Responsibilities when working with a specialist mentor or SpLD tutor.
When working with an assigned mentor or tutor your responsibilities are:
SpLD Appointments
- Appointments will be arranged at a time convenient to you.
- You must contact your mentor/tutor to cancel if you cannot attend an appointment.
- You will be contacted if the mentor/tutor needs to cancel the appointment (e.g. illness). The mentor/tutor will contact you to reschedule your appointment when they return
- If you do not attend and do not give 24 hours of notice of cancellation this will impact the number of sessions available to you with the mentor/tutor across the semester.
- If you do not attend three successive sessions your file may be closed and you may require to be re-referred by a disability advisor.
When meeting with the mentor/tutor you are expected to:
- arrive on time
- be prepared for the session
- take responsibility for your own learning
- help the mentor/tutor identify areas that are causing you difficulty at university and/or situations that you are finding challenging so that you can work on developing coping and learning strategies
- ensure an uninterrupted session
- treat your mentor/tutor with respect.
Confirming Timesheets:
- You are expected to confirm that a session has happened via the online timesheet system, Connect. You will be sent an email prompt each week if you have a timesheet to confirm.
- You are expected to confirm sessions where you have given less than 24 hours of notice of not being able to attend.
- Without this confirmation, we will not be able to claim the funding to cover the cost of your support.
- If you have any difficulties using the system, please contact disability.service@ed.ac.uk. Someone will be happy to help you with the process.
Confidentiality
- Confidentiality and information sharing will be fully discussed between you and your mentor/tutor.
- However, if your mentor/tutor is concerned about your immediate safety or someone else's safety, they will share relevant information with a third party. All attempts will be made to inform you of this at the time.
- The systems and safeguards to safely store data are in line with Data Protection Law. More information can be found via our Privacy Notice.
- Disability & Learning Support Service Privacy Notice
Feedback and Complaints
If you are unhappy with your mentor/tutor support, contact the Disability & Learning Support Service so that we can help solve the issues.