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Are you seeking a position where you can make a positive impact on people's lives? Are you motivated to help university students with Autism Spectrum Conditions reach their fullest potential? Do you value flexibility in your work schedule? If so, the opportunity at Randstad Student Support is the perfect fit for you !
As a Specialist mentor, you will engage on a one-to-one basis with higher education students, serving as their trusted advisor and providing support in areas where they require assistance alongside their studies. This encompasses factors affecting both their personal and academic lives, such as stress management, anxiety, and organisational skills.
Responsibilities:
As a specialist mentor you will be required to do the following when working one to one with students:
1. Help them to achieve an appropriate balance activities of everyday living and academic related tasks
2. Improve organisational skills such as time management
3. Assist students in preparing for their deadlines by breaking down tasks into smaller parts for them
4. Help to manage anxiety and cope with anxiety and stress caused by study related issues and/or everyday living.
5. Help students with reflecting on their own experiences
6. Improve students confidence by building on their existing strengths
7. Assist in preparing students for new experiences which they may be nervous going into
8. Work closely with Randstad ensure any concerns with students are communicated as soon as possible
9. Behave in a professional and confidential manner at all times
Requirements:
This is a specialist role so you must have the following qualifications:
10. Holds a degree AND
11. Six National Autistic Society (NAS) online training modules
12. Understanding autism
13. Autism and communication
14. Autism and sensory experience
15. Autism, stress and anxiety
16. Autism: supporting families
17. Autism and Girls
18. OR a Postgraduate Certificate in Autism
Benefits:
19. £31.38 pay per hour (this includes your holiday pay)
20. Potential to win £300 in vouchers if you refer a successful candidate to us!
21. Working with the UK's leading provider
22. 28 days holiday pay
23. E-Learning, CPD - useful videos on how to use our platform
24. Dedicated team to support you
25. Flexible working - hours that suit you and manage your own caseload
26. Hapi App - discounts and benefits on 100's of companies
27. Rewarding role
Desirable
28. Be an empathetic person who can understand the needs of others
29. Have experience working with individuals with disabilities / learning difficulties
30. Be a reliable and responsible mentor to both students and Randstad
31. Have great organisational and time management skills
If you meet the qualifications for this position and are eager to broaden your experience working with individuals facing specialised learning difficulties, make sure to submit your application for this role!
Randstad Student & Worker Support acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Student & Worker Support is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone. ...
Are you seeking a position where you can make a positive impact on people's lives? Are you motivated to help university students with Autism Spectrum Conditions reach their fullest potential? Do you value flexibility in your work schedule? If so, the opportunity at Randstad Student Support is the perfect fit for you !
As a Specialist mentor, you will engage on a one-to-one basis with higher education students, serving as their trusted advisor and providing support in areas where they require assistance alongside their studies. This encompasses factors affecting both their personal and academic lives, such as stress management, anxiety, and organisational skills.
Responsibilities:
As a specialist mentor you will be required to do the following when working one to one with students:
32. Help them to achieve an appropriate balance activities of everyday living and academic related tasks
33. Improve organisational skills such as time management
34. Assist students in preparing for their deadlines by breaking down tasks into smaller parts for them
35. Help to manage anxiety and cope with anxiety and stress caused by study related issues and/or everyday living.
36. Help students with reflecting on their own experiences
37. Improve students confidence by building on their existing strengths
38. Assist in preparing students for new experiences which they may be nervous going into
39. Work closely with Randstad ensure any concerns with students are communicated as soon as possible
40. Behave in a professional and confidential manner at all times
Requirements:
This is a specialist role so you must have the following qualifications:
41. Holds a degree AND
42. Six National Autistic Society (NAS) online training modules
43. Understanding autism
44. Autism and communication
45. Autism and sensory experience
46. Autism, stress and anxiety
47. Autism: supporting families
48. Autism and Girls
49. OR a Postgraduate Certificate in Autism
Benefits:
50. £31.38 pay per hour (this includes your holiday pay)
51. Potential to win £300 in vouchers if you refer a successful candidate to us!
52. Working with the UK's leading provider
53. 28 days holiday pay
54. E-Learning, CPD - useful videos on how to use our platform
55. Dedicated team to support you
56. Flexible working - hours that suit you and manage your own caseload
57. Hapi App - discounts and benefits on 100's of companies
58. Rewarding role
Desirable
59. Be an empathetic person who can understand the needs of others
60. Have experience working with individuals with disabilities / learning difficulties
61. Be a reliable and responsible mentor to both students and Randstad
62. Have great organisational and time management skills
If you meet the qualifications for this position and are eager to broaden your experience working with individuals facing specialised learning difficulties, make sure to submit your application for this role!
Randstad Student & Worker Support acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Student & Worker Support is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.
63. skills
ability to recognise when to refer to other services,counselling,empathy,good written communication,in-depth knowledge of specific disability,listening,managing case-loads,multitasking,one-to-one support,oral communication,organisation,previous experience dealing with students with learning disabilities,time management,understanding of demands of study,working with students
64. qualifications
university
65. education
postgraduate certificate in autism