Assistant Educational Psychologist Newcastle, Ards, Northern Ireland
Job description
We currently have a fantastic opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated Assistant Educational Psychologists to join our creative and friendly service. This year, our service has led on local authority wide initiatives, such as ELSA, our nationally renowned literacy project and supporting Looked After children as part of joint work with the Virtual School. We continue to use psychology in everything we do to change and improve the life experiences of children and families in Staffordshire.
We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Assistants who are planning a future career as Educational Psychologists who want to work creatively in applying psychology to achieve great outcomes for our children and families in Staffordshire.
A comprehensive programme of induction, supervision and training will be provided offering excellent preparation for an assistant role as part of a busy service and for any future steps towards training to be an EP.
This advert is for a position in our Newcastle and Moorlands districts.
Main ResponsibilitiesThrough the effective application of psychological principles and techniques you will:
- Support and work closely with a district team of educational psychologists in providing a professional service to the LA, schools, children, and their families.
- To implement interventions that are grounded in psychological theory and principles in order to promote inclusion and maximise the achievement of young people.
- Work within the framework of the SEN Code of Practice.
- Undertake collaborative work with parents, teachers, and other professionals in accordance with LA and Service procedures and practice.
- Undertake research and contribute to service development work.
- Maintain good administrative records of all work undertaken and to support the maintenance and accuracy of electronically held data.
- Develop professional skills and knowledge and to feed back to Service colleagues’ information about work undertaken in CPD time.
- Undertake such other duties appropriate to an assistant educational psychologist as may be required.
- Be adaptable to changes in the work context.
- Responsible for ensuring that any concerns in relation to safeguarding and/or child protection are reported to the designated person in line with Local Authority Child Protection procedures. It is an expectation of the post that Child Protection training will be undertaken.
As a minimum you will need an honours degree in Psychology (or equivalent) recognised by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as well as relevant experience.
For further information, please contact Vanessa Willis, Senior Educational Psychologist: [email protected] or on 07976 650427 or Melissa Jones, Principal Educational Psychologist: [email protected] or on 07814 772157
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 24 and Thursday 25 May
About Staffordshire County CouncilWe are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people.
We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future. We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.
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As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Silver Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
