Principal Psychologist - (Perm/Full Time) - REF:ECOD/P00558 - INV06894

Inverclyde Council; Greenock; Vor Ort; GBP 60.000 - 70.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible working

Pension schemes

Annual leave scheme

Career development

Health and wellbeing support

Living Wage Employer

Disability Confident Leader

Hybrid working

Zusammenfassung

Inverclyde Council is seeking a Principal Psychologist on a permanent, full-time basis. The role sits within a council with a strong commitment to flexible working, living wage practices, and ongoing professional development.

The post requires registration with relevant authorities and adherence to safeguarding and governance standards. Applicants should expect to engage in a busy service with a focus on high-quality psychological provision, cross‑disciplinary collaboration, and continuous

Jobbeschreibung

Principal Psychologist - (Perm/Full Time) - REF:ECOD/P00558 - INV06894

Inverclyde Council offers a wide range of benefits to employees including flexible working opportunities, attractive pension schemes, a Buy and Bank Annual Leave Scheme, career development and health and wellbeing support.

You can find out more in our Employee Benefits Booklet which is available on our website

Employee Benefits - Inverclyde Council

• Inverclyde Council is an accredited Living Wage Employer paying the Living Wage Rate where required.
• Inverclyde Council is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from all members of the community.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK as we do not hold a sponsorship license.

Vetting by Disclosure Scotland

If you work in regulated work (children and/or protected adults) you will be subject to obtaining a satisfactory PVG

GTCS

You will be required to be registered with the GTCS. You are required to obtain and maintain registration including paying any fees. Please note, teachers in their probationary year are welcome to apply for temporary, un-promoted vacancies although would be paid at the probationer rate of pay (Main Grade Scale Point 0) at £31,584 per year (pro-rata, if applicable).

RC Approval

Guidance for teachers seeking Approval to teach in a Catholic school if applicable.

If applicable the successful candidate will require to be approved by the Roman Catholic Church, in line with Section 21 (A) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980. Forms from the Scottish Catholic Education Service at:

https://sces.org.uk/church-approval/

Head Teacher Reports

Candidates successful at interview need to download and print the appropriate Report. You need to complete the applicant details section and sign the form and then pass to your current HT to complete the assessment sections and sign the form. The form then needs to be sent to Human Resources by email to [e-mail] and cc the recruiting HT into the email.

Please find below the three types of reports (unpromoted, promoted and senior promoted).

The forms can be downloaded at

http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/apply-for-a-job/preferred-candidate-information/safe-recruitment/employment-references

Further Assistance

Alternative application packs can be requested in other formats for example, Large Print, Braille and Audio. To request an alternative application pack or require further assistance to attend and/or participate in an interview, please contact the HR Recruitment Team on 01475 712740 or email Human Resources at:

Inverclyde Council welcomes applications from former armed forces personnel / reservists. Many of the skills picked up during your military career could be transferred directly into a role with local government.

Disability Confident

We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and who meet the essential criteria for the job.

Flexible Working

Inverclyde Council recognises the mutual benefits of having a flexible, effective workforce to deliver the best services to our community, whilst enabling employees to balance their personal, home and work responsibilities more effectively, with a view to achieving greater job satisfaction, motivation, morale and productivity.

Employees are able to apply for a range of options including Part-Time Working, Job share, Compressed Hours, Homeworker, Hybrid Working and Flexible Retirement. More detail can be found in the Flexible Working Policy, linked in the download section of our