Wellbeing Practitioner
Sherwood Park School
Wallington
- £32,225 - £34,084 per month
- New
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 18 April 2026
Job overview
Wellbeing Practitioner
Salary; Grade S01 Point 21 to 25 (£32,225.00 - £34,084 pa FTE £37,134 - £39,276)
Contract: 36 hours per week Term Time plus 1 week (39 weeks)
Start date: ASAP
We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic wellbeing practitioner to our existing team on a permanent basis. Experience of working with autistic children and young people is essential. These roles will be based at the Sherwood Hill Campus but specialist interventions may be delivered on our other campuses at times.
The wellbeing practitioner will:
● 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 candidates. For any questions or queries please contact Anna Richardson
Closing Date: Midnight, Sunday 19 April 2026
Interview Date: Wednesday, 29 April 2026
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About Sherwood Park School
Sherwood Foundation School
Sherwood Foundation School is a Foundation Special School located in the London Borough of Sutton and made up of three campuses:
Sherwood Park Campus: This 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 Hill Campus: This 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 Manor Campus: This 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.
About Us
A key focus of our curriculum is to provide learning experiences that will develop the whole child / young person to be as independent as possible, gain skills and knowledge that will prepare them for adulthood and an enriching life.
All of our children have an Education Health and Care Plan and often have a number of dedicated professionals working with them in order to support them to reach their potential - we are very proud of our trans-disciplinary approach and place great emphasis on supporting our pupils to feel safe, well and emotionally regulated in order that they can achieve their best.
Sherwood Foundation School is a warm and friendly school, with high aspirations for our fantastic pupils.
Sherwood Foundation School is currently rated “good” by Ofsted.
Sherwood Foundation School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Level Disclosure.
Sherwood Foundation School is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and supportive workplace for all.
Our Vision, Mission, Values, Ethos
Vision
Breaking the mould - Reframing teaching and learning to realise the potential of every individual
Mission
To provide a strengths based, wellbeing centred education, rooted in Self-Reg, that celebrates, challenges and empowers our students to belong, self-advocate and move forward with purpose, ready to succeed as adults.
Values
Listening and responding to the voices of everyone in our school community and beyond
Enabling our learners and the whole school community to be the best they can be
Accepting and celebrating individual differences and neurodiversity
Respecting everyone in all areas of their life & learning
Nurturing the individual to develop regulation, autonomy and independence
LEARNing is everywhere at Sherwood Foundation School
Ethos
Driven by our values, progressive in our thinking, collaborative in our approach
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