Wellbeing Practitioner

Sherwood Foundation School; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Foundation School is seeking a Wellbeing Practitioner to deliver holistic wellbeing assessments and interventions for autistic children aged 4-19 on a trans-disciplinary team.

You will work under the Wellbeing Lead Practitioner, provide crisis support, coach staff, and contribute to regulation and wellbeing plans, embedding them across the curriculum with confidentiality and sensitivity.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering holistic wellbeing assessments and interventions for autistic children.
• Ability to manage a caseload within a trans-disciplinary team.
• Strong communication and safeguarding skills; maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Deliver holistic wellbeing assessments and interventions under guidance of the Wellbeing Lead Practitioner.
• Manage a caseload and provide support to teaching staff and therapists in various settings.
• Support pupils with wellbeing interventions and crisis support as part of a trans-disciplinary team.
• Lead by example in applying Self-Reg within daily practice and maintain professionalism and confidentiality.
• Support in upkeep and development of specialist rooms, resources, and equipment for wellbeing promotion.
• Assist in writing regulation and wellbeing plans with teachers and therapists, embedding them across the curriculum.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Crisis support

Coaching staff

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Work under the professional guidance of the Wellbeing Lead Practitioner in delivering a high standard of holistic wellbeing assessments and interventions, having the skills and experience to work closely with autistic children aged 4-19.
• Be responsible for managing a caseload of work as part of a trans-disciplinary team, including providing support and coaching to teaching staff and therapists in a range of environments. This includes crisis support to pupils and working individually with children and families on wellbeing interventions.
• Be able to identify issues affecting the wellbeing of learners across the campus and support class teams with interventions, programmes, equipment, resources and strategies to enable progress of individual and groups of learners, working closely with teachers and therapists.
• Lead by example in relation to the school’s trans-disciplinary approach, LEARN ethos and by applying the process of Self‑Reg within daily practice. The practitioner must be able to conduct themselves professionally and be able to manage challenging situations with appropriate confidentiality and sensitivity.
• Be responsible for the upkeep and development of the specialist rooms, resources and equipment required for promoting positive wellbeing with support.
• Support in the writing of regulation and wellbeing plans in collaboration with the teacher, occupational therapist and speech & language therapist and ensure that the pupils’ regulation and communication profiles, therapy programmes and wellbeing plans are embedded across the curriculum, to ensure pupils meet their learning potential.
• Have excellent communication skills, engendering trust and respect for all pupils, families, colleagues, other professionals and community partners at all times.

Training in our approaches will be provided to the successful candidate.