**Full Job Description**:
**How would you like to be paid for five days but only work four*?**

**Our colleagues’ wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do at OFG, so we’re always looking for new ways to improve everyone’s work/life balance. We’re taking part in a trial of the 4-Day Working Week, meaning that you could be working one day less a week (or equivalent).**

**If the trial is a success, we’ll be rolling the 4DWW out across the Group - so there’s never been a more exciting time to join #teamOFG**

**Job Title: Therapeutic Instructor**

**Location: Heath Farm School, Charing Heath, Ashford, Kent**

**Salary: £28,000 per annum**

**Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday**

**Contract: Permanent, Term Time only**

If you really want to make your mark in a rapidly growing business that is committed to improving the lives of children and young people, we have the role for you

Due to growth in service, we are hiring a Therapeutic Instructor to join the Heath Farm School team located in Charing Heath, Ashford, Kent.

**Job Purpose**

To lead on and support others in the delivery of Therapeutic Education Plans (TEPs) to individual students both onsite and offsite with the objective of reintegrating students back into the class.

**Key Responsibilities**
- To work alongside the Deputy Head: Wellbeing, Senco and TEP Coordinator to map out and delivery therapeutic and social aspects of TEPs
- To collaboratively lead in the assessment of student’s progress toward set goals including updating relevant parts of SOLAR assessment framework and student passports.
- To work 1:1 with a variety of students both onsite and offsite to deliver bespoke and purposeful intervention
- To plan, monitor and evaluate individual TEP programmes
- To attend TEP review meetings
- To attend and contribute to relevant meetings in relation to students you are supporting (Annual Reviews, PEPs, CIC and Pupil Progress Meetings)
- To work with teaching teams, Senco and TEP Coordinator in order to purposefully structure plans and support students to reintegrate into the classroom environment

**About the School**

It is an exciting time to join Heath Farm School. Under the leadership of the new, forward-thinking headteacher, the school and its team are currently in the process of redesigning and creating a purposeful and unique ‘Heath Farm Curriculum’ that fully meets the holistic needs of our students.

We are an independent SEN school that offers a unique and stimulating environment where every pupil can make outstanding progress in their personal development and enjoy success in their education. From our nurturing approach for primary pupils through to the relaxed working environment of the specialist 6th Form Centre, all students are encouraged to reach high standards in every aspect of their lives.

Our students present with a wide range of needs, including social and emotional issues, learning difficulties, mental health problems and associated conditions. However, they are able to enjoy extraordinary outcomes and be happy at school.

As an independent SEN school, we are far removed from the toxicity and bureaucracy found in so many other schools and we are able to abandon ineffective and traditional methods in favour of new, highly effective and tailored initiatives - essentially, we do what we know is right for the students in our care.

We are part of Acorn Education and Care and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career.

Acorn Education and Care is part of the Outcomes First Group.

**Why join Acorn Education & Care?**

**Benefits**

**Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including**:

- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” - access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

**And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including**:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the children and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
- **_You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy._