IT Specialist

SAT is a Leeds based tutoring agency that specialises in home education and SEN provision for primary and secondary education. Over the past 5 years since we opened, we have helped students as far as Indonesia work towards their exams with excellent results Many of our clients are home educated or have SENs so we work alongside health care professionals and schools to successfully support and reintegrate students. Alongside this, SAT tutors prepare students for exams such as their GCSEs and A-Levels via 1-to-1 tuition online, or in-home. If you are passionate, enthusiastic and meticulous then you could be just who we’re looking for

**The role**:
We are looking for an IT Specialist to support a student with multiple SENDs to access information technology at a venue near Bakewell. The young person currently requires 10 individual IT sessions in order to teach them how to engage with the technology. Due to the young person's SENDs, the specialist should be patient, professional, bright and intuitive with the student and develop relationships and trust with the student.

This IT specialist should have experience with supporting students with SENs and _must_ have experience supporting and working with children with anxiety, sensory needs and demand avoidance; trained in a low arousal approach, with an awareness of executive functioning challenges.

**Areas of responsibility and key tasks**:

- Accessing IT and training activities outside the home
- Work within our specialist team along with the case manager
- Experience with communicating directly with parents and other professional key workers involved
- Ensuring safeguarding of the young person is paramount and safeguarding policies
- Supporting the requirements of the young person's EHCP

**Qualifications and experience we are looking for**:

- Must be trained and experienced in supporting adolescents with a diagnosis of ASD and PDA - on the job CPD will be available
- Would be desirable to have safeguarding training at Level 3 minimum - training to this level can be provided if required
- Enjoy inspiring the student and seeing progress in their results
- Be able to support and liaise with a variety of teaching and other professionals
- Must hold a valid driver's license and car insurance.
- Must have experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team

**Job Type**: Part-time

**Salary**: £33.00 per hour

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Bakewell, Derbyshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- DBS Certificate (required)

Work Location: In person