Autism Tutors - Functional Skills (SW London)

Seeking: Autism tutors in SW London with day-time availability

About

Bright Heart is an award-winning London-based tuition agency and education consultancy – we won the Tuition Business of the Year award in the 2022 National Tutoring Awards. We are also an accredited National Tutoring Programme (NTP) Tuition Partner. We offer a more nurturing approach and help students with special educational needs (SEN) and those lacking confidence or motivation. Our heart-based approach – the ‘Bright Heart Approach’ – involves meeting the whole person from their unique perspective with warmth to build trust, self-esteem and self-belief, before building on academic abilities.

The role

Bright Heart Education’s tuition agency (an employment business) is urgently seeking experienced autism tutors to provide functional skills tutoring to 2 students with ASC - one provision is 10 hr/week and the other one up to 25 hrs/week (it could be possible to do one or both provisions, as they are in a similar area). Successful candidates will be provided with further information and guidelines on the Bright Heart Approach and relevant training for working with SEN students.

Key qualities we are looking for:

· Passion for working with students with ASC, including those with more complex needs incl. non-verbal and with assistive technologies

· Training and experience working with autistic students

· An understanding of the social, emotional and mental health requirements of neurodiverse students

· Ability to engage and motivate students

· Daytime availability to at a minimum cover 10 hrs/week of tutoring

· To be caring, patient and empathetic

· To be professional and diligent

Benefits of the role

You will be working as a self-employed, part-time tutor, so you will be free to choose which clients / students you wish to provide tuition to (we have many other opportunities). Bright Heart provides its tutors with opportunities for professional development.

In addition, Bright Heart offers the right candidate:

· Competitive remuneration

· A tutor incentive scheme

· A £4 per journey travel contribution (in addition to advertised pay rate)

· A respectful working environment for tutors

· Ongoing training

Key qualifications

All candidates must have the right to work in the UK and will be required to have a current Enhanced DBS certificate before commencing any tutoring assignments (we can apply on behalf of a candidate if not currently held). Candidates will also be required to provide us with 2 independent professional references that are tutoring/teaching related and a parent reference. Please review the safer recruitment policy on our website for further details.

In addition, candidates should have:

· At least 24 months of tutoring / teaching experience with students with ASC in the UK, including with non-verbal students and assistive technologies (preference)

· Excellent spoken and written English

· Good subject knowledge and a passion for teaching

Applying to Bright Heart

Please attach your CV and include a cover letter outlining your ASC tutoring experience and your motivation for applying to us. Please note, applications with a cover letter will be given preference.

Should we wish to progress your application, we will contact you for a brief screening call, which will be followed by an interview with a director for successful candidates.

Thank you for your interest.

Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 10-35 per week

Salary: £32.45-£48.40 per hour

Benefits:

• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus scheme

Application question(s):

• Do you have a minimum of 10 hrs/wk available during the day?

Education:

• A-Level or equivalent (required)

Experience:

• UK ASC tutoring: 2 years (preferred)
• teaching/tutoring: 2 years (preferred)
• SEN: 2 years (preferred)

Language:

• excellent English (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Enhanced DBS (Child workforce) (preferred)

Work Location: One location