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For Companies Amano is a registered Disabled Students\’ Allowance Non-Medical Help Provider offering academic student support across the UK. For 10 years, our reputation has been built on a professional, reliable and friendly approach to student support.
PLEASE NOTE ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS ROLE:
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)
The Role:
As an Amano Study Skills Consultant (SpLD) you will:
- 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 conditions
- Address the issues which some students might have in acquiring, recalling and retaining information in written and spoken language
- Address issues associated with memory, organisational, attention and numeracy difficulties
- Work with your student to identify strategies to help address barriers
- Provide support that is student specific and could include activities such as study strategies, time management, structuring reports and essays, proof-reading techniques, and research strategies
- Work to enhance your students skills and to develop independent learning
- 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.
The Skills Required:
As an Amano Study Skills Consultant (SpLD) you will:
- Have substantial experience of working with students and/or people with specific learning difficulties
- Be able to assess a students needs and with them establish an appropriate Individual Support Plan
- Understand the needs, objectives, and constraints of others, but also have an awareness of students strengths
- 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
- Ideally have a good working knowledge of assistive technologies (AT) and related AT study skills strategies
- 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.
Contact Detail:
E-Quality Learning Recruiting Team
