Wellbeing Practitioner
Sherwood Foundation School, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 7NP347 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
31 August 2027 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36 hours per week, Term Time plus one week (39 weeks), Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- NJC Pay Scale, Grade S01, Point 21 to 25, (£32,225 - £34,084 per annum, FTE £37,134 - £39,276)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Responsibilities
- Work under the professional guidance of the Wellbeing Lead Practitioner in delivering a high standard of holistic wellbeing assessments and interventions, having the skills and experience to work closely with autistic children aged 4-19.
- Be responsible for managing a caseload of work as part of a trans-disciplinary team, including providing support and coaching to teaching staff and therapists in a range of environments. This includes crisis support to pupils and working individually with children and families on wellbeing interventions.
- Be able to identify issues affecting the wellbeing of learners across the campus and support class teams with interventions, programmes, equipment, resources and strategies to enable progress of individual and groups of learners, working closely with teachers and therapists.
- Lead by example in relation to the school’s trans-disciplinary approach, LEARN ethos and by applying the process of Self-Reg within daily practice. The practitioner must be able to conduct themselves professionally and be able to manage challenging situations with appropriate confidentiality and sensitivity.
- Be responsible for the upkeep and development of the specialist rooms, resources and equipment required for promoting positive wellbeing with support.
- Support in the writing of regulation and wellbeing plans in collaboration with the teacher, occupational therapist and speech & language therapist and ensure that the pupils’ regulation and communication profiles, therapy programmes and wellbeing plans are embedded across the curriculum, to ensure pupils meet their learning potential.
- Have excellent communication skills, engendering trust and respect for all pupils, families, colleagues, other professionals and community partners at all times.
Training in our approaches will be provided to the successful candidate.
What the school offers its staff
Staff Benefits
We know that to achieve our vision, it is our people who make the difference. We offer a competitive reward and benefits package:
- Enrolment in Local Government Pension Scheme
- Competitive Salary
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme via Vita Health Care Group
- Benenden Health - health care cash plan
- On-site staff parking (at two campuses)
- Comprehensive training and development opportunities
- Opportunities for career progression across three campuses
- Flexible working policies
- On site staff swimming sessions
- Access to school dinners
- Commitment to staff health & wellbeing
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Sherwood Foundation School
- Organisation type
- Special school, ages 2 to 19
- Size
- 204 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@sherwoodpark.org.uk
Sherwood Foundation School is a Foundation Special School located in the London Borough of Sutton and made up of three campuses:
Sherwood Hill Campus
Sherwood Hill Campus is a specialist school for autistic learners aged 3–19 years who have multiple and complex barriers to learning, requiring high levels of support to access education and learning around their peers. Many of our learners may also have severe learning difficulties and/or struggle to maintain a regulated state for learning.
Sherwood Park Campus
Sherwood Park Campus is a specialist school for learners aged 3–19 years who have severe, multiple and complex learning difficulties and/or disabilities. This includes learners who have highly complex access needs resulting from their physical and/or health conditions. All learners require high levels of adult support to access learning.
Sherwood Manor Campus
Sherwood Manor Campus is a specialist school primarily for autistic learners aged 11–19 years who have moderate to severe barriers to learning. Most of our pupils can access a highly adapted formal learning environment with high levels of adult support. Some of our learners struggle to deal with the demands of an adult-led learning environment so may need a highly individualised learning offer to meet their academic potential.
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