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<div class="mds-edited-text mds-font-body-copy-bulk"><p><strong>Senior Practitioner and Designated Safeguarding Lead</strong></p>
<p>An inspiring opportunity to take your career to the next level and help shape the lives of our most vulnerable young people.</p>
<p><strong>Salary: </strong>£42,000 - £49,000 per annum</p>
<p><strong>Location:</strong> Create Learning Secondary (Newham) and Primary (Barking)</p>
<p><strong>Contract:</strong> Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover), Full-time</p>
<p><strong>The Complete Education Solution (TCES)</strong></p>
<p>TCES is an independent provider of 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.</p>
<p>TCES pupils learn at one of our four schools or within our Home Learning service; Create Learning and Create Learning Primary support our most complex and vulnerable pupils, with highly differentiated and personalised holistic education programmes developed for each pupil focusing on developmental milestones. When they are ready, we aim for pupils to step down from Create into one of our main schools.</p>
<p><strong>The Role - Senior Practitioner (Integration) and DSL</strong></p>
<p>We are seeking an experienced and qualified Social Worker to manage a highly complex caseload and fulfil the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead across both the Secondary and Primary site.</p>
<p><strong>Essential requirements to be successful in the role are:</strong></p>
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<li>Social Work England registered, with an appropriate degree level qualification in Social Work.</li>
<li>Experience working in a relevant multidisciplinary team across the disciplines of education, health and social care.</li>
<li>Ability to work in an assertive outreach way to engage young people and their families for delivery of clinical services.</li>
<li>Experience of providing a range of therapeutic interventions tailored for this highly specialised client group.</li>
<li>Experience of supporting neurodiverse children with ASC and/or SEMH and an understanding of potential implications for communication, learning and behaviour patterns.</li>
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<p><strong>In return we offer:</strong></p>
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<li>Competitive salary and terms and conditions.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>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.</li>
<li>Comprehensive induction process, including all pupil-facing staff supported in receiving the Level 3 Award in Therapeutic Education and Group Process.</li>
<li>Regular half termly staff wellbeing days.</li>
<li>A range of employee support and wellbeing benefits including our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), counselling and contributions towards medical costs and an  exclusive rewards platform.</li>
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<p><strong>Closing date  3 January 2022</strong></p>
<p><strong>To apply:</strong></p>
<p>To apply, please visit our website via the button below.</p>
<p>Please complete the application form and equal opportunities form and return by an email.</p>
<p><em>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.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>The Complete Education Solution is an equal opportunity employer.</strong></em></p>