Assistant Educational Psychologist - Wallington, United Kingdom - Cognus Limited

Cognus Limited

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Wallington, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Cognus Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is looking to recruit an Assistant Educational Psychologist (AsEP) to join the team, with a specific focus of the role in supporting Sutton Virtual School.

Cognus EPS consists of qualified Educational Psychologists, and Trainee Educational Psychologists as well as the management team.

We offer a traded service to schools in Sutton as well as other local settings and work on a number of commissioned projects with other professional groups and organisations in the local area.

The team works directly in schools, and liaises closely with school staff, parents/carers and other professionals.

The team is based in the Cognus offices in Wallington and team members work flexibly between the office, schools and other settings and remotely.

We have close ties to Sutton Virtual School and have worked alongside the team for several years and the opportunity for this position has arisen due to an increase in the commissioned work we have received from Sutton Virtual School for a pilot project for the next academic year.

Sutton Virtual School provides specialised educational support for Children Looked After and other children with a social worker and has the desire to support more children, young people and families known the service in more direct ways.

Children and young people under the care of Sutton Virtual School will be looked after, or have a social worker, and may have experienced trauma and adverse experiences.

Higher levels of social vulnerability and special educational needs are known to be prevalent within these groups too.

Applicants will therefore need to demonstrate good knowledge and a strong understanding of the social and psychological stresses experienced by these populations and experience of working directly with vulnerable children, young people and families.

Additional training will be provided at the start and throughout this post, but a pre-existing knowledge base and experience is required.

Applicants must have the required educational qualifications and be eligible for registration with the British Psychological Society.

You will give us great commitment and in return we offer an excellent package including:

Starting salary of £30,901.80 per annum (Cognus Band 2)
Workplace pension scheme 4% to 8% matched contributions
28 days annual leave pro rata (plus Bank Holidays)
Regular manager support and supervision.
Hybrid and Flexible working
Staff benefits package, currently including Employee Assistance Programme, Perkbox and (upon completion of probation) Sovereign Healthcare Cashback plans
Staff Council, Staff EDI group and Mental Health First Aiders to support wellbeing and inclusion
Cognus Coaching Programmes
An ambitious culture with friendly and supportive colleagues

The deadline for receipt is midday on 14th July 2023.

JOB SUMMARY

To work as part of the Educational Psychology Service with a specific focus on pupils, families and professionals known to Sutton Virtual School.
To work under the guidance of qualified Educational Psychologists to provide intervention, training and other agreed support to clients of Sutton Virtual School.
This role is a oneyear fixed term contract to support a pilot project being run by Sutton Virtual School

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES:

- _The duties and responsibilities allocated to the post holder will depend upon their knowledge, skills and experience at the time, as judged by their supervisor and line manager._
- _Subject to these general conditions, the post holder may be required to undertake any or all of the following duties as from time to time are considered appropriate to their capability, under such level of supervision as may be deemed necessary by their supervisors:_

To support schoolbased interventions for children and young people who are under the care of Sutton Virtual School.
This could include the following:
To assist Educational Psychologists in implementing programmes of intervention to overcome barriers to learning/inclusion and to promote the social and emotional well-being of children and young people in schools and other settings.
To undertake, and assist others in undertaking, the assessment of children and young people in order to clarify their learning, social and emotional needs.
To provide, where appropriate, direct support to children and their parents/carers through training or therapeutic interventions with individuals or groups.
To assist Educational Psychologists in the delivery of training and professional development for school staff, other professional groups and training for parents/carers of children and young people.
To assist in research activities, including the collection, analysis and maintenance of data, and in the production of information for officers of the authority, schools, parents etc.
To maintain accurate and detailed records of work undertaken, in accordance with Service and Authority policies, and pro