Mental Health Practitioner jobs in United Kingdom

Remedy Recruitment

Remedy Recruitment is currently seeking a dedicated Therapeutic Education Practitioner to provide 1:1 support for a student with ASC (Autistic Spectrum Condition) in a new primary school setting. This role includes elements of personal care and offers a rewarding opportunity to support a young learner's social, emotional, and academic development through therapeutic and educational approaches.

• Provide 1:1 therapeutic and educational support for a child with ASC, including personal care where required.
• Assist in developing therapeutic resources, learning materials, and supportive teaching strategies.
• Deliver regular and detailed feedback to teachers regarding the child's progress, needs, emotional regulation, and achievements.
• Attend to the child's personal needs, including social, health, physical, first aid, welfare, and personal care matters.
• Contribute to a purposeful, inclusive, and supportive learning environment that promotes emotional well-being.
• Deliver agreed learning activities, interventions, and structured programmes, adapting them where necessary to ensure progress.
• Assist with supervision during non-lesson times, including playtime and lunchtime duties.
• Build positive, trusting relationships with the child and act as a consistent, therapeutic role model.
• Promote inclusion, acceptance, and equal access for all pupils.
• Support learning across curriculum areas such as literacy, numeracy, Key Stage content, and subject-specific tasks.
• Encourage peer interaction, emotional regulation, and engagement in class and therapeutic activities.
• Prepare and clear the classroom, including assisting with displays of students' work.
• Prepare, organise, and maintain classroom equipment and resources.
• Undertake record-keeping and progress tracking.
• Establish and maintain positive communication with parents/carers.
• Provide general administrative support to the teaching team.

• Relevant qualifications.
• Knowledge of strategies for supporting young people with challenging behaviours.
• Awareness of social issues that can affect students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Awareness of Health & Safety expectations in educational settings.
• Experience working directly with young people in an education, SEN, therapeutic, or training environment.
• Proven ability to build positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Ability to manage workload effectively and take responsibility for own tasks.