Specialist Mentor (Mental Health Condition)

Clear Links Support is recruiting for One-to-One Specialist Mentors to support students with disabilities and mental health conditions studying at Kingston University

The role:

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.

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

We offer: Flexible working hours to suit your availability Competitive hourly pay rate, plus holiday pay per hour (£3.38 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

Requirements:

Applicants must be available to provide in person support at one or more of the following Kingston University campuses: Kingston Hill, Knights Park, Penrhyn Road, Roehampton Vale. Due to the flexible nature of the role, applicants must live within a 30-minute commute time from the campus.

Applicants must have:

• A degree
• Membership of a relevant professional body such as BACP, NCPS, HCPC, BPS, UKCP, COSCA, UMHAN. This is not an exhaustive list, please contact us if you have any questions about relevant membership.

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.

Applicants must be able to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.

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.

We aim to process applications within 7 working days but during busy periods this may take longer. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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