Assistant Educational Psychologists

About the role

Do you make a real difference to the lives of children and young people?

To support the Educational Psychology Service (EPS) in delivering a psychologically informed service through consultation, observation and assessment, intervention, training, research, and development activities.

To contribute to improving outcomes for children by working directly with individuals and groups, as well as collaborating with parents and carers, schools, early years settings, the local authority, and partner agencies.

To develop experience, skills, knowledge, and understanding of the role and professional practice of educational psychologists, in preparation for formal postgraduate training in educational psychology.

All duties will be undertaken under the supervision of a suitably qualified Educational Psychologist.

What will you be doing?

In this role, you will contribute to early intervention work across schools, early years settings, and other provisions, helping to remove barriers to learning and promote social and emotional wellbeing. You will undertake consultations, observations, and evidence-informed assessments and interventions, particularly in relation to Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

Working under the supervision of qualified Educational Psychologists, you may support the delivery of psychological advice for Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments, deliver targeted and longer-term interventions (including group and therapeutic work), and assist with training for staff and parents/carers.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience of educational psychology practice, develop your professional skills, and contribute to improving outcomes for children, young people, and their families.

For further insight into this opportunity, please view our video:

https://youtu.be/tKu2wio-w2A

About you

• You will require a 1st or 2:1 Bachelor’s degree in psychology or an equivalent qualification recognised by the British Psychological Society (BPS) as conferring the Graduate Basis for Membership.
• Sound knowledge of applied psychology as relevant to working with children and young people, appropriate to there level of development, within the context of school systems and the legislative framework for SEND.
• Practical experience of working in education settings with children and young people (at least one year of paid or voluntary work), e.g., as a teacher, teaching assistant or equivalent role for local authority support services, such as social work, sport and/or youth services.
• Experience of planning, leading, and delivering targeted individual and group interventions for children and young people.

Our benefits

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Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

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The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)