head of Service as needed.
The role holder is responsible for the development and management of an effective and pro-active service, which provides advice, information, support and guidance to all disabled and neurodivergent students, a key function of this role is to be the university expert on disabled and neurodivergent student and applicant matters and to ensure legal and contractual obligations under the Equality Act 2010. They will also manage a small caseload of complex, high-risk students.
The role holder will lead on the formulation, promotion, delivery, monitoring and review of the team’s processes which are designed to manage risk and initiate safeguarding, crisis and longer-term interventions for students with mental health diagnoses, many of whom are high risk.
The role is multi-faceted, working with disabled and neurodivergent students, staff, and external...