ABA/VB Tutor in London

Snowflake School for Children with Autism is seeking a passionate and enthusiastic ABA/VB Tutor to join our dedicated team. We offer strong values and purpose, strong leadership, and a place where everyone feels at home. We believe happy employees are successful employees. Previous ABA/VB experience is not essential, as comprehensive training and ongoing supervision will be provided. If you are looking for a rewarding role where you can develop specialist skills while helping pupils reach their full potential, we would love to hear from you.

Job purpose: To work under the instruction and guidance of the ABA/VB Team to assist with the management of pupils and undertake teaching and care for key pupils, carrying out pupils' support programmes and enabling independence and access to learning for all.

Support for pupils:

• Supervise and support pupils to ensure their safety and access to learning.
• Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and responding appropriately to individual needs.
• Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities.
• Attend to the pupil's personal needs and implement related personal programmes.
• Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate.
• Assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education Plans, Behaviour Plans, and Personal Care programmes.
• Promote self-esteem and independence.
• Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement.
• Participate in assessment of pupils, e.g., VBMAPP, AFLLS, lesson reviews.
• Support pupils in specialist areas, e.g., swimming at a local leisure centre.
• Support pupils' learning during lunch and playtime.
• Work with the ABA/VB Supervisor to establish an appropriate learning environment.
• Provide detailed and regular feedback to ABA/VB Supervisor on pupils' achievement.
• Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with the school Positive Behaviour Policy.
• Undertake pupil record keeping as requested.
• Assist with the planning of learning activities.
• Monitor and evaluate pupils' responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against pre-determined learning objectives.
• Assist in the setting up and clearing away of equipment in the classroom.
• Work with individual pupils and small groups on tasks as directed.
• Support pupils to understand instructions.
• Help pupils to access learning activities through specialist support.
• Use ICT effectively to support learning activities and develop pupils' competence and independence in its use.

Requirements:

• A passion for working with children and young people.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Patience, enthusiasm, and a willingness to learn.
• Experience in education, psychology, childcare, special educational needs (SEN), or related fields is desirable but not essential.

This role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children and is therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check with children's barred list clearance and comply with all safeguarding policies and procedures. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Applicants are required to disclose all unspent convictions and cautions. Spent convictions and cautions do not need to be disclosed unless they are protected exclusions under the current filtering rules. Any information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only where relevant to the role.

Please note that this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the ABA/VB Tutor will carry out. The post holder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role. Snowflake School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken as part of the recruitment process. The successful candidate will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check and provide satisfactory references in line with safeguarding and safer recruitment requirements.