SEN Tutor

We have a fantastic opportunity for enthusiastic, highly motivated and flexible Tutors / Unqualified Teachers to join a friendly and dynamic team at a Specialist Independent School in Frome. You would be supporting and educating young people aged 9-19 with emotional behavioural difficulties, complex Learning Difficulties, Autistic Spectrum Disorder and challenging behaviour.

*** Interview Day - Friday December 13th ***

Salary: £18,850 - £25,040 depending on experience.

Full Time, Permanent, Term Time only (39 weeks of the year)

Hours:

Monday: 8:30am-4:30pm

Tuesday-Thursday: 8:30am-4pm

Friday: 8:30am-3:30pm

About the School:

Aligning academic ability to pastoral and therapeutic outcomes is central to their work - inspiring students and staff to maximise interest, potential and personal achievement and facilitate success.

They follow a broad syllabus offering key skills, small classes and individual education programmes. Their creative and flexible learning programmes are regularly monitored and reviewed. Their students participate in a full educational assessment to develop their bespoke education plan and curriculum with a focus to provide 'success through learning opportunities'.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the management of student behaviour.
• To provide the highest quality of education, care and preparation for life for all students in the school.
• To assist in the teacher development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies and teaching strategies in curriculum areas and departments.
• To teach students according to their educational needs, including the setting and
• marking of work carried out by the student in the school and elsewhere in liaison with other teaching staff.
• To plan and prepare courses and lessons with oversight from teaching staff.
• Promote independent learning.
• Encouraging students to take responsibility for their own learning and promoting
• development of self-esteem.
• Promote social and emotional development of students.
• Contribute to health and wellbeing of the students.

Experience Required:

• Must have experience of working with SEN and challenging behaviours.
• Must hold a Full UK Driving Licence due to the rural location of the settings.
• Must be aged 23 or over due to the requirements of the role.
• GCSE English and Maths.
• A Childcare / Education qualification would be desirable.
• Experience of working with people with ASD.
• Have an understanding of the importance of lesson planning, IEPs and learning objectives to contribute to learning.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Well organised and practical.
• Ability to diffuse conflict.
• Adaptable and flexible.
• Calm under pressure.
• Able to form and maintain appropriate professional relationships and boundaries with children and parents.
• Able to organise and deliver classroom activities.
• Able to implement a range of Teaching and Learning strategies.
• Able to deal with sensitive information in a confidential manner.