I am looking for experienced individuals to join our ever-growing team of Specialist Mentors to work with students in Manchester city centre.

Would you like to make a difference to the lives of students with disabilities, and help them succeed in their university career and beyond?

Specialist Mentors provide one to one support to students. They encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and to develop their skills. They can help students become more confident, independent learners so that they are able to use their enhanced skills at university. Sessions are tailored to suit specific individual needs as each individual is different.

Benefits

Easily accessible location - there are two train stations on campus!
Flexible working hours - you can choose how many
28 days holiday pay pro rata - perfect for the summer holidays and Christmas breaks
£20-£26 per hour - you will receive this rate, plus your benefits such as holiday pay
Working for the UK's leading provider
Interacting directly with students

Responsibilities

You will provide individual support to students with mental health disabilities. You will help your students with the following:

Developing skills for managing academic stress
Dealing with concentration difficulties
Time Management
Prioritising workload
Creating a suitable work-life balance
Enhancing social skills & confidence

You will work closely with Randstad regarding the needs of individual students, ensuring that any concerns are addressed in a timely manner. You will be expected to act professionally and maintain confidentiality within your role at all times, sharing all relevant information with Randstad to ensure the best possible service to your students.

Requirements

This is a specialist role, so requires specialist skills:

Experience of working with adults with SPLD in higher education is essential for this role, as well as a related qualification.

It is very desirable for you to hold/to be willing to apply for professional membership with one of the following organisations:

Must have a membership of (at least) one of the following organisations at the level (s) indicated.

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 (With Accreditation)
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 To support students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) you must hold a degree, with additional training in adult autism (which Randstad are able to provide or supplement).

Further skills/requirements include:

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to identify ways of helping students to build on their learning strengths whilst maintaining a confidential and professional working relationship
Accurate spelling and grammar skills
Punctuality and reliability
Good organisational skills
Ideally, you will have experience in working with specific learning difficulties individuals in higher or further education.

If you have the above and are interested in this rewarding part-time role, supporting students in higher education...we want to hear from you.

Please contact Emily Rasaiah on (phone number removed) for more information or submit an up to date CV along with a brief cover letter

Randstad SWS acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad SWS is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone