Non-Medical Helper rates
Academic year 2014-15
HEI / Disability / Accessibility Support Service Contact Details
HEI
Coventry University
Contact Name & Position
Disability Support Team
Postal Address
Health and Wellbeing
TheHUB
Priory Street
Coventry
CV2 3FZ
Telephone No. – Voice
024 7765 8029
Minicom / SMS
N/A
Email(s) – if a general disability
support service email address is
available please be sure to give this
disoff.ss@coventry.ac.uk
Web information / URL
www.coventry.ac.uk
Institutional provisions and accommodations
Are any assistive technology resources
available via the University Network? If
so what is available?
Texthelp! Read and Write
Inspiration
Does University accommodation have
internet access? Do students have to
pay? Please tell us about campus wifi
coverage.
All university owned accommodation have free internet
access.
Campus wifi is available and substantial
Does the library make any
accommodations for to students with
disabilities/SpLDs?
We have a waived fine system, so students get reduced fines
Do you have study areas on campus
specifically for the use of students with
disabilities/SpLDs? Is specialist AT
available? Please list.
Health and Wellbeing have a bank of 12 PC’s within their
location which can only be used by our students. Texthelp!
Read and Write and Inspiration.
SupernNova is allocated to the IT accounts of our visually
impaired students.
Non-Medical Helper rates
Academic year 2014-15
Are examination script labels available
for students with disabilities to identify
the scripts to markers? Please give as
much detail as possible. Please make
distinctions between coursework and
examinations where appropriate.
These are automatically added to exam scripts of students
with SpLDs
What arrangements are in place for
students in receipt of additional time in
examinations?
Students must complete an exam form before every exam
period. This allows them flexibility to choose which
adjustments they require.
Does the HEI cover costs for support
workers in examinations ie for readers
and scribes…or is the DSA used to cover
these?
Do any other ‘student services’ have
particular provisions for students with
disabilities? For example is there a
dedicated careers adviser, study abroad
adviser, residential
services/accommodation adviser, study
skills adviser?
Each professional services department and teaching faculty
has a Learning Support Coordinator. This includes the library,
careers, IT services, counselling and partner institutions.
Any other specialist provisions?
We have an adapted vehicle which staff and students can
book for fieldtrips, and other study related events.
Procedures for interim support
What procedure / provision is in place
relating to ‘interim’ support – ie support
to be made available to students in
advance of funding body entitlement
information?
Institutional arrangements are implemented immediately on
receipt of diagnostic evidence. A loan pool of assistive
technology including laptops, software and voice recorders
are available for students awaiting a DSA award or those not
in receipt of DSA.
Non-Medical Helper rates
Academic year 2014-15
BAND ONE
Activity Titles
BAND TWO
Hourly rate
Practical Support
Assistant
Includes practical and mobility assistance around the
university campus
£24.25
Library Support Assistant
Assist students to search library catalogue, locate and
collect materials
To read aloud for a student who cannot access text
due to disability
£24.25
Scribe
Record an accurate record of the student’s dictation
£24.25
Workshop/Laboratory
Assistant
Provide individual support in specialist laboratory and
practical workshop settings to ensure the student is
able to perform experiments and practical tasks safely
£24.25
Sighted Guide
Provide orientation support for a visually impaired
student
A flexible role, recommended to enable strategies
complemented by some practical assistance
Support a student to access their exams (reader,
scribe, prompter).
£24.25
To produce an accurate set of handwritten records of
a taught class (lectures, seminars, workshops) and
during class field trips.
All our manual note takers are trained to support
learners with additional support requirements
Translate British Sign Language into voice and
vice versa, working flexibly with a student in
workshops and seminars, to include the provision of
one-to-one support
Note taking by someone with advanced skills and a
formal qualification in electronic note taking
£24.25
Reader
Study Assistant
Examination Support
Worker
Manual Note Taker
Communication Support
Worker
Electronic Note taker
BAND THREE
Activities
Specialist Transcription
Service
To transcribe lecture notes, seminar notes, oral
dictation or audio files into an alternative format
accessible to the student
Mobility Trainer
Provide a professional assessment of the campus
location and carry out a time limited programme of
training for visually impaired students
£24.25
£24.25
£24.25
Cosmic-People &
The Learning
Support Centre
(two quotes)
Cosmic-People &
The Learning
Support Centre
(two quotes)
Cosmic-People &
The Learning
Support Centre
(two quotes)
Guide Dogs
(contact Cov Uni,
disability team
for more info)
Non-Medical Helper rates
Academic year 2014-15
BAND FOUR
Specialist Mentor
Specialist 1:1 Study
Skills Support
British Sign Language
Interpreter
Language Support
Tutor for D/Deaf
Students
Provide specialist, specifically tailored, one to one
support which helps students with a specific
impairment, e.g. mental-health conditions, autistic
spectrum disorders, complex physical/sensory
disabilities or neurological disorders, to develop
strategies to minimise the impact of their disability on
academic work, adjusting to and coping with
University life in general
Provide specialist teaching, specifically tailored one to
one support, to develop the skills needed to cope with
study difficulties created by a specific impairment e.g.
specific learning difficulties, autistic spectrum
disorders, neurological disorders
Qualified British Sign Language Interpreter. Able to
Interpret the full intent and meaning of any delivery
or communication from source to target language
and compensate for cultural differences between the
deaf and hearing worlds
To provide study skills/language support for D/deaf
students
£53.00
£62.25
Cosmic-People &
The Learning
Support Centre
(two quotes)
Cosmic-People &
The Learning
Support Centre
(two quotes)