Assistant Educational Psychologist

Staffordshire County Council; Burton-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffordshire County Council is seeking four new assistants to join their dynamic team. You will engage in meaningful work supporting children's education, employing psychological practices to foster positive outcomes. The positions include both permanent and fixed-term roles, with opportunities for professional development and collaboration.

Benefits

Access to CPD opportunities

Team collaboration

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Eager to work creatively with children and families.
• Demonstrate a range of experience with children and young people.
• Hold qualifications in psychology.

Responsibilities

• Work with Educational Psychologists on early years and school-based work.
• Engage in commissioned projects and Continuous Professional Development initiatives.
• Participate in team and service development groups.

Skills

Creativity

Collaboration

Experience with children

Education

First degree in psychology or postgraduate equivalent qualification

Job description

We have several excellent opportunities to join our creative and friendly service.

This year, our service has led on local authority wide initiatives, such as Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA), our nationally renowned literacy project and supporting Care Experienced children as part of joint work with the Virtual School and our children's homes. The service continues to play a central role in operationalising Staffordshire's new exciting Enhanced APDR pathway which is a pre-statutory, co-produced and collaborative framework. This ensures that our EP and AEP time is spent supporting schools improve their Graduated Approach rather than writing reports for EHCNA.

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 four new assistant to join us who will add to our diverse practice alongside our fantastic teams of EPs and Assistants, and who wants to work creatively in applying psychology to achieve great outcomes for our children and families in Staffordshire.

You'll be supported to develop your psychological practice through our CPD opportunities, peer supervision and the opportunity to collaborate with team members with similar interests.

2 x posts are full time permanent (September 2025 start) - based in Lichfield and Stafford

2 x posts are fixed term for one year (September 2025-August 2026) -1 based Burton and 1 based in Stafford.

Main Responsibilities

You will be embedded in our district teams across Staffordshire, and as such you will be an integral part of working with Educational Psychologists on:

• early years work and Enhanced Assess, Plan, Do, Review (EAPDR)
• schoolbased preventative work
• commissioned work such as the wrap around project
• research
• team and service development groups
• Continuous Professional Development (CPD) initiatives

The Ideal Candidate

You will:

• hold a first degree in psychology or postgraduate equivalent qualification
• be eager to add to our diverse practice, working creatively in applying psychology to achieve great outcomes for our children and families in Staffordshire.
• be able to demonstrate a range of experience working with children and young people, demonstrating the outcomes for the work that you have undertaken.

For more information contact:

Vanessa Willis, Senior Educational Psychologist at [e-mail] or

Melissa Jones, Principal Educational Psychologist at [e-mail]

We will hold a two stage interview process, with remote interviews held in the week beginning 23rd June and second stage face to face interviews in the week of 4th July 2025 ( to be confirmed).

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully with evidence of essential qualifications, alongside the supporting statement, to highlight what you'll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We 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 Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

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 GoldAward Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as yourapplication meets the minimum criteria for the post.