Specialist Study Skills Support (SpLD)

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)