Specialist Mentor

2 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom iansyst Ltd Full time

**Main purpose of the job**: To provide individual academic and study related support for disabled students, throughout Scotland, to a number of different Universities.

In particular assisting those with mental health difficulties and autistic spectrum conditions. Typically, mentors provide study skills and personal support that will assist students to develop organisational skills and manage their time and workload effectively.

**Main duties and responsibilities**:

- To work with students on a one-to-one basis to identify their individual needs and strengths and to develop and provide a support programme that will facilitate the growth of independence.
- To help students to develop effective organisation and time management skills and strategies in order to manage their daily life, their workload and deadlines. As part of this, to help with prioritisation and realistic goal setting, including the production of targets, plans of work and timetables that can be regularly checked in the mentoring sessions.
- To help students to reduce and cope with anxiety through stress management approaches and techniques for well-being. In particular, to help students make transitions and deal with new situations.
- To provide a range of appropriate supports which may include assistance with understanding assessment questions and what is required from different pieces of work, as well as essay planning, note taking and revision strategies. The objective being that, wherever possible, the student can develop their own study skills and confidence.
- Make decisions in conjunction with the student about how to best to proceed with certain pieces of coursework, how to break it down into manageable chunks, how much a student should aim to work on in any given week.

**Job Type**: Freelance

**Salary**: £40.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person


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