Unitemps
Specialist Mentor (AS)
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Specialist Study Skills Tutor
About the Role
Unitemps are currently looking for a qualified Specialist Study Skills Tutor to work with students who have Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) at one of our partner universities in Birmingham. The successful Specialist Study Skills Tutor will provide expertise in the areas of language and study skills and Autism to help students to develop learning strategies to improve their studies.
This role is part-time, with the capacity to work full-time hours based on your availability. You will be able to manage your own timetable depending on which days/times you would like to work.
Main Duties
- Provide one-to-one Specialist 1-2-1 Study Skills tuition to students with ASC enabling them to develop within higher education.
- Provide bespoke sessions according to the needs of the individual student.
- Deliver study skills tuition according to Unitemps guidelines and code of conduct.
- A flexible approach to working hours is required.
- Ability to manage paperwork effectively, i.e., completing timesheets and record of sessions.
- Represent Unitemps in a professional manner, including adhering to both Unitemps and the universities policies regarding confidentiality and safeguarding.
Requirements
- Experience working in a similar setting with students with ASC is essential.
- An ability to be sensitive to students’ needs and having an interest in and understanding of additional support needs is also very important.
- Tutors provide one-to-one assistance to students and work with an Individual Learning Plan which is bespoke to each individual student. An emphasis is placed on encouraging students to take responsibility for their own learning and to develop their skills.
- Specialist 1-2-1 Study Skills Tutors are facilitators; they shouldn’t act as advocates or mentors.
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Qualifications and Training
- Experience working with students in a similar role in a Higher Education (University Level) setting is essential.
- Able to assess learner’s needs and devise an appropriate learning plan.
- Understands the needs, objectives, and constraints of students. This includes recognising barriers to learning for students with ASC.
Essential Qualifications
As per the Department for Education requirements, the successful Specialist Mentor must have the relevant qualifications and training.
- You must have either a relevant Master’s degree in Autism or be educated to a Master’s degree level.
- Alternatively, if you hold a Post Graduate Certificate (PGC) in Autism or Asperger’s or hold an MA/MEd in Education (Autism or Special Educational Needs and Disability or Critical Disability Studies focusing on Autism) this will be accepted.
- In addition to a PGC or MA/Med, you must have had a level of comprehensive training in adult autism.
This includes holding the National Autistic Society 6 online Training Modules:
- Understanding autism
- Autism and communication
- Autism and sensory experience
- Autism, stress, and anxiety
- Autism: supporting families
- Autism and Girls
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Applicants will also need to have completed a one-day face-to-face course delivered by the National Autistic Society in Autism and SPELL in higher education or other accredited training, at an HE institution or elsewhere, and accredited to at least CPD level, which must include autism in HE as its lead subject.
Plus, one of the below teaching qualifications:
- Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) or higher.
- Certificate of Education (Cert Ed)
- Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (DELTA) Level 7
- Diploma in teaching in the lifelong learning sector (DTTLS)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE/PgCert. ED) in Primary Education, Post Primary education or in Higher Education (PGCHE)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) or Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Qualified Teacher Learning & Skills (QTLS)
- Diploma in Education & Training (DET)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (PGCTLHE)
- Associate Membership of the British Dyslexia Association (AMBDA)
- Associate Membership of the Dyslexia Guild (ADG)
- PgCert/PgDip/MA Specific Learning Difficulties(SpLD)
Location
Please note, to be considered for the role, you would need to be based locally to Birmingham and able to travel to campuses in and around the area. We require you to provide 1 day of in-person support per week.
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