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A young person in Worthing needs a tutor to rebuild their confidence. Self-employed SEND tutor, one-to-one (1:1) at home / in the community, £30–£38 per hour.
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They’re in KS4 year group, working on Early Years level, and have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), including Cerebral Palsy, Speech Language and Communication needs (SLCN), Physical needs, Global Developmental Delay (GDD), and use Augmented Assistive Communication technology (AAC).
An effective approach with this young person requires a highly predictable, low-arousal environment supported by visual schedules, “now-and-next” boards, and symbolic communication systems (such as PECS, Makaton, ALDs, or PODD) to alleviate frustration and aid expressive language.
Supporting adults must maintain a continuous 2:1 ratio, using gentle emotion coaching, structured movement breaks, physical scaffolding during mobility, and calming sensory tools (such as their “calm box” or water-based activities) to help him self-regulate, safely build delay tolerance, and navigate daily routines.
The first goal is reconnecting with learning; formal work follows when they’re ready.
ASEND, SEND education provider. Some work towards GCSEs; others learn through a project built around an interest. QTS is welcome, not required. Every young person has a SEND Manager, a risk assessment and an individual plan. Most people combine placements with other work.
Self-employed, under a contract for services. Not a permanent or salaried position; you’re not an employee of ASEND. Each placement is offered with its rate set in a Service Schedule; you choose which to accept, and work isn’t guaranteed. You decide how you plan and deliver, and you’re free to work with others.
ASEND is committed to safeguarding children and young people and expects everyone we work with to share that commitment. This one-to-one work is regulated activity.
Keeping Children Safe in Education requires an enhanced DBS check with the children’s barred list, two references, identity and right-to-work checks, a prohibition-from-teaching check, and online searches for shortlisted applicants. The work is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and it’s an offence to apply if you’re barred. Our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are on our website.
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Everyone we work with has a connection to SEND, through professional practice or personal experience. Many of the young people we support are out of school, in alternative provision, or excluded or at risk of exclusion. Their individual plans are reviewed at least termly, and your session reports feed into those reviews. We’re responsible for the provision and the young person’s outcomes; the specialists who deliver it are independent practitioners working within each young person’s plan.
Some young people follow courses towards SATs, entry-level qualifications or GCSEs; those working well below age-expected levels often do better with a project built around an interest, building literacy, maths and science along the way. Some receive education otherwise than at school (EOTAS) through their education, health and care plan (EHCP).
You write a short report after each session so the family and the young person’s team can follow progress. There’s no marking and there are no graded lesson observations.
This suits experienced tutors and teachers, intervention leads and mentors who have supported young people with SEND and prefer working through relationships to delivering a curriculum.
You travel to each placement, and sessions take place at home or in the community. Keeping Children Safe in Education also requires current safeguarding and Prevent training. If you don’t have an enhanced DBS yet, we’ll help you apply. Optional CPD is available through Tes.
You’re responsible for your own tax and National Insurance. We’d normally expect you to hold professional indemnity and public liability insurance. Either side can step back at any time.
Invoicing and payments: You review and approve a self-billing invoice each month, built from your session reports, and we pay it monthly.
We’ll reply to successful applicants within two weeks, and every applicant goes through safer recruitment checks before working with young people. We welcome tutors from every background and want our network to reflect the communities our learners come from.
