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Head of Therapeutic Support
Lighthouse School Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 6QBThis job expired on 2 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
2 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
17 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £40,476 - £46,731 or MPS (if applicable)
What skills and experience we're looking for
As an expanding provision across the region, Lighthouse School is seeking to appoint a Head of Therapeutic Support to grow with the school as we meet our vision to provide outstanding education for our students.
This presents a valuable opportunity for a committed an experienced practitioner to work alongside the leadership team to shape and deliver an innovative and ambitious provision. As Head of Therapeutic Support, you will strategically lead on the development and delivery of a comprehensive whole school therapeutic approach, and the universal, targeted and specialist integration of therapeutic support services. This will ensure that therapeutic principles are effectively embedded into the school’s educational and pastoral frameworks.
What the school offers its staff
This role comes with full training, induction and a range of benefits:
- Salary paid across 12 equal monthly instalments, and an increase each September (subject to Trustee approval and the finances of the school).
- Mental health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do - our staff say they feel supported by the Senior Leadership Team and our Mental Health First Aider Team.
- Access to a range of free health care services including, Employee Assistance Programme offering free counselling (general/menopause), physiotherapy, 24/7 GP service, stress coaching, nurse support services, financial wellbeing coaching, surgical assistance programme, free flu vaccinations, and eye tests for VDU users. See here for more information.
- Up to date autism specific training, including person centred approaches, positive behaviour support strategies and understanding communication from our Speech and Language Therapists and our training and Wellbeing Teams.
- Continuous Professional Development including access to coaching, mentoring and supervision, as well as e-learning and online training courses.
Flexible working opportunities
We are also a DfE appointed Flexible Working Participant School and open to offering a range of flexible working options. Please share your preferences with our HR colleagues at your earliest opportunity in order that these can be fully considered.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Lighthouse School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS certificate is required for successful applicants, and all newly appointed staff who have lived or travelled overseas for 12 months or more in the past 10 years will be required to undertake an overseas check as part of our pre-employment checks.
Information can be found on the government website at
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants/guidance-on-the-application-process-for-criminal-records-checks-overseas
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About Lighthouse School Leeds
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 88 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lighthouse School Leeds website
- Email address
- HR@lighthouseschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0113 457 0605
Lighthouse School in Leeds is a completely unique secondary school. In fact, we are the first of our kind in the country – a specialist free school.
We focus on a ‘destination-led’ approach for our students, who all have a diagnosis of autism (ASC). Our journey so far has been amazing and we are immensely proud of what our students have achieved. We are a ‘Good’ school with aspirations to be ‘Outstanding’ in the near future. We are a happy and vibrant community, where young autistic people learn, flourish and thrive. Currently, we have 93 students on roll aged 11 to 19 years. Students study a range KS3, Level 1/2 and Level 3 qualifications, including BTECs and GCSEs.
Arranging a visit to Lighthouse School Leeds
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@lighthouseschool.co.uk.
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