Educational Psychologist

Wollborg Michelson Personnel Service Inc; Warwick; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Agile working

Generous annual leave

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council employs a large Educational Psychology Service (EPS) focused on inclusive practice. We are recruiting multiple Educational Psychologists, including trainees, to support schools, families and settings through consultation, direct work and strategic initiatives.

Applicants should be HCPC registered, reflective, resilient and skilled communicators capable of improving outcomes for children and young people across Warwickshire.

Qualifications

• Must be HCPC registered.
• Motivated, enthusiastic, skilled, creative and successful educational psychologists.

Responsibilities

• Provide educational psychology services across 0-25 age range in diverse educational settings.
• Engage in individual, group and system-level activity, as well as research and project work to improve outcomes for children and families.

Skills

HCPC registered

Excellent communicator

Reflective practitioner

Resilient

Solution oriented

Job description

Warwickshire County Council

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.

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.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below;

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.

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

The benefits we offer include 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, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Additional Information

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.

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.

For further details of working within Warwickshire EPS please contact:

Tracey Underwood – Principal Educational Psychologist on
[e-mail]

Closing date: midnight on Monday 12th October

Interview date: 19th October

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more