SEND Specialist Tutor

Core Duties 

Role responsibilities: 

• Deliver autism-specialist teaching and learning across our education provision: 

• • Plan and deliver differentiated, scaffolded, interest led lessons that reflecting students’ strengths, sensory profiles and processing styles. 

• • Use structured, scaffolded approaches (visual supports, chunked tasks, worked examples) to support independence. 

• • Embed communication support, emotional regulation strategies and life skills development into teaching.   

• • Track and review student progress using RARPA ensuring outcomes are meaningful and aligned with individual outcomes. 

• • Celebrate achievements using autism appropriate approaches. 

• Understand each student and create an enabling, safe environment that supports personalised learning, wellbeing and positive risk-taking:

• • Build trusting, respectful relationships with students, supporting slef-advocacy and meaningful participation. 

• • Plan for transitions, changes and sensory demands across the day. 

• • Safeguard students’ welfare through trauma-informed practice, balancing protection with confidence building and independence. 

• • Support engagement with families and colleagues through collaborative planning and communication.  

• Support student progression, independence and preparing for adulthood: 

• • Embed Preparing for Adulthood outcomes (community, independence, life skills, and health) into teaching and planning. 

• • Support students to access work experience and community activities. 

• • Contribute to multi‑disciplinary meetings, EHCP processes, transition planning and reviews. 

• • Work collaboratively with colleagues, families and external professionals to develop and implement strategies for supporting learning and progress.  

• Contribute to whole-college good autism practice: 

• • Model reflective, evidence‑based practice and contribute to staff development, coaching and peer learning. 

• • Engage in ongoing CPD in autism, SEND and inclusive pedagogy. 

• • Use competency frameworks to reflect on practice and identify development needs. 

General Responsibilities for all Staff: 

• Ensure that all our beneficiaries are treated with dignity and respect. 

• Empower students, day service members and additional service users to maintain their personal independence and confidentiality. 

• Contribute positively to a high-quality teaching, learning and working environment. 

• Comply with health & safety and safeguarding regulations. 

• Any other reasonable duties commensurate with role as required.