I was intersted to see Tina Elliotts comments about rates of pay for
support workers and I agree with the comment "it depends on their level of
qualification".  

Around 4 pounds an hour sound appropriate for mobility around campus and
is about what I would recommend for student helpers.  

Note-taking is more difficult.  Five to eight pounds an hour may be fine
for student note-takers, who are on campus anyway, but we use CACDP
trained graduates wherever possible.

They are self-employed, working on a hourly-paid, freelance basis with no
provision for National Insurance, travel expenses, travel time etc.
I recommend around twelve pounds and hour when they are note-taking for
deaf students, and a little less - say nine to ten pounds an hour for
disabled students.  Note-taking is a demanding professional job, and
the note-takers should be paid accordingly.  Maybe it is less where
note-takers are employed full-time, rather than only for direct student
contact hours?

The alternative, which we often find easier to arrange than live
note-taking, is typing lecture notes from a tape recording. I recommend
five pounds per thousand words (edited to remove waffle etc).  We have
found that the typist has to have experience of higher education to be
able to edit appropriately - other typists tend to either have difficulty 
identifying waffle, or over-edit and leave out relevant information.        

Yes, it can be expensive - but most courses only have a few hours of
lectures a week (typically between three and ten hours a week at UCN).

Clare
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On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Tina Elliott wrote:

> Rosemary wrote
> > 
> > Can any one give me any guidelines on the going hourly rate for support 
> > workers. ...  for a student with an arthritic condition.
> > 
> > Many Thanks
> > Rosemary Laidlaw  Disability Adviser  University College Scarborough
> > 
> It depends on their level of qualification. I would say £5 
> unqualified notetaking. £8 with something like the CACDP notetakers. 
> The library and other stuff depends very much on what is required. If 
> it is just physical help then about £4. It sounds quite low pay but 
> the money has to go a long way. Only a suggestion anyway.
> 
> 
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