Senior Student Disability Adviser
London, England, United Kingdom
As Senior Student Disability Adviser you will provide a full range of efficient and effective services and interventions for disabled students, contributing to high‑quality advice delivery and supporting the Trust to meet its duties under the Equality Act 2010.
You will work sensitively with students with a range of disabilities including mental health conditions, sensory impairments, specific learning differences, long‑term health conditions and physical difficulties or differences. You will collaborate with colleagues across student support services and Tavistock Education and Training to support and advise disabled students and staff, delivering a positive learning experience.
You will have an in‑depth understanding of learning support and accessibility in higher education, as well as developments in Assistive Technology. You will work closely with the Student Support and Engagement Team to realise our disability strategic plan, including developing procedures, delivering training, contributing to a case‑management system, and progressing the Disabled Students Commitment.
Your work will be informed by the social model of disability. You will manage a student caseload, identifying and coordinating individual adjustments that remove disabling barriers to study, and providing advice and training for colleagues on inclusive teaching and learning practices.
We are looking for a reflective and empathetic individual who has significant experience in the field of disability support within an education setting. The postholder will have excellent interpersonal skills and in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Equality Act, subscribing to the social model of disability. They will also be experienced at assessing needs and recommending appropriate and proportionate supports for a range of disabilities, conditions and neurodivergences. The team handles a high volume of complex cases, and so excellent organisation and systems or process management is essential.
The Main Duties Of The Job Include
• Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships and communication with a range of staff, students and other stakeholders
• Providing support and advice to students and staff, relating to disability, accessibility and reasonable adjustments
• Enhancing and maintaining effective processes and services relating to student support services
• Delivering training and development to key stakeholders
• Attending regular training and development and keeping up-to-date with best practice
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy
• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca Bouckley Job title: Student Support and Engagement Manager Email address: rbouckley@tavi-port.nhs.uk
You can Book a 1:1 meeting with Rebecca Bouckley to discuss the role prior to application.