Specialist Mentor (Mental Health and/or Autistic Spectrum Conditions)

Job description

We are seeking experienced professionals to work as Specialist Mentors to provide one to one support for students with Mental Health Conditions (including Depression, Anxiety, Emotional Instability, Bi-polar, Psychosis and Eating Disorders) and/or Autistic Spectrum Conditions.

The post holder will be expected to support students to develop study strategies in a range of study related areas to aid progression towards independent learning. This may include but is not limited to developing an understanding of the barriers to work, understanding the academic requirements of Higher Education, goal setting, time and workload management, exam preparation and structuring of coursework.

The post holder will be undertaking duties in line with funding through the Disabled Students’ Allowance. This requires staff to have membership of a specific professional body and/or to hold specific qualifications. The details can be found on the Department for Education mandatory qualifications and professional memberships document from page 10. Only applicants who satisfy the professional body membership and/or mandatory qualifications for Specialist Mentor – Mental Health and/or Autistic Spectrum Conditions will be invited to interview.

This role is paid on an hourly basis, starting at £25.05. This includes a planning and preparation enhancement. Successful candidates will be invited to join the pool of staff on the Learning Support team and to pass on their availability for work. The University will endeavour to link the mentor with students to fill the available hours which will fall mainly during university term time.

We are particularly keen to recruit staff who can offer both online and in person one to one sessions.

To apply, please send the following to the Learning Support team

A supporting statement that makes particular reference to the person specification and how you meet the criteria for this and your membership of a relevant professional body and or mandatory qualifications.

A copy of your CV.

Applications will close on Tuesday 9 July 2024 at midnight and interviews (conducted online) are scheduled for Wednesday 17 July 2024. Any offer of employment will be subject to receiving satisfactory references.

Please note that applicants who are current students at the University of Huddersfield will only be able to work a maximum of 15 hours per week. It is important to note that joining the University pool does not guarantee work in the future. Inclusion in the pool is not employment at the University and there is no obligation on the University to offer you work at any future date.

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