Tutor & Mentor
hace 27 días
Basingstoke
Tutor & Mentor Required - 16-Year-Old Student (SLCN / DLD) - Basingstoke District Location: Basingstoke district - face-to-face onlyHours: 10 hours per weekDuration: Until Summer Holidays 2026Start: As soon as possibleRole: Tutor and Mentor (1:1) The Council is seeking an experienced Tutor and Mentor to support a 16-year-old learner with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) and a formal diagnosis of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Support will take place in person within the Basingstoke district. About the Student The pupil has significant difficulties with: • Understanding vocabulary and longer or more complex sentences, • Auditory memory and processing verbal information, • Using spoken language for prediction, reasoning, inference and structured explanations, • Developing coherent narratives and expressing ideas, • Social communication, including developing/maintaining relationships, • Deliver tailored 1:1 tutoring across key learning areas, adapted to the student's language profile, • Provide mentoring focused on emotional literacy, communication skills and building confidence, • Use visual supports, simplified language and structured teaching strategies, • Break down tasks to support understanding and processing, • Foster engagement, positive routines and rapport, • Promote social communication skills and emotional regulation, • Work collaboratively with the Council and follow EHCP and SALT guidanceRequirements, • Experience supporting young people with SLCN / DLD, • Strong understanding of language-friendly strategies and communication scaffolding, • Ability to build trust and work patiently with a student who may struggle to cooperate, • Consistent, reliable and able to work independently