Therapies Assistant. Mitcham Education & Training

£27,251 - £29,601 (including paid school holidays) + excellent benefits

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

This role is based at Lavender Lodge School.

Lavender Lodge school resides within an 18 th Century building in the heart of Mitcham. Our pupils come from many different boroughs to attend our school and are lucky to experience a life changing love of learning. We are proud of our pupils and our dedicated team and pupils leave us with a sense of achievement. Having joined the Witherslack Group family in 2022, Lavender Lodge School is an independent specialist day school providing high-quality education, based in South London.

The school meets the needs of pupils with a primary diagnosis of autism and additional needs such as ADHD, speech and language difficulties, sensory issues and associated behavioural difficulties. We were recently recognised as Good by Ofsted.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and children's homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support,
both in terms of our expertise and breadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As a Therapies Assistant you will work under the direct supervision of the onsite Speech and Language Therapist and Occupational Therapist. You'll support the running of one-to-one and small group interventions and gather the required information for high quality assessments. Working as part of the team around the child, you'll also liaise with parents, carers, colleagues and partner agencies to support the best outcomes and environment for our children and young people.

We know you're going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits
package in the sector. With us, you'll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people - plus you'll get:

• Training
  : A full induction and on the job training

• Holiday
  :
  You'll work hard at WG, so you'll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays

• Clinical Development
  :
  If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development

• Flexible benefits
  : meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance - check out our benefits here

• Wellbeing
  : a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities - check out our schools here

• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £2,000 bonus every time

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their
future. Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered the support, resource and platform for you to do great things. You'll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way. Here's what we'll need from you:

• At least 5 GCSEs (including English)

• You’ll have worked with children and young people with SEMH and/or SEN in similar or other roles

• Have a good understanding of safeguarding rules and practice.

• A can do' attitude - a team player who rolls up their sleeves to help others

• We genuinely care about our young people (and each other) so honesty and empathy is a must

• The resilience to be able to deal with challenging situations

At Witherslack Group, inclusion is part of who we are. We're committed to creating an environment where everyone feels respected, valued and that they truly belong.

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