Clear Links Support is recruiting for One-to-One Specialist Mentors to support students with disabilities and mental health conditions studying at City of Glasgow College.
The role:
You will be working with further education students to provide strategies to develop their skills in the management of the impact of the condition or impairment on their academic experience. To manage anxiety, to develop concentration skills, time management skills, to prioritise workloads and create schedules of work-life balance. This also includes skills in acquiring, recalling, and retaining information in written and spoken language, and strategies to develop memory, organisation, attention, and numeracy skills.
Pay: £28 per hour plus £3.38 holiday pay per hour.
We offer:
Flexible working hours to suit your availability
Competitive hourly pay rate, plus holiday pay per hour (£3.38 for this role)
Continuous Professional Development allowance
Free CPD accredited online training on relevant topics
Workplace pension scheme
A dedicated team of office staff and a single point of contact to support you in the role
Role requirements:
Applicants must have:
A degree
AND one of the following:
Membership of a relevant professional body such as BACP, NCPS, HCPC, BPS, UKCP, COSCA, UMHAN. This is not an exhaustive list, please contact us if you have any questions about relevant membership.
A relevant postgraduate qualification
Professional experience supporting individuals with disabilities
It is desirable that applicants have experience in a similar role within the last five years. Applicants should also have an understanding of the impact of disabilities in the further/higher education context.
Applicants must be available to provide in person support at City of Glasgow College.
Applicants must be able to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
By the start of employment, the successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. This post is also subject to satisfactory references, a background check under the PVG Scheme, as well as other applicable pre-employment checks.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and are positive about the employment of disabled people. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised vacancy will be contacted to discuss their application further.
If you may need reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process, please indicate this on the application form. We will contact you to find out how we can best support you if your application is progressed.
If you require this job advert or the application form in a different format, please contact us on supportallocation@clear-links.co.uk.
We aim to process applications within 7 working days but during busy periods this may take longer.
Job Types: Part-time, Zero hours contract
Pay: £31.38 per hour
Education:
Work Location: In person
