Assistant Educational Psychologist

Education, Early Years & Skills

Educational and Child Psychology service

Ref: SOU/OL-92278

Contract: Fixed Term for 2 years

Salary: £35,228- £37,828 per annum (Soulbury 2-4)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Spindles

Closing Date: Sunday 12th May 2024

Shortlisting & Interview Dates: 23 or 29 May 2024

Job Description & Person Specification.doc

Role Overview:

You will support the Educational Psychology Service in delivering its preventative and statutory duties to schools and the council as well as undertaking training, project, research and evaluation work, to support our ability to drive preventative work across Oldham in relation to children with special educational needs and disability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support colleagues in the completion of a full range of service tasks, including undertaking – as required - a range of information gathering, observations and assessments.
• Support colleagues to develop and deliver courses and materials used by the service, e.g. in relation to Emotional Literacy Support Assistants and Emotionally Based School Avoidance.
• Support colleagues in keeping accurate, up to date records of work relating to work with children, young people and their families in accordance with service protocols.
• Collect data and produce brief reports to underpin a range of development initiatives, research, training, service evaluation and preventative/ project work.
• Develop your own skills and practice through continuing professional development, participation in service days and team meetings and accessing supervision.
• To work alongside other preventative teams, such as the Mental Well Being Team and advisory teachers to support the universal offer to schools.

Key Requirements:

To succeed in this role you will need as a minimum:

• At least 2:1 honours degree in Psychology (or recognised equivalent) with Graduate Basis for Registration as required by the British Psychological Society
• A desire to train as an Educational psychologist in the next four years.
• Significant post-qualifying experience of working directly with children and parents, for example, experience of teaching, youth work, mentoring or mental health support
• Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills; as well as the ability and experience to analyse and interpret data and present it effectively to various audiences.

Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS (and a Certificate of Good Conduct where you have lived abroad for 12 months or more in the last 10 years).

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NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).

Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, carers, those who are aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, and those whose last long term substantive employer was the Armed Forces.

Diversity and Inclusion:

At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background. We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.

About Us:

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