Mental health / autism study skills support

The focus of MH/AS Mentor support is on student academic progression (including perfectionism, procrastination, time-management) as well as wellbeing strategies including sleep hygiene, healthy eating, exercise regimes and relaxation techniques.

MH/AS Mentors will NOT act as a therapist or counsellor and will signpost students to appropriate external agencies for additional and alternative support as required.

New students can expect to receive the following pattern of sessions, though each student’s support will be assessed on an individual basis.

Summary of sessions:

• Session 1 – Introduction, further explanation of mentoring support and planning
• Sessions 2 & 3 – Commencement of support, rapport and trust building, assess future support requirements
• Sessions 4 onwards – fortnightly sessions for academic progression and well-being support

Mentor appointments will be tailored to the specific needs of students and will include one or more of the following appointment types:

• Office based face-to-face
• Walking
• MS Teams/Skype/Zoom
• Telephone

Supplementary support can be available to students through a variety of facilitated peer support groups.

To sign up for Specialist Mentor support, register with the Service

NB: A funding application will need to be made to receive this support. There may be a waiting period of a number of weeks for mentoring support to begin depending on demand for appointments, your supporting documentation, and/or your funding provider, and, at present, our Service is unable to provide this support to new students who are eligible for Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) funding.  In these cases, support will be provided by a professional agency determined in each case by the DSA funding body.