Study Support Assistant (0.8 FTE)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Disability & Wellbeing Service. We are recruiting a 0.8 FTE study support assistant working 4 days per week to provide one-to-one specifically tailored mentoring and study support for disabled and neurodivergent students, or students with mental health difficulties to enable them to manage the impacts that this has on their studies, help address any difficulties surrounding academic progression and promote strategies for independent learning and self-management.

For mentoring, you will work primarily with students with mental health issues and/or autistic spectrum conditions. For study support, you will work with students with a range of conditions.

In this role you will be expected to:

•       Manage a caseload of students and monitor progress and the effectiveness of strategies and techniques employed.

•       Work with colleagues in the Disability & Wellbeing Service in developing services for students experiencing mental health difficulties or requiring study skills support in relation to their disclosed disability.

Employed on an open-ended part-time contract, you will provide one-to-one support for students and liaise with colleagues in the disability & inclusion team to ensure individual student needs are effectively met. Educated to degree level and with a sound understanding of disability related issues in higher education, you will have experience of working with students in a higher education setting and, ideally, a good awareness of the challenges experienced by people with mental health issues and/or Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC).