Home-School Tutor/Facilitator for a 7-Year-Old Autistic Girl
Neurodiversity Centre
South Africa, Gauteng, Midrand
On-site · Part-time
About Us
We are a specialised sourcing, training, and support service for families of neurodivergent children and adults.
Role Overview
Facilitate a young child’s home-based learning programme as she begins following a mainstream curriculum through the NeuroMe online platform. Support her understanding of learning tasks, help her complete activities appropriately, and accommodate her individual learning, regulation, and sensory needs throughout the school day.
The child can become anxious and overwhelmed and currently has a low tolerance for demands. This role calls for a low-arousal, low-demand, child-led approach, in collaboration with her multidisciplinary team and with implementation of relevant support strategies.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the team to support the child’s needs.
- Facilitate social engagement with peers and support social learning when needed.
- Understand and accommodate sensory difficulties and anxiety related to schooling.
- Integrate supportive tools into the learning environment as advised by therapists and the multidisciplinary team.
- Assist the child in understanding and completing learning tasks.
Remuneration
- R120 per hour
Requirements
- Experience tutoring, teaching, or working with children, particularly neurodivergent children.
- Knowledge of or experience with neurodivergence, Pathological Demand Avoidance, or autism spectrum disorder is advantageous.
- A gentle, kind, supportive, and child-led approach.
- Empathy and the ability to set boundaries gently but firmly.
- Fluency in English.
- Familiarity with the NeuroMe learning platform is advantageous.
- Teaching experience or a teaching degree or diploma is advantageous.
- Availability weekdays, Monday to Friday, 08:00–12:00.
Benefits
Training through the NDC Facilitation Academy when the role commences, followed by one month of support sessions in collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team at the Neurodiversity Centre.