Therapeutic Education Practitioner

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 West Drayton, Hillingdon is looking for a special needs Therapeutic Education practitioner with experience of working with challenging children and young people.  This is a specialist SEMH school that caters for young people who have been excluded or at risk of being excluded from a mainstream school. 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.  This role starts ASAPTherapeutic Education practitioners will need excellent behaviour management skillsBe able to build positive relationships with young people and staffTherapeutic Education practitioners need to be able to teach/cover a range of lessons when neededGood knowledge/experience working with children with SEMH within an Special needs environmentTherapeutic Education practitioners will need experience working with secondary aged pupilsTherapeutic Education practitioners will be collaborating with the classroom teacher to define appropriate activities for the pupils in relation to the curriculumAssessing children who have long or short-term learning difficulties and working with colleagues to identify individual pupils' special needsLiaising with other professionals, such as social workers, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and educational psychologistsThis is a full time/long term position and will lead to permanent if successful. Skills and experience required are as follows:SENEBDMental Health experienceASDExcellent behaviour managementCurrent DBS on the update serviceClassroom experienceWorking with primary or secondaryExperience teaching a range of subjectsThe schools 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.