Job overview
Therapeutic Interventions Officer
Scale 6, point 18 – 21 (£29,874 to £31,234 actual salary)
36 hours per week, term time only 45.26 weeks (Fixed Term until 31st August 2026)
Commencing September 2025
Heathcote School and Science College is an inclusive community school with key values to Encourage, Challenge and Succeed. The values are integral in everything we do to support and nurture pupils to achieve the best possible outcomes in a safe and happy learning environment. Feedback from our recent Ofsted report (February 2024) confirmed Staff greatly enjoy working at the school. They hugely value the support they receive for their workload and well-being.
We are looking to recruit a qualified and talented member of staff to our School and OAK provision programme as Therapeutic Interventions Officer. The role will be supporting pupils with significant Social emotional and Mental health issues that are specifically referred to the programme to help them reach their potential and focus on learning. This is an exciting time to join Heathcote to be part of this new provision in partnership with the Local Authority to support pupils, not just within Heathcote, but also within the wider borough. Pupils that join the programme will be supported for 12 weeks with the aim to support them to be reintroduced to main stream education with improved mental health and wellbeing to enable them to learn to their fullest and achieve their full potential. The provision is run from a designated area within the new building we have on site whilst still being connected with all the resources available within the main school. As part of the role, you will deliver and evaluate a range of therapeutic interventions which support pupils with a range of social, emotional and mental health needs with pupils who are attending the OAK provision or the mainstream school. The objective of the interventions will be to support pupils and help them reintegrate back into school or a more suitable provision if necessary.
The successful candidate will have proven experience managing and mentoring pupils with SEMH issues within secondary schools, and an awareness of the range of strategies available to address the differing SEMH issues which exist in the mixed ability classroom, focusing on ensuring barriers to learning can be removed and they can make better progress in school. The role is a fixed term post until August 2026 in line with funding for the provision.
The school puts well-being and development at the heart of its work, and we have very talented staff who are encouraged to grow and develop collaboratively, within school and with local schools, to be the best they can be. We are working to raise standards in a ‘high challenge, low threat’ way and enable robust systems which ensure consistency in all areas and encourage growth and development for all. The school has excellent resources and an impressive, spacious site on the edge of Epping Forest including a staff car park and surrounding roads that do not require a parking permit. We are also a 15-minute walk from Chingford Station which has great links into the City.
We aim to ensure our staff body reflects the diversity of our community and use anonymised-recruitment processes in our short-listing. We employ staff with diverse skills and backgrounds and this ensures that our policies and systems are always inclusive of all our stakeholders. We value and respect everyone’s identity and our Equality Information and Objectives Policy confirms our commitment to the 2010 Equalities Act.
If you are interested, please visit the TES website here where you will find application forms and further information. We encourage you to visit the school before making an application and please contact us on the below email if you wish to do so.
Completed application forms should be emailed to recruitment@heathcote.waltham.sch.uk.
Closing date for receipt of applications: 14th July 2025 at 9am
Please note: applications will be considered as they are received and we reserve the right to close this position before the date specified above. We therefore urge candidates to submit an application as soon as possible.
Heathcote School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure.