Early Years SEN Tutor — Online

Simonestutoring; United Arab Emirates; Remote; AED 165,000 - 331,000; Full time

Job summary

Simone's Tutoring is seeking an Early Years SEN Tutor to deliver highly interactive online support for young children with additional learning needs via Zoom. The tutor will design short, varied activities using movement and household objects to avoid passive screen time.

The role requires delivering one-to-one personalised tutoring online, building language and numeracy skills, and providing parent feedback after each session. This is a freelance online opportunity.

Qualifications

• Qualified in Early Childhood Education, Education, Special Education or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience supporting young children with SEN/SEND.
• Ability to design short, movement-based online activities.
• Strong safeguarding awareness and professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Deliver personalised one-to-one online SEN tutoring based on the child's developmental stage and goals.
• Use movement, visual supports and parent-prepared resources to keep sessions engaging.
• Record observations and provide clear parent feedback after lessons.
• Differentiate activities for different development profiles and adapt pace for attention.

Job description

Online only
Remote delivery via Zoom or approved online platform
No in-person service delivery
Reliable internet, webcam and suitable teaching environment required

Freelance Agreement — Online Tutoring

About the Role

Role Overview

Simone's Tutoring is seeking an Early Years SEN Tutor to deliver highly interactive online support for young children with additional learning needs. Because sustained screen attention can be difficult at this age, the tutor must be able to design short, varied activities using movement, household objects, visual supports and parent-prepared resources rather than relying on passive screen-based teaching.

Support Scope

Deliver personalised one-to-one Early Years SEN/SEND tutoring based on the child's developmental stage, learning profile, curriculum and agreed educational goals.

Build communication, receptive and expressive language, vocabulary, listening and participation through play-based and highly structured activities.

Support early literacy through phonological awareness, sound recognition, systematic phonics where appropriate, oral blending, early reading, mark making and emergent writing.

Develop early numeracy through counting, number sense, matching, sorting, patterns, shapes, comparison, practical problem solving and mathematical language.

Use visual schedules, first-then routines, clear transitions, modelling, repetition, task chunking, multisensory teaching and predictable lesson structures.

Adapt pace, language, sensory load, materials and response demands to support attention, regulation, confidence and successful participation.

Use positive, respectful behaviour-support strategies and reinforcement without punitive or shaming approaches.

Support functional learning behaviours such as turn-taking, waiting, following simple routines, requesting help, making choices and increasing independence.

Work from relevant educational goals, school targets, IEP/individual support-plan information or parent priorities where these are appropriately shared with the tutor.

Record concise observations on engagement, successful strategies, progress and next steps, and provide clear parent feedback after lessons.

Maintain appropriate professional boundaries: this is an educational tutoring role and does not involve diagnosing conditions or providing speech therapy, occupational therapy, psychotherapy or other clinical treatment unless the tutor is separately qualified, licensed and engaged for that service.

A recognised qualification in Early Childhood Education, Education, Special Education/SEND, Psychology, Child Development or a closely related field.

Minimum 2 years of relevant experience supporting young children with SEN/SEND or additional learning needs in an Early Years, school, intervention, tutoring or structured learning-support setting.

Practical experience supporting one or more needs such as autism, ADHD/attention differences, speech and language needs, developmental delay, learning differences, sensory needs or social-communication differences.

Strong understanding of Early Years development and the importance of developmentally appropriate, play-based and relationship-based learning.

Ability to differentiate early literacy, phonics, numeracy, communication and learning-readiness activities for different developmental profiles.

Experience using visual supports, structured routines, task breakdown, multisensory teaching and positive reinforcement.

Calm, patient and emotionally safe approach with strong observation skills and the ability to respond flexibly when a child becomes dysregulated or disengaged.

Strong safeguarding awareness, professional boundaries, reliability and clear communication with parents.

Willingness to follow relevant educational recommendations and support plans while staying within the scope of an educational tutor.

Reliable high-speed internet, webcam, microphone and a professional remote teaching environment.

Ability to structure short online activity cycles and combine screen-based interaction with movement and practical off-screen materials.

Ability to communicate simple preparation instructions to the supporting adult before lessons when specific household materials or visual supports are needed.

Preferred Experience

Proven online experience supporting young children with SEN/SEND, developmental differences or communication needs.

Strong ability to coach the supporting adult on simple setup and transitions without turning the session into parent training or clinical therapy.

Experience using interactive visuals, movement breaks, off-screen objects, digital annotation and short activity cycles to maintain engagement.

Experience supporting transitions between nursery, FS1, FS2, Reception and early primary where appropriate.

Experience working with EAL learners who also have additional learning needs.

Training or experience in sensory-aware, communication-supportive and neurodiversity-affirming educational practice.

This is an educational tutoring role. The tutor may reinforce educational strategies and appropriately shared support-plan goals, but must not diagnose a child or represent tutoring as speech therapy, occupational therapy, psychotherapy, behavioural therapy or another regulated clinical service unless separately qualified, licensed and specifically engaged to provide that service.

Application

Freelance agreement. Compensation is based on completed and fully paid online tutoring sessions in accordance with the agreed tutor commission/rate. This is an online freelance opportunity and does not include relocation or visa sponsorship. Tutors remain responsible for maintaining any work authorisation, registration, permits and tax compliance required in their country or jurisdiction of residence.

About the Company

Simone's Tutoring is a premium educational support company providing personalised tutoring and learning support to students in the UAE and online. We work with qualified educators and specialists to deliver child-centred support aligned with each learner's curriculum, goals and individual needs.

Freelance agreement. Compensation is based on completed and fully paid online tutoring sessions in accordance with the agreed tutor commission/rate. This is an online freelance opportunity and does not include relocation or visa sponsorship. Tutors remain responsible for maintaining any work authorisation, registration, permits and tax compliance required in their country or jurisdiction of residence.