Educational Psychologist

Guardian Jobs; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a supportive and friendly team as an Educational Psychologist in Southwark, focusing on delivering high-quality psychological services. This role is ideal for both fully qualified and trainee psychologists, offering excellent opportunities for career development within a vibrant and diverse community.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Access to training in various psychological methods

Qualifications

• Background in psychology focusing on vulnerable children and young people.
• Good communication skills and knowledge of relevant legislation.
• Ability to manage unpredictable workloads.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality psychological services to children and families.
• Collaborate with schools and educational settings.
• Implement evidence-informed interventions.

Skills

Psychological consultation

Assessment

Intervention

Team working

Training delivery

Education

Qualified Educational Psychologist

Job description

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Are you excited about applying psychology to meet the needs of vulnerable children and young people?

Does the sound of joining a supportive and friendly team that provides excellent opportunities for career and professional development appeal to you?

If yes, then we encourage you to apply to our Educational Psychologist roles.

Our Educational Psychology Service is seeking highly motivated and skilled Educational Psychologists to join the team and play a key role in delivering high quality services to children, young people and families across Southwark.

Positions Available:

We have both permanent and fixed-term positions available. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work full-time, part-time and explore flexible working arrangements.

We invite applications from fully qualified Educational Psychologists as well as Trainee Educational Psychologists who are expected to complete their training in 2024 or 2025.

About the Role:

Southwark’s Educational Psychology Service is committed to improving life chances. If appointed you will deliver evidence-informed, high quality psychological services to children, young people and families.

You will work closely with schools, early years and further education settings, to ensure that interventions are delivered to high standards for maximum impact. You will share our commitment to integrated working and constant innovation.

About the Team:

You will be joining a supportive and friendly team that provides excellent opportunities for career and professional development. The team has strong links to a number of doctoral training courses and is engaged in dynamic and innovative practice at organisational, group and individual levels, including joint working with the Virtual School, opportunities to train in VIG, SCERTS, PATHs, emotion coaching and dynamic assessment, a parent consultation service and delivery of ELSA training.

About You:

We are looking for enthusiastic and collaborative educational psychologists with a background in applying psychology to meet the needs of vulnerable children and young people. This will have equipped you with strong skills in psychological consultation, assessment, intervention, research, team working and the delivery of training.

Good communication skills, knowledge of appropriate legislation, guidance and policies and the ability to balance an unpredictable workload will be essential. Southwark is renowned for its cultural, ethnic and linguistic diversity and applicants are required to demonstrate competence in working within a diverse context.

About Southwark:

Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.

Southwark is a great place to live and work. Diverse and vibrant, it is home to The Shard, Tate Modern, Borough Market, Dulwich Picture Gallery and Tower Bridge, with excellent transport links including London Bridge and projects such as the redevelopment of Elephant and Castle delivering new homes, parks and leisure facilities.

For an informal discussion about these positions, please feel free to contact our Principal Educational Psychologists, Hanna Hancock or Emma Pearl, via email at [e-mail] or [e-mail].

Additional Salary Details

We currently have permanent and fixed term posts available.

Both full and part-time opportunities are on offer to the successful candidates.

Soulbury Salary Scale A 3-8 (this is under review and all new starters will be offered SCP5) plus up to 3 SPA points and Inner London Allowance.

Salary range; £50,627 - £61,848 per annum.

• Shortlisting date/s: Wednesday 5 June 2024.

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative.

We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans.
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care.
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition.

The Southwark skyline is an impressive sight. The incredibly diverse range of buildings, offices and social facilities make it a real mix of old and new. Extending from the River Thames into south-east London, Southwark encompasses some of the capital’s cultural hotspots, vibrant communities and acclaimed green spaces. Our central location provides excellent transport links making it a highly accessible area.

As the largest Housing landlord in London, we’re committed to making a real difference to the quality of life for local people, making the home environment cleaner, safer and more modern. Large-scale investment programmes are changing the face of the borough, and we’re working to ensure that this creates a fairer future for all in Southwark.

We’re continually looking to support the growth of talent and to develop our workforce. So our employees are given the support, knowledge and opportunities they need to develop and deliver results that really improve the quality of life for our residents.

Personal development is embedded as a key part of our organisational culture. When you join us you’ll have access to a wide range of training opportunities in addition to developmental work in local settings.

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