Job Information:

Salary: £32.13 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
• Student choice and empowerment
• Flexibility in delivery
• Adaptable support for changing needs

The Role:

As an Amano Study Skills Consultant (AS) 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 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.

The Skills Required:

As an Amano Study Skills Consultant (AS) you will:

• Have substantial experience of working with students and/or 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, 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.

Essential Qualifications and Training:

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).

Application:

Please send your CV to amanorecruitment@amanotech.com.

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.