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

Why join Team Amano?

• Competitive hourly pay rate.
• Inclusive and supportive work environment collaborating with like-minded professionals.
• Regular CPD e.g. Assistive Technology, disability and best practice.
• Streamlined digital systems with e-signatures and e-invoicing to minimise admin time.
• Student app that enables learners to monitor remaining support hours, approve timesheets, view their DSA documents and more.

Job Information:

Salary:£32.13 per hour

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 an 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 Role:

As an Amano Specialist Mentor you will:

• Provide effective support to students in a higher education setting
• Work with individuals who may face barriers to learning due to a variety of mental health and/or autistic spectrum conditions
• Work with your student to identify strategies to help address barriers and to move towards independent learning
• Provide support that is student specific and could include activities such as time management, planning, coping with anxiety and prioritising workload
• Work to enhance your student’s autonomy and to monitor the effectiveness of strategies
• 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

The Skills Required:

As an Amano Specialist Mentor you will:

• Have experience of working with students with disabilities and/or people with mental health or ASC related difficulties
• 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.
• 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
• 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:

For Mental health:

You will be educated to degree level and must have membership of (at least) one of the following organisations at the required level:

• Association of Child Psychotherapists (ACP) – Full member.
• The British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) – Accredited membership.
• The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) - Registered Member (MBACP) - Accredited Member (MBACP – Accred)
• British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC) – Under a member institution – Practitioners become registrants of the BPC through their membership of one of their member institutions. They do not have a category for individual membership.
• British Psychological Society (BPS) – Chartered Member (CPsychol)/IAPT register/ Graduate Member (MBPsS) AND a PG qualification in Psychology or Mental Health.
• Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland (COSCA) – Accredited (Other UK Professional body) Counsellor/Psychotherapist Member of COSCA    This category of membership requires you to be currently accredited with another recognised UK professional body for counselling and psychotherapy
• Federation of Drug and Alcohol Practitioners (FDAP) – National Counsellor Accreditation Certificate (NCAC)
• General Medical Council (GMC) – Psychiatry – Full member or above.
• 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
• Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (IACP) – Accredited member
• National Counselling Society (NCS) – - Accredited Registrants (MNCS Accred). - Accredited Professional Registrant (MNCS Prof Accred). - Senior Accredited Registrant status (MNCS Snr Accred). - NCS Fellowship (FNCS).
• Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) – Mental Health Nurse/ Community Mental Health Nurse / Psychiatric Nurse
• Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC)
• Social Care Wales (SCW)
• Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
• UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) – Full clinical individual member
• The University Mental Health Advisers Network (UMHAN) – UMHAN mentor member. (N.B. UMHAN accreditation routes are now closed).
• Association of Christian Counsellors (UK) – Accredited Counsellor

For Autistic Spectrum:

All Amano Learning Support Consultants are required to meet certain mandatory qualification criteria and/or have professional body membership. 

Please see the DfE Guidance Document.

Hold a degree AND a teaching qualification AND comprehensive training in adult autism which must include:

• ALL 5 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) OR
• 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).

Application:

Please send your CV to [contact hidden].