Specialist Mentor (Mental Health and Autism)

Introduction

The Learning Support Centre (LSC) are specialists in neurodiversity and disability and have been supporting people across the UK for over 20 years. LSC offers flexible support tailored to individuals in education and the workplace. With a large community of specialists, LSC is a supportive workplace to allow specialists to utilise their skills and empower our clients, working in a community to develop and share their specialist knowledge.

The Learning Support Centre are Mindful Employers, a Healthy Workplace and Disability Confident.

Benefits

• Working with an innovative and award-winning company
• Working with an accredited training centre with access to training and development opportunities
• Access to our latest communication hub with live updates and support

Responsibilities of the Role

The purpose of the Specialist Mental Health Mentor is to support clients in accessing their higher education (HE) studies by:

• Supporting clients in understanding what is required of them academically in higher education.
• Identifying barriers to the client’s learning.
• Helping clients to develop effective organisation and time management skills and strategies to manage their workload and deadlines in the presence of their mental health condition.
• Helping clients with prioritisation and realistic goal setting, including producing plans of work and targets.
• Developing a support programme to facilitate the growth of the client’s independence, reducing the need for support in the longer term.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level
• Professional Membership, full list can be found on job description