Job Title: ASD Specialist Teacher (Primary SEMH Setting)
Location: Sheffield
Contract: Temporary, Term-Time Only (Monday-Friday)
Start Date: Immediate
Unlock Potential. Join Academics as an ASD Lead Teacher.
Do you speak the language of patterns, predictability, and passion led learning? Academics is searching for an understanding and analytical Primary Teacher to join a specialist hub in Sheffield, supporting children on the Autism spectrum who face additional social and emotional barriers.
Your Mission
- Decode Behaviour as Communication: Move past standard behaviour management. Interpret triggers, design sensory friendly resources, and implement individualised structures that reduce anxiety and prevent overwhelm.
- Create Order from Chaos: For autistic pupils struggling with trauma or emotional dysregulation, routine is medicine. Establish a highly visual, low demands environment where students feel safe enough to unmask and engaged enough to grow.
The Ideal Candidate
- Holds QTS with demonstrable experience or a deep fascination for ASD strategies (e.g., TEACCH, PECS, or Zones of Regulation).
- Possesses a logical, calm mindset; notices the subtle shifts in mood or sensory input that others miss.
- Finds professional joy in scripting, special interests, and the "quiet breakthroughs" that happen when a child finally trusts you.
Non Negotiables
- Active Enhanced DBS on the Update Service (or immediate willingness to process one).
- Verifiable references confirming expertise with neuro diverse, vulnerable learners.
The Rewards
- Structured Hours: Term time only consistency to prevent your own burnout.
- Specialist Rates: Competitive pay that honours your niche skillset.
- Deep Fulfilment: Work within a Sheffield provision that actually understands masking, meltdowns, and monotropism-where your adaptations are celebrated, not questioned.
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