Learning and Therapy Support Practitioner - (Therapeutic Learning and Inclusion) - Stony Dean School

Overview

This role is for side by side project at Amersham School

Stony Dean School is a specialist setting with an embedded therapeutic approach to education. Through our partnership provision, we support pupils with additional needs to successfully access mainstream education at the Amersham School through highly personalised therapeutic and educational support.

The Support Practitioner will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support pupils within a mainstream school settings under the direction of qualified Speech and Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists.

The role focuses on implementing Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) provision within the classroom environment, supporting pupils to access learning, communication, social interaction and sensory regulation throughout the school day.

Mainstream Partnership Context

The Support Practitioner will primarily work within mainstream school environments as part of Stony Dean School’s partnership provision. The role requires flexibility, collaboration and an understanding of how therapeutic approaches can be integrated within busy mainstream classrooms and wider school systems.

The successful candidate will support pupils to access the academic, social and sensory demands of mainstream education through a combination of direct pupil support, collaborative working with school staff and implementation of universal therapeutic approaches.

The role will also contribute to building staff confidence and capacity within mainstream settings by modelling therapeutic strategies, supporting environmental adaptations and contributing to staff training and coaching.

Start date: The appointment is for 01 September 2026.

Salary: Buck Pay Range 4, £23,515.00 - £25,244.00 Annually (Actual), £31,424 to £33,735 Full Time Equivalent 32.5 hrs p/wk term time

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 32.5 hrs p/wk term time

Closing date: 02 July 2026

About us

Stony Dean is a specialist school where every young person is valued as an individual. We work in close partnership with families, professionals, and the wider community to ensure that each student is supported to achieve their full potential—academically, socially, and emotionally. Our curriculum is built to meet national standards while incorporating best practices from across the country. At the heart of our approach are three core priorities that guide everything we do

Website: https://stonydean.bucks.sch.uk/

About the role

This role combines elements of therapeutic support, inclusion practice and learning support. The post holder will play an important role in bridging specialist therapeutic approaches with mainstream educational practice, helping pupils access an inclusive, language-rich and regulation-supportive environment whilst supporting mainstream staff to embed universal therapeutic strategies into everyday teaching and pastoral practice. The successful candidate will work closely with the Partnership Lead, therapists and education staff to help pupils access an inclusive, communication-rich and regulation-supportive learning environment.

There may also be opportunities to provide support across Stony Dean School and other partnership provisions.

Main Purpose of the Role

To work under the guidance of qualified Speech and Language Therapists (SaLTs), Occupational Therapists (OTs) and the Partnership Lead to:

• Implement therapeutic and educational provision outlined within pupils’ EHCPs.
• Support pupils to access learning within mainstream classrooms.
• Deliver therapeutic strategies and interventions within educational contexts.
• Promote pupils’ communication, literacy, social interaction, emotional regulation and sensory access.
• Deliver and support targeted interventions, small group work and therapeutic activities.
• Contribute to the development of inclusive and therapeutic learning environments.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Supporting Pupils

• Develop an understanding of the individual strengths, needs and support strategies of pupils being supported.
• Build positive, supportive and professional relationships with pupils, families and staff.
• Support pupils within lessons to access literacy, communication, social interaction and emotional regulation.
• Implement strategies and programmes designed by SaLTs and OTs within classroom and group settings.
• Support pupils to access sensory accommodations and environmental adaptations.
• Support pupils to develop independence, self-advocacy and participation within mainstream school environments.
• Model and facilitate positive social communication and interaction.
• Adapt communication and learning approaches to support pupil engagement and access.
• Promote the use of visual supports, communication strategies, sensory tools and regulation approaches.
• Support pupils during transitions, unstructured times and throughout the wider school day where appropriate.

For further information please see attached Job description.

About you

Educated to GCSE or equivalent level including, English and Maths

See Job candidate specification for further information.

Other information

We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.

To formally apply you will need to complete the attached application form (CV’s are not accepted but can accompany an application form) and send this to Rachel Franklin, HR & Compliance Officer at [email protected].

The schools apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for all positions at the schools which amount to regulated activity. The role you are applying for meets the legal definition of regulated activity with children.

If you are successful in your application you will be required to complete a DBS Disclosure Application Form. Employment with the schools is conditional upon the schools being satisfied with the result of the Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Any criminal records information that is disclosed to the schools will be handled in accordance with any guidance and/ or code of practice published by the DBS. It is an offence for person barred from working with children to apply for this post.

Stony Dean School is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Successful applicants will also be expected to keep up to date with annual safeguarding training, DfE guidance and School specific safeguarding information.

Stony Dean School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An offer of appointment is subject to satisfactory references, Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service), PO (Prohibition Order) checks, social media checks and medical clearance.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.