Autism Support Tutor

Location: Dagenham, East London
Pay Rate: £25-£30 per hour
Job Type: Temporary | Part-Time | Flexible Hours

🕒 Flexible working hours – choose between morning, noon, or evening sessions to fit your schedule.
📍 Sessions may take place in the student’s home, school alternative provision setting, or the local community.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide 1:1 support to children with Autism, focusing on building trust and consistency.
• Deliver Functional Skills English and Maths lessons tailored to the learner’s cognitive and emotional needs.
• Use visual, sensory and structured teaching methods to promote understanding and engagement.
• Work closely with families and professionals to ensure the learners EHCP goals and emotional needs are supported.
• Create a calm, inclusive, and encouraging learning environment that respects the student’s routine and comfort zone.

Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year of experience working directly with children with Autism in a 1:1 setting.
• Experience teaching or delivering Functional Skills English and/or Maths
• Right to work in the UK
• Have or be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.

Desired:

• SENCO experience or SEN- related training
• ABA Qualifications or training
• Teaching qualifications such as PGCE or QTS

What we offer:

• TeamTeach Training alongside Safeguarding and Prevent awareness courses free of charge!
• Flexible hours to fit around your schedule
• Competitive pay rates

This is a rewarding role for someone who understands that progress looks different for every child. If you are passionate about helping learners with Autism build life skills, academic foundations, and emotional resilience, we’d love to hear from you.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding/vetting checks with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.

Proud to be listed in the Times as one of ‘The Best Companies To Work For’, Prospero Teaching is an innovative and forward-thinking recruitment agency. With over two decades of experience, our education consultants work hard to find you the most suitable role, from a wide range of teaching jobs across the UK, in thousands of excellent schools, academies, and nurseries. We are an APSCO-audited education agency, and our awards for excellence demonstrate our commitment to high-quality service and best practice.