Student Disability Support Coordinator

Student Support and Safeguarding is seeking to appoint a Student Disability Support Co-ordinator to co-ordinate support for our students with a disability, long-term health or mental-health condition, or who are neurodiverse, ensuring all students have the opportunity to access and benefit from high-quality, student-centred services.

About us

The department comprises of: Therapeutic Services and Mental Health; Disability Service; Student Support Advice, Student Money Advice and Wellbeing services.

You will contribute to the wider development of Student Support and Safeguarding through working closely with these other teams, as well as staff from across the University and external stakeholders.

About you

You will have experience of working in a service-orientated environment, with strong administration, organisation and interpersonal skills and an ability to work within a small team to provide the best possible student experience.

In the role you will:

• work with external Non-Medical Help (NMH) suppliers, maintaining clear and open lines of communication to ensure the provision of a consistently high-quality services to our students, including acting as the first line of contact queries or concerns received from students and support workers.
• co-deliver our ‘Beginning at Bath’ induction event for new students who identify as autistic.
• assist in the recruitment, training and supervision of student volunteers for our ‘Campus Buddy’ social mentoring scheme, as well as other programmes and initiatives run by the Disability Service.
• maintain and develop accurate and up-to-date student records, processes and procedures to ensure effective co-ordination of support work activities.
• have a commitment to inclusivity and experience of working in a service-orientated environment.
• bring strong administration, organisation and interpersonal skills and an ability to work within a small team to provide the best possible experience for our students.

You will also be eager to take responsibility for delivering our group interventions and support networks for the benefit of our disabled students.

Further information

This post is being offered on a part-time basis, working 21.9 hours per week (0.6 FTE). The working pattern can be discussed further at interview, but preference is for hours to be spread across the working week. 

A basic DBS check will be required for this role.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Steven Lawrence (sgl21@bath.ac.uk) or Jet Bennett (jjb76@bath.ac.uk).

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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