SEN Tutor

ASEND tuition supports SEND pupils and helps them continue their learning while they cannot access school or don’t have a school place. We are looking for a teacher or tutor with ASD experience to support a pupil with Special Needs in Dudley.

What ASEND Tuition Is

We are looking for inspirational tutors to support children and young people with SEND in Dudley. We support pupils with SEND who are not attending school for a number of reasons including medical needs, Mental Health issues, or lack of a suitable school place. We aim to prepare them for a return to mainstream or special school or to continue their learning.

We tutor pupils of all ages face-to-face within school times and in a range of settings including homes, schools, community centres and out in the community. Our tuition is completely pupil-focused and can target developing early learning, following an academic curriculum, providing emotional support or developing life skills. We need a wide range of tutors to support our pupils to meet their specific needs and ensure good progress. We work very hard to match each tutor with pupils who can most benefit from their skills and expertise.

About The Pupil

Our pupil is a 14-year-old Autistic girl with ADHD and has gone through some challenging times. She is a friendly and curious teenager, who very much needs the opportunity to build strong, positive relationships with trusted adults but who has experienced a great deal of trauma and loss in her life. She struggles to understand and cope with her feelings of distress and this can lead to her harming herself. She finds it very hard to understand the risks associated with her actions and has made great progress recognizing her feelings and finding the words to talk about the emotions. It is essential that she is offered a nurturing, warm and fun learning environment so that she can begin to build connections in her life.

During one-on-one sessions she has engaged positively, has been keen to show her skills and interests and loves to show what she is capable of. She enjoys games, teaching our tutor new games and is learning Spanish. Alongside this, she is very sensitive and needs challenges to be presented slowly, with lots of praise. She loves creative arts, dancing, gymnastics, performing arts, and history, and has a passion for reading. She loves karaoke and thinks that music is her happy place - it occasionally features in her sessions. The ideal tutor would be creative, innovative and fun, to encourage her to develop her skills and confidence so that she can plan for a positive future.

Our pupil requires a skilled tutor who has a good understanding of ASD and trauma-informed practices such as the 'PACE’ approach — Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, and Empathy. The tutor should also have an understanding of how her diagnoses impact her communication, regulation, and engagement with educational activities, and recognise that behaviour serves as a form of communication. Most importantly, our tutor will be fun loving and willing to play, dance and sing!

About you:

• You’ll have experience with SEN: ASD, ADHD, SEMH, Speech Language and Communication needs, coping strategies, trauma-informed practice

• You may be an experienced tutor or teacher or have experience working with children in a therapeutic way

• You’ll have a passion for helping pupils overcome any barriers to learning and difficulties with engagement

• You’ll be good at building rapport and strong relationships with children and their families - we work closely with families to create a plan

• Ideally, have some experience in helping children with their learning

• Have the ability to motivate and inspire pupils

• Use a person-centred approach in their work

• Make the wellbeing, achievement, and progress of your pupils central to everything that you plan and do

• Have the determination and energy to bring about continuous improvement.

Benefits:

• Generous and competitive rates of pay

• Opportunities for professional development

• Friendly support and guidance to enable you to meet the individual needs of learners and to ensure that you feel confident in your position

• Training in working with children with SEND

• Option to arrange work around the existing schedule

• Join a friendly and supportive team

At ASEND you will always be well supported by our highly qualified and experienced team and well-remunerated for your work.

About ASEND

ASEND is a highly specialist SEND business, placing dedicated SEND professionals in schools and services throughout the UK.

We see ourselves as a SEND company rather than a recruitment agency, which means that we do more than just staffing for SEN education. Our Directors all have a unique understanding of SEND and between them share a wealth of knowledge and experience unparalleled in the field. Our team all have a passion for helping young people with SEN overcome barriers and progress. Your experience with us and our young people will therefore feel very different to what you may normally expect as a result.

If you are seeking a truly rewarding position and are passionate about enriching the lives of young people, then do not hesitate to apply now and one of our specialist team will review your application.