No candidate will meet every single desired qualification / criteria. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
£31,426 - £34,238 per annum,
The working pattern is Monday to Thursday 7.5 hours per day, Friday 7 hours per day
38 weeks per annum, paid for 43.13 weeks per annum
This academic year, we have seen a significant increase in the number of students with Autism joining our study programmes based at Common Leys, as such we are recruiting for a part-time lead FEAST Advisor for the campus.
The role demands a good knowledge of neurodiversity and Autism spectrum conditions, it will involve managing the Green Room, 1:1 mentoring of students, study support, contributing to meetings and developing communication and interaction programmes using a range of creative strategies. The role may also include leading and mentoring Autism advisors where appropriate.
The role extends outside of the Green Room into the classroom therefore, experience of supporting and/or teaching students with Autism is essential and will involve leading training sessions on neurodiversity for teaching and support staff.
The Lead FEAST Advisor will be an excellent communicator, have the ability to develop relationships with external professionals, parents/carers and internal stakeholders to ensure that individual student needs are planned for and met thereby ensuring every learner achieves their full potential. Applicants will hold a qualification in neurodiversity and/or Autism or would be willing to work towards gaining accreditation whilst in the role
In return, Abingdon & Witney College offer excellent benefits to our employees including generous pension and holiday schemes (with potential Christmas closure days), continued professional development, flexible working options, corporate gym membership, cycle/tech scheme and much more.
Closing date: 5th May 2024 (Midnight)
*Abingdon and Witney College reserve the right to close all applications before posted closing date
AWC values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and all appointments are subject to satisfactory clearances including enhanced DBS checks.
Abingdon and Witney College are committed to safer recruitment practices. In addition to our pre-employment checks, we will conduct an online search. This includes checking Google main results feed as well as the ‘News’ and ‘Images’ tab. We will be checking for any publicly available information that suggests the applicant may not be suitable to work with children or young/vulnerable people or content that could potentially damage Abingdon and Witney College’s reputation. This may include inappropriate posts, comments or images displaying evidence of offensive or inappropriate behaviour, jokes or language, discriminatory comments, inappropriate photos, drug or alcohol misuse.