Details
1100669
University of Leicester
03/11/2025
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Pay
£28.00
£3.38
Description
Role
AccessAbility at the University of Leicester is seeking to recruit 1 or more Specialist Mentors to work with autistic students. The post-holder(s) will conduct up to 20 appointments a week. This post will support DSA funded students which means we require candidates to have the mandatory qualifications and professional body memberships as set out by SfE.
Duties and responsibilities
As a Specialist Mentor you will be responsible for providing mentoring to students with various and sometimes complex conditions including Autism Spectrum Conditions, communication or organisation difficulties. You will build professional working relationships with a caseload of students combining a person-centred approach with an understanding of the student’s condition, to support students with their academic progress.
Specialist mentors provide highly specialist, specifically tailored, one to one support which helps disabled students address the barriers to learning created by a particular impairment such as autistic spectrum conditions. This includes a range of issues, for example, coping with anxiety and stressful situations, how to deal with concentration difficulties, time management and prioritising workload. Specialist Mentors help disabled students recognise the barriers to learning created by their condition and support them in developing strategies to address these barriers.
The accurate administration of timesheets, which serve as the post-holder’s record of work and as evidence that support has been provided to particular student(s), is also expected.
All AccessAbility workers are expected to maintain a high standard of confidentiality regarding student information in accordance with university guidelines on GDPR and Data Protection.
Specialist Mentors will liaise with the AccessAbility Autistic Spectrum Specialist Study Advisers, to discuss any issues arising from one-to-one sessions with students and to share good practice.
Skills and experience
This post will support students in receipt of the Disabled Students Award. Membership of a professional body and qualifications as recognized within the “DfE Mandatory Criteria” for Specialist Mentors (this document is available to download from: https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/media/2109/matrix-june-2025.pdf, is mandatory for this post. The details of accepted professional membership bodies are on p 9.
Location
AccessAbility, Percy Gee Building, University of Leicester. With prior agreement by the Head of Service, work may be conducted remotely, via MS Teams.
Additional information
Applications should be made online via Unitemps. Submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter explaining your suitability for the role, addressed to Head of AccessAbility.
If we receive a suitable number of applications, we may close this advert early.
We are also advertising for a Specialist One to One Study Skills Support worker (AS), please see separate listing for that post.
Hours and days
One disabled student may require one support session a year, where another disabled student may require thirty sessions a year. Sessions are not always regular and are made on an ad hoc basis according to each individual’s frequently fluctuating requirements. Mentors may see numerous students during the course of a day. Peak activity occurs typically in October, November, January, February and March.
Hours will be structured according to the post-holders’ and students’ preferred schedule, within regular business hours of 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Post-holders are not expected to work during the University of Leicester’s closure days or on Public Holidays.
Start date
As soon as possible
Duration
To 27 March 2026
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