Job Details
Educational Psychologist
Trafford Council
Location – Trafford Educational Psychology Service, 2nd Floor, Waterside House, Sale Waterside, Sale, Cheshire, M33 7ZF
Salary range – £44,474 - £54,609, Soulbury Scale A points 2 – 7, plus up to 3 SPA points
Trafford council is a Living Wage Employer.
Working Pattern – Full Time
Working hours – 36.25
We will offer flexibility where we can – if you are interested in a role, please speak to the recruiting manager about what flexibility they might consider.
Many of our colleagues can work from home for one or more days a week and/or they flex the hours they work. We call this SMART working, and it gives you the option to flex your days and hours so you can fit your work around your life and life around your work.
Contract type – Permanent
Application deadline – 11th November 2024
Interview date – 18th November 2024
Interview type – In person
About the Role
As an Educational Psychologist you will be supporting a patch of schools made up of primary, secondary and special. We endeavor to ensure a good fit between EPs and the schools they support.
All Educational Psychologists are provided with a laptop, phone and assessment kit. We work a flexible model of home working, work in schools and office visits. We have significantly increased our skills in the use of ICT and all of the team are confident and competent in using video conferencing for the purpose of consultations and training etc.
About you
On taking up this post, you will be a fully qualified Educational Psychologist looking for an opportunity to apply your skills to make a difference to the lives of children and young people in Trafford.
You will have previous experience of working directly with children and young people, for example as a teacher, teaching assistant, youth worker etc.
Applicants to this post are required to have a first degree or equivalent in Psychology and a professional qualification in Educational Psychology (MSc or Doctorate), however those in the third year of the doctoral training will also be considered. On taking up the post you will need to be registered with the HCPC and an enhanced DBS check is also required.
About us
Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors have a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential.
Our vision: Trafford – where all our residents, businesses and communities thrive.
Trafford is a lively, prosperous place to put down roots and build a career. The council and Trafford schools employ around 8,000 people, who are central to making the area great. In return for their commitment, the council offers its employees development opportunities, as well as a fair and flexible workplace. The council is a Living Wage Employer.
Trafford EPS is a friendly team of Educational Psychologists. We apply a consultation model to support children, families and schools and there is a strong commitment to person-centered approaches and co-production. We also have a strong commitment to social justice and anti-discriminatory practice within our team.
Trafford LA operates a fully traded model of service delivery and schools buy in Service Level Agreements (SLAs) at the start of the academic year, typically at least 30 hours for a primary school and up to 120 hours for a large secondary. Work in schools is a combination of consultation, assessment, and training, there is also the option to develop therapeutic work in schools.
Trafford EPS values, and proactively seeks, systemic project work and innovation within practice; we have cultivated a number of creative commissions including:
- EP secondments to other teams within Trafford Council (e.g. Early Years Service); EPs working within Trafford’s Autism and Social Communication Pathway to support multidisciplinary assessments and strategic decision making;
- EPs working within Trafford’s Virtual School to complete casework and support systemic projects (currently Belong: Attachment and Trauma Aware schools)
- Leading on the development of a multi-agency Emotionally Based School Non-attendance (EBSNA) work; this year we are rolling out whole school training in the area across the LA.
- Using Video Interaction Guidance (VIG)/Video Enhanced Reflective Practice (VERP) interventions with parent/carers and education practitioners.
- Whole School and College Approach (WSCA) working alongside Mental Health Support Teams (Trafford Thrive); this year each EP is working with one school to support embeddig this approach across a school.
In addition, we have successfully rolled out Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) training in primary and secondary schools and provide ongoing supervision to trained ELSAs.
We regularly work with The University of Manchester on doctoral thesis commissions, over recent years these have focused on EBSNA and social justice and we are now looking at research to support the development of our ELSA work with schools.
EPs interested in developing a specialism are supported to work towards this goal and encouraged to take a lead in developing the team’s knowledge and expertise in their area of interest.
In addition to SLA time, all Educational Psychologists provide statutory advice for Education Health and Care Needs Assessments.
Additional Information
An enhanced DBS check with children/adults barred list check will be required
The EPS has a number of desk spaces in Sale Waterside and you will have flexibility in terms of hybrid working at home and in the office.
The EPS hold a range of resources in the form of assessments, books etc. and all Educational Psychologists are provided with an assessment for their own professional use.
Contact Details
For further information or a chat please contact: Dr Andrew Byrne, Principal Educational Psychologist.
Mobile: 07760167411
If you wish to speak to someone outside of the senior management team please contact Andrew Byrne and we will be happy to forward your e-mail to a member of the team.
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 people-centered and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.
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