Working as part of a team, the Neurodiversity Consultant’s aim is to support participants, who are neurodivergent young people or adults, to feel more confident, experience reduced attitudinal and communication barriers, and to progress in relation to having a career. The Neurodiversity Consultant will help participants feel more part of a community, and more ready to meet employers, education, and training providers, and to make a positive start to a new career.

The Neurodiversity Consultant will also connect with an exciting employer mentor network, many of whom are neurodivergent, who will inform the programme curriculum, ensuring participant’s learning pathways are relevant to their chosen career at this time, and who will provide learning opportunities for participants.

Key Tasks

Individual meetings with participants, to support participants to develop strategies to achieve goals.

Support of group sessions where participants develop employability skills to secure, sustain and progress in careers and learn strategies for working as a neurodivergent person.

Facilitating interest groups and workshops, for example, taking part in board games and other social activities.

Undertaking weekly activities, along with the project teams, to support participants to achieve project aims, such as securing employment and further training or education.

Facilitating mentor sessions, and employer briefings.

Support of group workshops, and sessions where participants learn about and explore areas which are important to them e.g., disclosure in work.

Maintaining records in relation to all project activity, in line with Specialisterne NI quality standards and GDPR regulations.

Ongoing learning related to autism and autistic people and of tools and techniques which may support participants to achieve project objectives.

General

Ensure all activities are conducted in accordance with the Company’s Health and Safety and Equal Opportunities Policy.

Conduct all activities with confidentiality and in accordance with the requirements of Data Protection Legislation.

Undertake any other duties as required, that are within the competence of the post holder and conducive to the effective delivery of the role.

Undertake and attend any training deemed necessary under the above general conditions