Specialist One to One Study Skills Tutor

**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.

**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 UK. For 10 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 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 6** 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; Autism: Women & girls) **AND**:

- 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).

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

**Salary**: £30.00-£34.00 per hour

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)

Application question(s):

- Can you evidence that you meet the mandatory qualifications criteria for the role or are you willing to undertake the specified autism training?

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (required)

Reference ID: AS SSK Northumbria