Therapeutic Education Practitioner

TLTP Education; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist education provider in Greater London is seeking a Therapeutic Education Practitioner to support children with challenging behaviours in a community setting. You will engage with students facing SEMH challenges, collaborate with educational professionals, and utilize personalized education plans to foster learning and growth. Full-time, long-term role leading to permanent opportunities.

Benefits

Travel expenses during working hours

Lunch with students reimbursed

Qualifications

• Experience working with mental health problems and complex SEN needs.
• Ability to build strong, meaningful and healthy relationships.
• Resilient, solution-focused and reflective in practice.

Responsibilities

• Work 1:1 with students in the community accessing one of the Curriculum Pathways.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers to define appropriate activities related to the curriculum.
• Assess children with learning difficulties and identify special needs.

Skills

Background in SEMH, SEBD or ASD

Experience with challenging behaviour

Team Teach or MAPA training

Experience tutoring or teaching small groups

Excellent behaviour management skills

Strong relationship-building skills with young people and staff

Knowledge/experience working with children with SEMH

Experience with secondary aged pupils (KS2–KS4)

Job description

Therapeutic Education Practitioner

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 Newham is looking for a Therapeutic Education practitioner to work with challenging children and young people. The school is a specialist PRU school that caters for young people who have been excluded or at risk of being excluded from a mainstream school. The role is community based.

Summary of Role

Therapeutic Education practitioners will have the opportunity to work in this SEMH school with an international reputation in special education expertise, curriculum and resources.

Experience of working with hard‑to‑reach young people with SEMH, ACE's, ASD, sensory and communication difficulties is required.

We are looking for candidates who are trauma informed with a mentoring/coaching/teaching background and an understanding of Therapeutic Education. The ability to build strong, meaningful and healthy relationships, maintain professional boundaries, be resilient, solution‑focused and reflective in their practice is essential.

Full‑time (temporary long term) positions (Mon‑Fri).

Responsibilities

• Work 1:1 with students in the community accessing one of the Curriculum Pathways (Engagement, Vocational, Academic).
• Be flexible to travel to the hub at times with students and around London to work with different students within their cluster groups.
• Attend the Therapy and Life Skills Hub in Barking every Friday for CPD/meeting/resources.
• Use highly personalised individual education plans to support students.
• Collaborate with classroom teachers to define appropriate activities related to the curriculum.
• Assess children with long or short‑term learning difficulties and identify individual special needs with colleagues.
• Liaise with other professionals such as social workers, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and educational psychologists.
• Teach/cover a range of lessons when needed.

Qualifications & Skills

• Background in SEMH, SEBD or ASD.
• Experience with challenging behaviour.
• Team Teach or MAPA training.
• Experience tutoring or teaching small groups.
• Experience working with mental health problems and complex SEN needs.
• Excellent behaviour management skills.
• Strong relationship‑building skills with young people and staff.
• Knowledge/experience working with children with SEMH in a special needs environment.
• Experience with secondary aged pupils (KS2–KS4).

Additional Information

There is no private parking onsite (only pay and display). Travel expenses during working hours and lunch with students are included and reimbursed.

The role starts ASAP. This is a full‑time long‑term position and will lead to permanent status if successful.

Equal Opportunities

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.