CS/1747 - Educational Psychologist
Soulbury A 1-6

Ballard House Permanent and Fixed Term Available 52 weeks per year Soulbury A points 1-6 inclusive of 3 SPAs

Educational Psychologist Role Profile

 

Plymouth City Council  

Educational Psychologists

Permanent and Fixed term contracts available

Soulbury A points 1-6 Plus up to 3 SPAs Up to 2 previously awarded SPAs will be honoured

 

These posts form part of the Educational Psychology offer to undertake a range of statutory, early help and traded work across the city. We welcome applications from psychologists who are interested in job share and can be flexible regarding additional working hours.

 

We are offering the opportunity to work as part of our valued and highly rated Community Psychology Service. The findings from our Ofsted inspection were positive noting particular strengths of the strong multi-agency approach adopted across Plymouth.

 

We deliver a range of core and multi-agency traded work in schools as well as wider initiatives in response to national and local priorities. Plymouth is a compact city and we are a friendly, motivated and supportive multi professional team.

 

You will join an integrated service where we hold an important role in strategic planning to promote inclusion of vulnerable children and young people, as well as those with SEND. The EP Service, managed by the PEP, also includes cross phase advisory teachers and support workers for communication and interaction, sensory needs, as well as early years specialist support workers. The culture within Plymouth Children’s Services is ambitious, planning to work with families at an early stage. Educational Psychologists work jointly with PCC partners in Children’s Social Care and the Virtual School, and contribute to shared initiatives with health professionals underpinning a holistic approach to social, emotional mental health and wellbeing. This is an exciting time to join our service as we plan to establish multi-agency early help teams (including EPs) as a core offer across the city, targeting locality needs.

 

If you are a creative thinker and wish to share ideas for further developing and supporting our dynamic and specialist teams, then please apply to come and join us. We offer:

 

  • Opportunities to develop specialist skills and undertake mutually supportive joint work with EP and Advisory and Support Service colleagues and as part of our own team
  • Opportunity to contribute to early intervention through a graduated response
  • A community based approach working with a patch of schools with a spread of activities including core and traded work
  • Working within a strong and positive multi-agency integrated 0-25 SEND and Inclusion Service
  • Regular structured supervision including peer supervision
  • A generously funded CPD programme and resources to apply psychology
  • Allocated time to contribute to strategic planning, related project activities, and review
  • An extremely generous annual leave package (43 days plus Bank Holidays) with Soulbury terms and conditions
  • Flexible working arrangements including IT systems and virtual working ·      
  • The chance to work in a vibrant waterfront city surrounded by beautiful beaches and a National Park

We are seeking Educational Psychologists who:

  • Are committed to building parental/carer confidence through collaborative working embracing the principles of early help and person centred planning
  • Work in partnership with others 
  • Take a holistic perspective in applying psychology to support and promote inclusion
  • Are able to work creatively and flexibly to meet a range of needs in varied contexts
  • Can work consultatively and adopt problem solving and solution focused models of working
  •  

Applications are welcome from HCPC registered professionally qualified Educational Psychologists and Trainee Educational Psychologists in their final year of training.

 

The Disclosure & Barring Service Check requirement for this post is: Enhanced, Check + DBS Children’s Barred List

 

For more information or an informal discussion regarding the posts please contact Clare Hetherington, Principal Educational Psychologist on (01752) 224962, https://www.plymouthonlinedirectory.com/plymouthlocaloffer/educationalpsychologyservice email psychology.service@plymouth.gov.uk

 

Closing date: Sunday 4 December 2022

Anticipated interview date:  Thursday 8 December 2022

 

Vacancy Description
Ballard House Permanent and Fixed Term Available 52 weeks per year Soulbury A points 1-6 inclusive of 3 SPAs
 
Educational Psychologist Role Profile

 

Plymouth City Council  

Educational Psychologists

Permanent and Fixed term contracts available

Soulbury A points 1-6 Plus up to 3 SPAs Up to 2 previously awarded SPAs will be honoured

 

These posts form part of the Educational Psychology offer to undertake a range of statutory, early help and traded work across the city. We welcome applications from psychologists who are interested in job share and can be flexible regarding additional working hours.

 

We are offering the opportunity to work as part of our valued and highly rated Community Psychology Service. The findings from our Ofsted inspection were positive noting particular strengths of the strong multi-agency approach adopted across Plymouth.

 

We deliver a range of core and multi-agency traded work in schools as well as wider initiatives in response to national and local priorities. Plymouth is a compact city and we are a friendly, motivated and supportive multi professional team.

 

You will join an integrated service where we hold an important role in strategic planning to promote inclusion of vulnerable children and young people, as well as those with SEND. The EP Service, managed by the PEP, also includes cross phase advisory teachers and support workers for communication and interaction, sensory needs, as well as early years specialist support workers. The culture within Plymouth Children’s Services is ambitious, planning to work with families at an early stage. Educational Psychologists work jointly with PCC partners in Children’s Social Care and the Virtual School, and contribute to shared initiatives with health professionals underpinning a holistic approach to social, emotional mental health and wellbeing. This is an exciting time to join our service as we plan to establish multi-agency early help teams (including EPs) as a core offer across the city, targeting locality needs.

 

If you are a creative thinker and wish to share ideas for further developing and supporting our dynamic and specialist teams, then please apply to come and join us. We offer:

 

  • Opportunities to develop specialist skills and undertake mutually supportive joint work with EP and Advisory and Support Service colleagues and as part of our own team
  • Opportunity to contribute to early intervention through a graduated response
  • A community based approach working with a patch of schools with a spread of activities including core and traded work
  • Working within a strong and positive multi-agency integrated 0-25 SEND and Inclusion Service
  • Regular structured supervision including peer supervision
  • A generously funded CPD programme and resources to apply psychology
  • Allocated time to contribute to strategic planning, related project activities, and review
  • An extremely generous annual leave package (43 days plus Bank Holidays) with Soulbury terms and conditions
  • Flexible working arrangements including IT systems and virtual working ·      
  • The chance to work in a vibrant waterfront city surrounded by beautiful beaches and a National Park

We are seeking Educational Psychologists who:

  • Are committed to building parental/carer confidence through collaborative working embracing the principles of early help and person centred planning
  • Work in partnership with others 
  • Take a holistic perspective in applying psychology to support and promote inclusion
  • Are able to work creatively and flexibly to meet a range of needs in varied contexts
  • Can work consultatively and adopt problem solving and solution focused models of working
  •  

Applications are welcome from HCPC registered professionally qualified Educational Psychologists and Trainee Educational Psychologists in their final year of training.

 

The Disclosure & Barring Service Check requirement for this post is: Enhanced, Check + DBS Children’s Barred List

 

For more information or an informal discussion regarding the posts please contact Clare Hetherington, Principal Educational Psychologist on (01752) 224962, https://www.plymouthonlinedirectory.com/plymouthlocaloffer/educationalpsychologyservice email psychology.service@plymouth.gov.uk

 

Closing date: Sunday 4 December 2022

Anticipated interview date:  Thursday 8 December 2022