Specialist One to One Study Skills (ASC)

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide effective support to students in a higher education setting
• Work with individuals who may face barriers to learning due to Autistic Spectrum Conditions and perhaps associated 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 student’s 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.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Have experience of working with students with disabilities and/or ASD 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, but also have an awareness of a student’s 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.

Mandatory Qualifications

Hold a degree AND a teaching qualification AND comprehensive training in adult autism which must include:

• ALL 5 National Autistic Society (NAS) core autism online training modules (Understanding Autism; Autism and Communication: Autism and Sensory Experience; Autism, Stress and Anxiety; Autism: Supporting families) OR
• Have completed an NAS tutor-led course ‘Understanding Autism’ or ‘Introduction to Autism and the SPELL Framework’OR
• Other training, including at a Higher Education institution, delivered by an appropriately qualified trainer (a qualified trainer from a recognised organisation/charity, or a trainer who can demonstrate a relevant qualification in Autism)

OR

Hold a Post-Graduate Certificate in Autism / Post-Graduate Certificate in Asperger’s AND a teaching qualification (minimum Level 4).

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