Educational Psychologist

Warwickshire County Council; Warwick; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension

Benefits for members and dependants

Agile working

Annual leave + holidays

Vivup discounts

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council's Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is recruiting educational psychologists to support traded and local authority work across schools and settings. We offer flexible working, professional supervision, and a Surface Pro to support remote and hybrid working.

Our team, over forty EPs, is led by Senior Educational Psychologists. Successful applicants will be HCPC registered, work with children and young people aged 0-25, and contribute to strategic initiatives such as

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required.
• Fluency Duty for English is required.
• Ability to communicate in accurate spoken English to the public.

Responsibilities

• Provide educational psychology support to schools, settings, and services across the 0-25 age range.
• Consult with parents, carers, children and young people to improve outcomes.
• Engage in professional supervision and flexible working practices.

Skills

HCPC registered

Excellent communicator

Reflective practitioner

Resilient

Solution oriented

Job description

Due to increasing demand for our traded and local authority work Warwickshire County Council are looking to recruit more educational psychologists. Warwickshire Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is a community focussed service, which strives for inclusion by removing barriers. We have continued to grow and further develop our offer and have maintained our well-founded reputation for supporting settings and other services. We have developed innovative ways of delivering support to parents/carers, children/young people, schools, and other settings, increasing the use of consultation, and continue to focus on gaining positive outcomes for Warwickshire's children, young people and families. We are a large, vibrant, and strong service of over forty EPs. Each team is led by a Senior Educational Psychologist. The breadth and range of work undertaken across the service is hugely varied. We contribute and take a lead in a range of strategic initiatives within the Local Authority such as

• Senior Mental Health Lead Training
• Attachment Aware and Trauma Informed Schools Projects
• Emotional Based School Avoidance Pathway
• ELSA
• Building Inclusive Schools Project
• Literacy for All Project

Across Warwickshire we have several full time or part time posts available. We would also welcome applications from Year 2 and 3 Trainee Educational Psychologists. Newly Qualified Educational Psychologist will start on Soulbury Scale A Point 4. We place a high value on work-life balance. We provide an established programme of professional supervision through line management and peer approaches. We can offer a range of generic and specialist work within the 0-25 age range in all types of educational setting. We have very successfully developed a range of flexible working practices and all EPs are issued with a Surface Pro to support this.

• If you want to be challenged to apply educational psychology to facilitate and coach improved outcomes across a variety of traded and statutory clients;
• If you want to work in a supportive, flexible, responsive, and ethically driven working environment; and,
• If you want to work in partnership with EP colleagues and others on a range of projects of interest,

Key Skills and Experience

We need motivated, enthusiastic, skilled, creative and successful EPs able to improve outcomes for children, young people and families through individual, group, and system level activity, and through research and project work. You need to be a reflective practitioner, resilient, solution orientated, and an excellent communicator. You must be HCPC registered., The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

Working for Warwickshire - This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them! At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best., Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Your future matters to us

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage - Warwickshire Pension Fund'

• generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month
• package of benefits for members and their dependants
• agile working
• a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government
• generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas
• access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform