Assistant Educational Psychologist - Surrey, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Surrey, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Our Educational Psychology team here in Surrey are a large and expanding, friendly team and our EPs tell us that our sociability, continuous professional development (CPD) and emphasis on regular meetings with peers are real strengths of the service.

Aspart of the Council's commitment to providing early intervention we are now looking for
Assistant Educational Psychologists to join the team

Do you want to be part of an innovative, evidence-based, and outcome-focused service, with excellent supervision, and development opportunities?
We are a large team of Psychologists covering all maintained schools across Surrey (mainstream and specialist). These positions will be based out of either Woking or Esher and we also promote flexible and remote working.

There is a well-defined leadershipteam with Senior Educational Psychologists in each of the four Surrey quadrants, so support and guidance will always be on hand.

We Can Offer You:

A competitive salary of £30,694 £34, 448 per annum (Soulbury Scale Assistant EP 14)
Generous annual leave allowance
London Fringe Area allowance of £848 per annum
Mileage Allowance
Flexible working options around school core hours
Mobile and agile working solutions with friendly local bases for office working
Comprehensive supervision programme
Generous Local government salaryrelated pension
Access to a range of health and wellbeing tools to support your mental and emotional wellbeing, including our free confidential Employee Assistance Programme, a range of mental health apps and support for staff in crisis and much more
Lifestyle benefits: purchase of additional annual leave, access to a huge range of discounted vouchers and memberships covering gym, retail, cinema and holidays. For more information, please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff

About the Service

The service is part of Surrey's local SEND offer, working collaboratively with the Inclusion and Additional Needs Team and other areas like Speech and Language Therapy and Specialist Teaching.

We also work closely with colleagues in health and in particularservices for emotional wellbeing and mental health

Assistant Educational Psychologist

We are now looking to further enhance our capacity to deliver a sustainable preventative offer to schools and to strengthen our emotional wellbeing and mental health offer in partnership with health colleagues.

We would like to hear from skilled practitioners who want to gain experience within a local authority Educational Psychology Service with the ambition of becoming an Educational Psychologist.

We will support you to develop a range of psychological assessmentand intervention skills to promote children's wellbeing and inclusion within their local community.

These positions will be offered on a 2-year fixed-term basis.

To be shortlisted for interview, your CV and personal statement will need to evidence the following:

Good honours degree in Psychology (or conversion)
Eligibility for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBS) with the British Psychological Society
Evidence of additional CPD which demonstrates professional commitment to Educational Psychology
Minimum of two years paid and relevant experience of working directly with children and/or young people within educational, childcare or community settings

We are a friendly team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about the work we do.

If you feel like this could be the place to kick start your career then please do get in touch.

Additional Information
This advert closes at 23:59 on Sunday the 29th of January 2023 with interviews to follow.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.

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