Therapeutic Education Practitioner

Therapeutic Education Practitioner needed for an SEMH Provision Do you have a background in SEMH, SEBD or ASD? Have you had experience with challenging behaviour?  This specialist school based in Harlesden, Brent are looking for a Therapeutic Education practitioners with experience of working with challenging children and young people. This is a specialist Alternative Provision that caters for young people who have been excluded or at risk of being excluded from a mainstream school. Summary of Role: Therapeutic Education practitioners will have the opportunity to work in this Alternative Provision with an international reputation in special education expertise, curriculum and resources.  Experience of working with hard to reach young people with SEMH and ASD. We are looking for candidates who are ‘Trauma informed’ with a mentoring/coaching/teaching background with an understanding of Therapeutic Education. Have the ability to build strong, meaningful and healthy relationships. Who can maintain professional boundaries, are resilient, solution focussed and reflective in their practise. Full time (temporary long term) positions 8.30-3.45 (Mon-Fri). Skills: Therapeutic Education practitioners must have experience working with mental health problems and complex behaviours. 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 SEMH and 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.  Therapeutic Education practitioners will need excellent behaviour management skills. Be able to build positive relationships with young people and staff. Good knowledge/experience working with children with SEMH within an Special needs environment. Therapeutic Education practitioners will need experience working with secondary aged pupils. 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. This is a full time/long term position and will lead to permanent if successful.             The 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. Do not forget TLTP's Refer and Earn scheme. For every person you recommend that we place and meets our terms and conditions you will receive a referral bonus