Assistant Psychology Support Officer

Village Staff Limited; Greenwich; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Village Staff Limited is seeking an Assistant Psychology Support Officer to provide administrative coordination for the Educational Psychology service's statutory Education, Health and Care needs assessment work and its SLA offering.

This role supports EPs by booking assessment visits, gathering consent and background information, assisting with case allocation, and maintaining the service's case tracking systems to ensure deadlines are met.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate EHC needs assessments and SLA trades.
• Book assessment visits and gather consent/background information.
• Support case allocation and maintain case tracking systems.
• Administer traded work to enable timely delivery.

Job description

Purpose of the Role:

Assistant Psychology Support Officer provides administrative coordination for the Educational Psychology (EP) service's statutory Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessment work and its traded service level agreement (SLA) offer.

Psychological advice is a mandatory component of every EHC needs assessment and must be returned within six weeks of request; the post exists to ensure that assessments are coordinated, prepared and tracked so that EPs can focus their time on assessment, formulation and report writing, and statutory deadlines are met.

Working closely with the Psychology Support Officer, senior EPs and the wider team, the postholder will book assessment visits at the point of allocation, gather consent and background information, support the allocation of cases, maintain the service's case tracking systems and administer traded work.