THRIVE Practitioner Opportunity in SEND Education
A Secondary School in Redhill, Surrey, specializing in supporting students aged 11:16 with Special Educational Needs (SEN), particularly those with Autism who need help with social communication, emotional regulation, and sensory processing, is hiring a Permanent THRIVE Practitioner.
This is a unique chance to join a new school and help shape its success from the beginning.
Key Details
* Role: THRIVE Practitioner
* Contract: Permanent, Term Time Only
* Hours: 40 hours per week (specific daily hours are provided: Mon/Tue/Wed 8:15 am : 4:45 pm, Thu 8:15 am : 5:00 pm, Fri 8:15 am : 4:00 pm)
* Salary: GBP27,713 to GBP30,250 per year, depending on qualifications.
* Incentive: A GBP2,000 Welcome Bonus is offered to candidates who have relevant SEN experience.
About the School
The school provides students with a broad, exciting curriculum, personalized to meet individual needs, interests, and passions. Their model features small classes, high levels of classroom support, and a supernumerary multi:disciplinary intervention team, ensuring every student has the opportunity to achieve.
The Role: Main Purpose
As a THRIVE Practitioner, you will support the Pastoral Lead and SENDCo in the day:to:day running of the THRIVE provision. Your primary focus will be to support the development, social, emotional, and behavioural needs of students, improving their engagement in both their social and academic environments.
Key Duties
* Use specialist skills, training, or experience to support pupils emotional development and behaviour needs.
* To support the day to day running of a Thrive provision ensuring that pupils are effectively supervised, implementing timetables, planning, strategies and activities to meet the individual needs of pupils
* Establish positive relationships and partnerships with young people, acting as a role model and responding to the needs of each individual student.
* Provide play and arts:based enjoyable experiences that give young people the opportunity to learn through experience rather than through cognitively based learning.
* Deliver 1:1, small groups and class group sessions
* Establish constructive relationships and partnerships with parents and families and participate in feedback sessions as directed.
* Actively promote inclusive practice across the school to ensure acceptance of all pupils.
* Raise the profile of positive solutions to working with learners at risk.
* Provide the teacher and teaching staff with accurate and objective feedback on pupil progress and other matters, ensuring the availability of supporting evidence.
* To work alongside the lead to actively assess pupils progress and create up to date action plans through regular Thrive assessments
* Ensure students and parents are provided feedback in relation to developmental, social and emotional progress.
* Keep statistical data as requested by THRIVE lead / coordinator
* Supervise and support other staff, who work with childrens emotional and behavioural development
* Contribute to the Annual Review process as required
* Support and contribute to the delivering of staff training in order to implement and embed the Thrive Approach model across the school.
The School is Looking For
Essential Qualifications and Experience:
* GCSE Maths and English Language (minimum Grade 4 or equivalent).
* Up:to:date training relevant to the post.
* Knowledge and experience working with pupils with SEN, including ASD, ADHD, and those with challenging behaviour.
* Understanding of Safeguarding principles and Child Protection procedures.
* Knowledge of childrens social and emotional development/attachment theory.
Desirable:
* THRIVE training or willingness to undertake practitioner training.
* Experience running nurture groups/social skills groups.
Benefits Package
* Life Assurance and Enhanced Pension.