We are looking for a Specialist Mentors (Autistic Spectrum Disorder – ASD) across the UK.

Employment status: Freelance/Self-employed Consultant

Job Information:

Salary: £30 per hour

Employment status: Freelance/Self-employed Consultant

Amano offer you:

• A rewarding and flexible role
• Face-to-face support from a professional and friendly team
• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive CPD
• Innovative, easy-to-use Amano App.

Amano Student Support:

Amano is a DSA-QAG accredited and certified Disabled Students Allowance Non-Medical Help Provider offering academic student support across the South West. For 8 years our reputation has been built on a professional, reliable and friendly approach to student support.

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
• Studentchoice and empowerment
• Flexibility in delivery
• Adaptable support for changing needs

The Role:

As an Amano Mentor (ASD) you will:

• Provide effective support to students in a higher education setting.
• Work with individuals who may face barriers to learning due to autistic spectrum characteristics and associated difficulties.
• Work with your student to identify strategies to help address barriers.
• Provide support that is student specific and could include activities such as time management, planning, coping with anxiety and stress situations, prioritising workload, and creating a suitable work-life balance.
• Work to enhance your student’s autonomy, to monitor the effectiveness of strategies, and to help students recognise the barriers to learning created by their impairment.
• Be responsible for organising sessions with your assigned students in a flexible needs led way.
• 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 a Specialist Mentor (ASD) you will:

• Have extensive experience of working with students with disabilities and people on the autistic spectrum.
• 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.

Essential Qualifications and Training:

You will be educated to degree level AND hold a teaching qualification, AND you must have comprehensive training in supporting adults with autism which must include:

• All 5 National Autistic Society (NAS) core autism online training modules (Understanding autism; autism and communication; autism, stress and anxiety; autism: supporting families) OR
• Have attended and completed a NAS tutor-led course:
• ‘Understanding Autism’ or
• ‘Introduction to autism and the SPELL framework in Higher Education’ OR
• Holding a Post-Graduate Certificate in Autism/PG Certificate in Aspergers AND a teaching qualification (minimum level 4).

Application:

Please send your CV to dsa@amanotech.com or call Rob or Graham on 01822 600060 for an informal discussion. If you do not hear from us by the 31^st May 2018 with an invitation for interview then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful.

Mandatory Qualification Criteria

All Amano Learning Support Consultants are required to meet certain mandatory qualification criteria and/or have professional body membership. 

Please see the DfE Guidance Document.