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 lessons? Experience tutoring or teaching small groups?
This specialist school based in Ealing is looking for a Therapeutic Education Practitioner with experience in working with challenging children and young people. This is a specialist PRU school that caters for young people who have been excluded or are at risk of being excluded from mainstream schools.
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 essential. We are looking for candidates who are 'Trauma informed' with a mentoring / coaching / teaching background and an understanding of Therapeutic Education. Candidates must have the ability to build strong, meaningful, and healthy relationships, maintain professional boundaries, and demonstrate resilience, solution-focused approaches, and reflective practice.
Responsibilities :
* Working 1 : 1 with students in the community who are accessing one of the Curriculum Pathways (Engagement, Vocational, Academic).
* Flexibility to travel to the hub and around London to work with different students within their cluster groups.
* Attending the Therapy and Life Skills Hub in Barking every Friday for CPD / meetings / resources.
* Experience working with mental health problems and complex SEN needs.
* Teaching / covering a range of lessons when needed.
* 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.
Minimum Requirements :
* Experience working with secondary-aged pupils.
* Good knowledge / experience working with children with SEMH within a special needs environment.
This is a full-time / long-term position and will lead to permanent if successful.
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 pupils.
* A 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.
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