SpLD Study Skills Tutors in Southampton

Location: Southampton

Salary: £36.48 per hour

Job Type: Freelance

Working at: University of Southampton / Southampton Solent University.

Essential requirements: To be eligible for this role, you must meet the Department for Education's criteria for Specialist one-to-one Study Skills and Strategy Support. This includes current membership of one of the following UK professional bodies: PATOSS (Full or Associate membership), British Dyslexia Association (Professional membership), ADSHE (Professional membership), Dyslexia Guild (Associate, Member, or Fellow).

About us: We are a national Non-Medical Help Provider supporting university students who are in receipt of DSA (Disabled Student Allowances). We believe in fighting inequality by helping people develop and learn. Education is a valuable life experience that can and should be made more accessible to people who have barriers to learning resulting from a disability, mental health condition, specific learning difficulty or neurodivergence. The specialist support workers we work with are highly qualified and provide professional, friendly, personalised, one-to-one support to higher education students to help them address their barriers to learning.

If this resonates with you and you would like to join our team, get in touch! We would love to hear from you.

About the role: Mulberry Education is expanding our team of self-employed, freelance Specialist Study Skills Tutors to provide in-person support to university students. We are currently recruiting Specialist SpLD Study Skills Tutors who are able and willing to deliver face-to-face support on campus. This role cannot be undertaken on a remote or online-only basis. Applicants who are unable to provide in-person support should not apply.

To deliver Specialist Study Skills support funded through Disabled Students Allowance (DSA), tutors must meet the mandatory qualification and professional membership requirements set by the Department for Education, as outlined below. Applications from candidates who do not meet these essential criteria cannot be considered.

The tutors we work with are freelancers who value flexible working hours and autonomy over their schedules. Tutors typically meet each student regularly, usually for one to two hours per week, to explore and address the students' individual barriers to learning within their academic context. We are looking for suitable candidates who are available to start immediately.

Roles and Responsibilities: The successful candidate will:

• Provide one-to-one, in-person specialist study skills support to university students with Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLDs), helping them to develop strategies to reduce the impact of their disability on academic study.
• Work collaboratively with students to identify needs, set goals, and review progress over time.
• Communicate professionally and effectively with Mulberry Education and, where appropriate, with university Disability Advisor teams.
• Maintain accurate, secure digital records in line with Mulberry Education and Department for Education requirements.
• Manage their own timetable and take a proactive approach to supporting student engagement.

About you: We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience supporting individuals with Specific Learning Difficulties (e.g. dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia). This experience does not need to be exclusively with adult learners.
• Has a strong understanding of the demands of academic study at university level.
• Has excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Is able to provide consistent, in-person support at one or more of the specified universities.

Benefits:

• Competitive hourly rate - the amount we pay per hour is the highest we know of.
• Flexible work - tutors are in charge of their own timetable and how many hours they want to work.
• Remote working opportunities - although we need people who could do in-person support, students do request to meet online.
• Access to resources - we have a growing library of resources and tools that are useful for supporting students' academic needs.
• Impactful work - the students we support often say they couldn't have completed their degree without their DSA tutor. We get to work with the student during their whole course, so we see them develop.
• Interesting work - we get to work with students on all sorts of courses.

Please note: Membership of one of the above professional bodies is an essential and non-negotiable requirement for this role. Unfortunately, we are unable to consider applications from candidates who do not currently hold one of these memberships.

Please send your CV and the following information:

• Which professional body membership you hold.
• Whether you are available for in-person support at University of Southampton or Southampton Solent University or both of these universities.

Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles: Teacher, Special Educational Needs Teacher, SENCO, Dyslexia Tutor, Tutor.