Dear colleagues, may I draw your attention to the following post which
is advertised in The Guardian and Disability Now -
The Nottingham Trent University
Department of Academic Support Services
Student Care Services
Student Care Services is a section of the University's Department of
Academic Support Services, providing a range of specialist support
services for students.
Following a successful bid to the Higher Education Funding Council for
England (HEFCE), under it's Special Initiative to Encourage High Quality
Provision for Students with Learning Difficulties and Disabilities, the
following post has been created:
Disability Officer
UKP19,449 to UKP 20,979 pa
Fixed Term contract to July 1999
Required to cover the secondment of the Disability Service Co-ordinator
to the Special Initiative Project. Reporting to the Service
Co-ordinator, you will co-ordinate and provide support for students with
disabilities and will jointly supervise a team of freelance specialist
support workers (notetakers, readers, personal assistants). Duties will
involve assessing the support requirements of prospective and current
students with disabilities, arranging appropriate support and
facilities, assisting students with applications for specialist grants ,
maintaining monitoring and student records /database systems and
organising and delivering training and awareness activities.
You will have a degree or equivalent qualification and will have a
relevant professional or academic qualification (e.g. in the fields of
education, social work, occupational therapy or disability studies).
Experience in teaching or training is necessary.
A thorough understanding of issues affecting access to Higher Education
for students with disabilities is essential, as are good organisational
and interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively with
organisations and individuals at a variety of levels.
Informal enquiries about the post should be directed to: Chris Baxter,
Service Co-ordinator, Student Care Services, Tel: 0115 9486163 (Voice to
Minicom)
Post ref. A0015/GUA
Closing date 11th June 1997
Interview date 24th June 1997
Further details and application forms are available from Personnel
Services, The Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, Nottingham NG1
4BU Tel 0115 9486522 (24 hour answering service)
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/personnel
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