Therapeutic Tutor
Location: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
Hours: Flexible, up to 15 hours per week
Contract: Temporary/ongoing, subject to the learner’s needs
Start date: As soon as possible
About the Therapeutic Tutor Role
Inspire Tutoring is seeking a compassionate, patient and experienced Therapeutic Tutor in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire to provide highly personalised 1:1 or even 2:1 support for a young person who is currently unable to access school because of significant anxiety and emotionally based school avoidance. The successful tutor must be able to commute to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire 5 days a week for up to 3 hours per day, build a safe, trusting relationship and use a calm, flexible and trauma-informed approach to help the learner re-engage with education at an appropriate pace.
Key Responsibilities as a Therapeutic Tutor
- Plan and deliver individualised sessions that combine therapeutic engagement with accessible learning activities.
- Establish consistent routines and a low-pressure learning environment in which the learner feels safe and understood.
- Use creative, interest-led and relationship-based approaches to develop confidence, emotional regulation and readiness to learn.
- Introduce academic content gradually, adapting expectations in response to the learner’s presentation and progress.
- Work collaboratively with parents or carers, schools, professionals and the Inspire Tutoring team.
- Record attendance, engagement, progress and outcomes clearly after each session.
- Support carefully planned transition and reintegration goals when the learner is ready.
- Follow safeguarding, risk-assessment, confidentiality and professional-boundary procedures at all times.
- Commute to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
About You
- Experience supporting children or young people with anxiety, autism, SEND, trauma, SEMH needs or emotionally based school avoidance.
- A strong understanding of trauma-informed, attachment-aware and neurodiversity-affirming practice.
- The ability to remain calm, dependable and responsive while maintaining clear professional boundaries.
- Confidence adapting learning to suit an individual learner’s communication, sensory and emotional needs.
- Excellent written communication and accurate record-keeping skills.
- A relevant teaching, tutoring, therapeutic, youth work, SEND or pastoral qualification is desirable.
- QTS is welcomed but is not essential where applicants can demonstrate strong relevant experience.
- Willingness to complete an enhanced DBS check and all required safeguarding and compliance checks.
What We Offer
- A meaningful opportunity to make a measurable difference to a young person’s education and wellbeing.
- Flexible hours shaped around the learner’s capacity and agreed provision.
- Ongoing support from the Inspire Tutoring team.
- Access to relevant learner information, planning guidance and professional liaison.
- Competitive pay based on experience and the requirements of the placement.
How to Apply
Please send your CV and a brief supporting statement outlining your relevant experience and therapeutic approach to Inspire Tutoring. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and early application is encouraged.
Safeguarding statement: Inspire Tutoring is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, identity and right-to-work checks, an enhanced DBS check and any other safer recruitment checks required for the role.