Therapeutic Champion, Empowers & Safeguards
Starting Salary: £43,025 to £48,241 per annum (TCES Clinical Band 2)
Location: Create in the Community, Therapy & Life Skills Centre (IG11) and other community learning settings.
Contract: Permanent, Term time plus 2 weeks.
We are seeking a qualified and HCPC registered Occupational Therapist to join our growing therapeutic provision in partnership with our Great Minds Therapy Services Offer.
You will be linked to one of our on-site schools in London, whilst also supporting and elevating the wellbeing of highly vulnerable young people through specialist online therapy practice.
The Great Minds Therapy Offer allows TCES to provide expert support, collaborating with TCES educational and pastoral staff, to ensure the effective delivery of therapeutic education, bespoke interventions and unique learning opportunities for neurodiverse pupils who have a range of complex needs, and who demonstrate behaviours linked to trauma. Pupils are encouraged to find and express their creativity and provided opportunities to achieve awards, alongside traditional subjects, as they move from dependence on others to independence through therapeutic interventions..
The young people in our therapeutic education services have a history of being let down by education settings, with their needs and behaviours misunderstood. Many pupils have experienced tier 3 or 4 traumas, are at high risk of aggressive or sexualised behaviour, complex offending, gang affiliation, attachment disorders, complex physical, psychological and healthcare needs.
The Complete Education Solution (TCES)
TCES is an independent social enterprise, providing specialist education based in London supporting exceptional neurodiverse children and young people aged 7 to 19 who have special educational needs and disabilities typically associated with autism, social emotional and mental health needs and associated disorders. Most of them will have experienced multiple placement breakdowns and significant trauma, often resulting in behaviour that challenges. On average pupils will have been excluded from other provisions up to three times before reaching us and had significant periods out of education.
TCES pupils learn at one of our two physical school sites, Create in the Community service or within our National Online School; Create in the Community and Create Learning Primary support our most complex and vulnerable pupils, with TCES East London and TCES North West London supporting those who are able to access learning within a school environment. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main schools, TCES Sixth Form, and mainstream provision.
TCES Create in the Community deliver bespoke learning and therapeutic interventions to neurodiverse pupils, who have a range of complex needs, and who demonstrate behaviours linked to tier 3 / 4 traumas. Pupils are encouraged to find and express their creativity and provided opportunities to achieve awards, alongside traditional subjects, as they move from dependence on others to independence through intensive therapeutic interventions.
Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:
* Demonstrable success in offering Music Therapy services to highly complex and high-risk children with neurodiverse identities, including those with SEMH / ASC, and an understanding of potential implications for communication young people, learning and behaviour patterns.
* HCPC Registered.
* Ability to plan and organise own workload, working flexibly and creatively.
* Therapeutic Role Model; resilient, dedicated, with a never give up attitude.
* High level of experience of multi-disciplinary and inter-agency working.
In return we offer:
* Competitive terms and conditions (NHS Band 6/7 equivalent), including regular monthly pay.
* An opportunity to make a real difference and join a leading provider of specialist education, directly contributing towards positive outcomes for pupils with SEMH and ASC.
* Excellent CPD opportunities with all staff provided an individual Learning & Development Plan to support career development, including education qualifications at all levels (QTS / QTLS / NPQs) and options to take progressive Ofqual registered Level 3 – 5 qualifications in Therapeutic Education.
* Comprehensive induction process, including all pupil-facing staff supported in receiving the Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process.
* Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.
* A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling, gym discounts and contributions towards medical costs and an exclusive rewards platform.
Closing date 20 March 2025
To apply:
To apply, please complete an application here. For more information please contact recruitment@tces.org.uk
TCES is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to all relevant checks such as references, medical clearance and a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure.
The Complete Education Solution is an equal opportunity employer.