Assistant Psychologist ( 13bc) Leicester, England
Job description
Fixed-Term Assistant Psychologist
Discovery School Trust EPIC Services
The role will be based at De Montfort House, Scott Street, Leicestershire.
Fixed term for 1 academic year, 21 August 2023 - 21 August 2024
Grade 5 Pay Point 7-8
37 hours and 38 weeks per year
Monday - Friday 08:00-16:00
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EPIC Psychology & Wellbeing Service is a school led partnership established to meet the needs of local children, families and schools. Our partnership of 25 primary schools and 4 secondary schools work closely together to develop a high-quality service that best supports the need of our schools. We also work with the South Leicestershire Inclusion Partnership which provides support to secondary aged children and young people, Community Paediatrics and Leicestershire LA.
Our service covers pre-school – Y13 both mainstream, community and specialist provision.
As a service we are fairly unique. We are school led, which means we have established our partnership by request and with support of local primary schools, and we are one of only a handful of cases in England with this structure. This makes us an exciting place to be working, and means we are a fast-paced organisation charged with new ideas and opportunities.
Our service provides high need support for children and families and also aims to develop an effective wellbeing provision to support families, safeguard children’s mental health and offer training for all people working with our children. We are a team of educational psychologists, assistant psychologists, undergraduate assistants and a full-time administrator. We also work closely with our sister service, Speech and Language Therapy, within EPIC having shared policies and professional meetings. The Service is changing to meet local and national need. Our Service is constantly changing to meet local and national need and we continue securing a diverse range of partners (service users) as we grow Discovery Trust.
We are currently seeking to appoint two Assistant Psychologists, to join our energetic and vibrant team based at the De Montfort House situated on our Millgate School site. You will be responsible as a team of assistant psychologists in helping deliver a psychological service to schools across the Trust, and their communities, wider county schools, and to undertake duties across the Educational Psychology Team in support of the Senior EP. Year on year we introduce new training packages & research areas and look to increase our scope as a service, working as creatively as possible. We have a focus on therapeutic work. EPIC is considering becoming an approved placement provider to be able to offer TEP placements. This has led to LA commissioned work and we are exploring expanding this part of our service.
We are a fun, fast paced and energetic team. We would welcome applications from psychology graduates, with at least a 2:1, who possess Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (Registration) and who have shown a passion for applying psychology for the good of children and schools.
The Assistant Psychologists will work as part of EPIC to achieve the following:
- Support some of the administration tasks so that they gain an understanding of the process from referral to feedback.
- Support the organisation with some of our training and conferences.
- Liaise with the administrator to support other duties as appropriate within EPIC.
- Support the EPs by developing resource packs, useful tools for children as part of their interventions.
- Support the EPs by scoring different assessment tools, analysing evaluation data, creating surveys as appropriate.
- Take part in team meetings to listen to issues that impact on a Psychology Service.
- Take part in small training opportunities such as ELSA or one of the EPICnMIX workshops.
- Accompany EPs on school visits that do not involve individual children assessments or discussions.
- Agree to all data protection and confidentiality protocols within the service.
- Engage in training groups to upskill yourself and be better equipped to deal with the role of EP in the future.
We will support our assistant with training, guidance and mentoring to make this a hugely rewarding role.
If this sounds like you then we would love to hear from you!
We can offer:
- A workplace where everyone feels represented, included and valued
- An opportunity to be part of and contribute to the ongoing improvement of central services within a growing multi–Academy Trust
- Dedicated and talented staff
- Effective support and a detailed CPD support programme
- Enthusiastic and well-motivated colleagues
- Flexible working in line with the needs of the role
Why choose us:
Discovery Schools Academy Trust is dedicated to improving learning and teaching by creating a culture that promotes excellence. The needs of all children are placed at the heart of all decision making regardless of the school they attend. Teaching and learning excellence is shared through learning networks, sharing of ideas and materials as well as leading practitioners between schools. Discovery has developed a school improvement system which focuses on improving outcomes for all children. It also places staff development, talent management and succession planning at the heart of achieving outstanding organisations.
Closing Date for Applications: 26 April 2023
Interview Date: 03 May 2023
Start Date: 21 August 2023
Safeguarding Statement: We are committed to safeguarding our pupils; therefore, the successful applicant will require an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and references.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 37 per week
Salary: £21,192.00-£21,579.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Work Location: In person
Expected start date: 21/08/2023
