Therapeutic Education Practitioner

London Teaching Pool, Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist education provider in East London is seeking a Therapeutic Education Practitioner to work with secondary-aged pupils facing challenges such as SEMH and ASD. Candidates should possess excellent behaviour management skills and experience in a classroom setting. This role offers a supportive environment and the chance to shape the educational path for young people with complex needs. Opportunities for professional development are provided.

Benefits

Quality professional development

Supportive work environment

Opportunity for impactful work

Qualifications

• Must have a background in SEMH, SEBD or ASD.
• Current DBS on the update service is required.
• Experience with challenging behaviour is necessary.
• Must have classroom experience with primary or secondary pupils.

Responsibilities

• Build positive relationships with young people and staff.
• Assess children with learning difficulties and identify their special needs.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers to define appropriate activities.

Skills

Excellent behaviour management

Mental Health experience

Experience teaching a range of subjects

Experience with SEMH

Classroom experience

Job description

Therapeutic Education Practitioner

Overview

Do you have a background in SEMH, SEBD or ASD? Have you had experience with challenging behaviour? Do you have Team Teach or MAPA training? Have you covered lesson? Experience tutoring or teaching small groups?

This specialist school based in East London is looking for a special needs Therapeutic Education practitioner with experience of working with challenging children and young people. Therapeutic Education practitioners will have the opportunity to work in this outstanding school with an international reputation in special education expertise, curriculum and resources. Therapeutic Education practitioners must have experience working with mental health problems and complex SEN needs. This school believes that all young people should be provided with appropriate education in a safe, stable, containing learning environment.

Special needs Therapeutic Education practitioners will be working with a secondary aged pupils who have SEMD, SEBD troubled behaviour. Some students are academic and they range from KS2- KS4.

Therapeutic Education practitioners are given opportunities to succeed through the use of highly personalised individual education plans to help support their students. The Therapeutic Education Department works closely with the nurses, doctors and therapists at the centre and with a wide range of professionals in the community.

This role starts ASAP and interviews will be held after half term.

Responsibilities

• Therapeutic Education practitioners will need excellent behaviour management skills
• Be able to build positive relationships with young people and staff
• Therapeutic Education practitioners need to be able to teach/cover a range of lessons when needed
• Good knowledge/experience working with children with SEMH within an Special needs environment
• Therapeutic Education practitioners will need experience working with secondary aged pupils
• Therapeutic Education practitioners will be collaborating with the classroom teacher to define appropriate activities for the pupils in relation to the curriculum
• Assessing children who have long or short-term learning difficulties and working with colleagues to identify individual pupils\' special needs
• Liaising with other professionals, such as social workers, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and educational psychologists

Requirements

• SEN
• EBD
• Mental Health experience
• ASD
• Excellent behaviour management
• Current DBS on the update service
• Classroom experience
• Working with primary or secondary
• Experience teaching a range of subjects

Benefits/What the School Offers

• A committed and enthusiastic staff.
• Quality professional development.
• An exciting opportunity to shape the future of the school and to set the culture for achievement and progress for all of the pupils.
• Purposeful, happy and supportive environment with learning for all at its centre.

If you engage the students in a positive way, this will be a very satisfying role, which would look great on your CV.

TLTP Group is an Equal Opportunities employer. Subject to observance of all UK and EU current legislation we shall not discriminate to exclude individuals on the grounds of age, race, colour, gender (birth or reassigned), sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, marital status, ethnic or national origin, health, pregnancy, childcare responsibilities or criminal records. Candidates from such groups are actively encouraged to apply.