SEND Tutor — Thatcham

You can make a difference, teach creatively, and work within a more fulfilling and rewarding career.

SENse Learning is offering a unique opportunity for passionate teachers to make a real difference! Our SEND Tutor role allows you to provide one-to-one support for the most in-need young people, working across specialisms as a Specialist Teacher, Intervention Tutor, and SEND Teacher.

Multiple positions are available, hiring is ongoing, and interviews are being arranged as applications are received.

Benefits We Offer Our SEND Tutors

• Competitive pay: £35 – £45 per hour
• Flexible working: Craft your own schedule with in-person, hybrid, and work-from-home teaching opportunities, agreeing lesson times with parents, carers, or schools
• Flexible hours: Part-time up to full-time hours, arranged in consultation with clients and schools to suit your schedule
• Meaningful work: Provide one-to-one support to the young people that are otherwise left behind
• Pastoral and Pathways Support: SENse Learning keeps a team around you and the child
• Community and Company Events: Knowledge sharing and resources
• Referral Programme: Get rewarded for successful tutor referrals

Role Requirements

• Experience: 2+ years of post-NQT teaching experience, ideally working with SEND, SEMH, MLD, SLD, and/or PMLD in a holistic and trauma-informed way
• Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS / QTLS)
• Approach: Understanding of how to work in a child-centred, holistic way; you will have the ingenuity and creativity to make the curriculum work in an individual, student-centred way
• Compliance: Enhanced DBS (we can facilitate this if needed) and 2+ professional references
• Location: You must be based in the UK with the right to work in the UK
• Safeguarding: Knowledge of safeguarding and creating a safe learning environment

Role Responsibilities

• Develop strong relationships with children and young people who have a range of needs and who have often experienced significant difficulties in previous education settings
• Provide in person, online/remote, and hybrid support to children, teenagers, and young people with SEMH and SEND needs, including MLD, SLD, PMLD, and other Additional Educational Needs
• Support pupils and students, ranging from KS1 – KS5 (as appropriate for your skills), referred by local authorities and schools by planning and delivering flexible, trauma-informed tutoring and mentoring tailored to the young person's needs, EHCP, and risk assessment
• Plan and report for lessons and provide regular feedback on student progress

Employment Status

• This position involves engaging with us as a self-employer tutor/teacher
• We provide guidance/signposting on accessing resources to register as self‑employed if you are not registered already
• This is not a PAYE position

Relevant Job Titles / Previous Experience

• SENDCo (Special Education Needs Coordinator)
• SLD / MLD Teacher
• Autism / ADHD Support Teacher
• Intervention Specialist / Teacher / Tutor
• Ex-Teacher
• Learning Support Assistant (LSA) / Teaching Assistant (TA)
• Educational Therapist
• Speech and Language Therapist (SALT)
• Educational Psychologist (EP)
• Inclusion Coordinator

All candidates must pass through our Safer Recruitment process to ensure their suitability to work with children and young people.

We welcome tutors from all backgrounds, and we are committed to reflecting the diversity of the communities we serve.

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