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Clear Links Support is recruiting for One-to-One Specialist Mentors to support students with an autism spectrum condition studying in Leeds.

You will be working with higher 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.

• Applicants must be available to provide in person support at University of Leeds.
• Applicants must have a degree and Six National Autistic Society (NAS) online training modules:
  
• Optimum Student Support training course: Autism and ADHD in Higher Education: Recognising and addressing the barriers through Non-Medical Helper (NMH) Mentoring and Study Skills Strategies
• If you have a relevant postgraduate qualification such as a PGCert or Masters in Autism, you will still need to complete the NAS Autism and Girls online training module.
• 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.