Specialist Mentor

6 months ago


Preston, United Kingdom First Class Support Full time

**Specialist Mentor Mental Health**

First Class Support provides academic support to students in receipt of disabled student allowance (DSA).

We pride ourselves on only employing first class support workers that are passionate about making a difference to the lives of people studying higher education courses across the UK.

**We are recruiting for a Specialist Mentor to work with students on a one-to-one basis face to face, addressing the barriers mental health has on their learning.**

**Location: UCLAN.**

**Salary - £30 an hour**

**There will also be remote work available with students nationwide.**

**Your role**:
As a mentor you will be providing specialist, specifically tailored, one to one support which helps students to recognise barriers to learning and create strategies to managing these, so that a suitable work-life balance is achieved.

**Barriers might include**:

- Coping with anxiety and stress - around deadlines and transitioning
- Dealing with concentration difficulties
- Time management
- Prioritising workload

**For some students, this support will need to be ongoing while for others it might be gradually phased out or only required at certain points of their course.**

The DSA requires that our Specialist Mentor MH have one of the below memberships:

- British Psychological Society (BPS) - Chartered Member (CPsychol)/IAPT register/ Graduate Member (MBPsS) AND a PG qualification in Psychology or Mental Health.
- Registered Member of the BACP (MBACP)
- Accredited Member of the BACP (MBACP - Accred)
- Addiction Professionals - Registration Body and Network - National Accreditation Certificate (NCAC)
- Full Membership - Association of Child Psychotherapists
- Full Accredited BABCP Membership.
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) - Mental Health Nurse/ Community Mental Health Nurse / Psychiatric Nurse
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) - Education and training programmes approved as a route to registration - Arts Therapist/ Occupational Therapist/ Practitioner Psychologist/ Social Worker in England
- British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) - Registrant
- Counselling and Psychotherapy in Scotland (COSCA).
- Social Work England (SWE) - Social Worker
- Social Care Wales (SCW) - Social Worker
- Full Clinical Membership of the UK Council for Psychotherapy.

**First Class Commitment To Our Staff**:
For this specific role, successful applicants will receive:

- Flexible Working Patterns.
- Access to continuing learning and development opportunities.

**Additional Information**:
**The working hours vary according to the needs of the student and the number of students you will be allocated.** _**All support workers are currently paid on a self-employed basis.**_

**Job Types**: Part-time, Freelance

Pay: £30.00 per hour

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- Association of Child Psychotherapists (preferred)
- BABCP (preferred)
- BACP or MBACP (preferred)
- British Psychoanalytic Council (preferred)
- COSCA (preferred)
- FDAP (preferred)
- General Medical Council - Psychiatry (preferred)
- Health & Care Professionals Council (HCPC) (preferred)
- IACP (preferred)
- National Counselling Society (preferred)
- Nursing & Midwifery Council (preferred)
- Social Worker Body (preferred)
- BPS Member with PG Qualification in Psychology/Mental Health (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: NA/PRE


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