Trainee Educational Psychologists - Salford, United Kingdom - Oldham Council

Oldham Council

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Salford, United Kingdom

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Salford City Council
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Salford City Council

Unity House

Chorley Road

Swinton

Salford

M27 5DA

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Trainee Educational Psychologists

Grade:
Soulbury Trainee Educational Psychology Scale Points 2-5 (Year 2 TEPs scale point 2 and Year 3 TEPs scale point 3), £29,872 - £35,572, plus Casual Car User

Working hours:
Full Time (36 hours per week)

Contract type:
Temporary whilst you complete your professional training as an Educational Psychologist.

Location:
Unity House, Swinton, Salford City Council

Interviews to be held on Thursday 7th March 2024
This is an exciting opportunity to work with an established team of Educational Psychologists.

We have considerable experience in supporting TEPs to become fully qualified EPs, working in collaboration with Universities across the country.

We are a values-driven service and this is evident in day-to-day interactions as well as the bigger decisions made about the service.

We have listened to our team and have amended our service delivery model based on feedback in relation to their wellbeing.

The team is highly valued in the Local Authority and well regarded by local schools.

We have fantastic relationships with our schools; over 90% of whom buy traded packages for in depth casework and development work.

All team members take responsibility for the day to day running of the service. There is a good balance of statutory and non-statutory work.

EPs working within the service have reported that we are flexible, collaborative and innovative:
"You get to follow your interests and try different projects to learn something new"; "It's a fun service to work for and people really care about what they do".

We are looking for trainee psychologists to join our ever-growing team

The role will include:

Support for your wellbeing
Experience within a range of activities in a supportive environment, to develop your skills including those relating to assessment, consultation, project work and training
Protected time within a wide choice of projects and research
Great relationships with school staff and professionals in the LA
Career and personal development opportunities
Autonomy to do your job

About the benefits

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a peoplecentred and valuesbased organisation that promotes a positive permission culture.
Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our dedication to working both on and within the service.
Your worklife balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel scheme, pension scheme, salary sacrifice schemes, and a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.
The Psychology Service have a robust supervision policy, CPD offer and support systems to enable you to succeed.

You can expect:

A month long induction package
Professional supervision
Access to service resources
Flexible working arrangements
A professional and supportive group of colleagues from within the EPS service and the local authority as a whole
Continuous Professional Development opportunities
Opportunities to be involved in research and projects.
Administrative support

Role
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About your benefits

You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged and you will have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do.

We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference.

Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach.

Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes.

In addition to this we offer a range of health and wellbeing options to suit your needs.

Continuous service commitment

New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others.

Diversity and Inclusion

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