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Assistant Educational Psychologist

Employer
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Location
Greenwich, London (Greater)
Salary
£29.359 - £32.950
Closing date
11 Nov 2019

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Position Overview:

We have an exciting opportunity for an assistant educational psychologist within our hard-working, supportive, friendly and eclectic team in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, providing a service to a range of schools, children’s centres and early years settings.  Applicants must be eligible for graduate membership of the British Psychological Society and have a relevant postgraduate qualification in Applied Psychology.  The post would suit a professional applied psychologist who wishes to register to practice as an educational psychologist in the UK and who is required to undertake a period of adaptation to meet HCPC standards.

The successful applicant will deliver a generic educational psychology service to schools under the supervision of an experienced educational psychologist. 

As a service we are highly regarded by schools and have a strong focus on developing and refining our practice and extending the portfolio of services we offer. We work within a holistic framework based on process consultancy with an emphasis on working with teachers and other staff to develop interventions that work for them in the context of their situation, their school or setting, their classroom and their class group.  We also have a dedicated Early Years EP service working with our Nursery Schools, Children’s Centres and PVI settings.

Schools in the Royal Borough of Greenwich have access to excellent support services and the EP service is funded to provide educational psychology support to Children’s Centres and Area SENCOs, Autism Outreach Team and the Virtual School.

The Educational Psychology Service is located within the Inclusion, Learning and Achievement division of the Children’s Services department, based at The Woolwich Centre in the heart of the Royal Borough of Greenwich. We are a partly traded service offering

  • consultancy, assessment and intervention in relation to children causing concern
  • work with parents and carers
  • ELSA training and supervision
  • training, development programmes and coaching for school and setting staff
  • organisational consultancy for schools and early years settings.

We offer a balanced model of statutory and non-statutory work.  Through our traded service schools have taken the opportunity to use their EPs to deliver a wide range of project work and training, including attachment and learning, work discussion/consultation groups, staff workshops, identification of SEMH needs and multi-family therapy groups.

You will benefit from:

  • An annual service CPD programme
  • Protected time for clinical supervision and CPD
  • Centrally located, environmentally friendly accommodation
  • Excellent transport links
  • Flexible working
  • Free parking space and car mileage allowance as an essential car user

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

Due to the safeguarding nature of this role, references will be taken up prior to interviews (Please see attached Safeguarding Statement).

If you would like to discuss this post informally, please contact Mike Sutoris (Principal Educational Psychologist) on 020 8921 4818 or e-mail michael.sutoris@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

If you would like to talk to a member of the team about working in our service, please contact Karen Freeman (Psychology Support Officer, 020 8921 4818 or e-mail karen.freeman@royalgreenwich.gov.uk ) who will put you in touch with one of our current Trainees or newly/recently joined EPs.

Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk. As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974)

All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated

A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application. If you have a disability and are unable to meet some of the job requirements specifically because of your disability, please address this in your application. If you meet all the other criteria, you will be shortlisted and we will explore jointly with you if there are ways in which the job can be changed to enable you to meet the requirements.,

Company

Why work for the Royal Borough of Greenwich?

The Royal Borough Of Greenwich supports equality and diversity in the workplace. The borough has a clear commitment to the LGBT community, mental health issues, race equality and disability.

Greenwich offers a diverse range of roles, from junior to senior positions, spanning service sectors from children’s services to engineering.

With the main council offices based in the heart of Woolwich, employees also benefit from an excellent transport links, while central London is just 20 minutes away.

Excellent benefits

  • Up to 31 days leave per year.
  • Flexible working hours.
  • Developing opportunities to maximise employee’s potential.
  • Annual season ticket loan.
  • Greenwich One Card which entitles employees to discounts at local businesses.

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