Maingrade Educational Psychologist

What will you be doing?

As a qualified Educational Psychologist, you will be applying a range of psychological theories and tools to your work with schools and other settings, working closely with families, colleagues from other teams and disciplines to provide a holistic and co-ordinated response to need.

Our work reflects our strong beliefs and commitment to evidence-based practice, social justice, inclusion, the active involvement of children and their families and working closely with schools and other partners. You will have your own patch of schools and will working in one area of the County and contributing to key Service developments, strategy and project work. You will be working for a service with a proven track record for developing innovative practice.

Why work for Cambridgeshire?

• Full Soulbury Terms and Conditions
• We have maintained a model of service delivery which is free to our schools and enables us to work creatively, build up strong relationships with our schools and offer early intervention.
• We have dedicated time for therapeutic support including Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) and Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) training.
• We are the Eastern Region Autism Education Trust (AET) Hub for schools and post 16 settings.
• We work with the Virtual School to deliver an innovative trauma-informed tiered training package called Recovery Through Relationships. This program was co-produced in Cambridgeshire by Educational Psychologists, Advisors in the Virtual School and colleagues in SEND Service.
• We encourage EPs to pursue their interests.
• We are committed to providing excellent evidence-based resources to schools, settings and the wider community. We are seen as a centre of excellence in our field (look at the links for some of the work we have been involved in) The battle over dyslexia – podcast | News | The Guardian;  Dyslexia: is it time to get rid of the term? | Tes
• Cambridgeshire is committed to providing excellent opportunities for continuous professional development.
• EPs receive regular individual and peer supervision
• Here’s what our EPs say about working in Cambridgeshire:  Educational Psychologists Jobs - Cambridgeshire County Council

About you

Successful candidates will need to have a first degree in Psychology, recognised by the BPS, a post-graduate qualification in Educational Psychology and be registered with the HCPC.

For an informal discussion please contact PEP Carla Stavrou Carla.stavrou@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or  senior EP Joanna Stanbridge at Joanna.stanbridge@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

The closing date for applications is 28th January 2024

Interviews will be held week commencing 5th February 2024

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible working
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• A comprehensive wellbeing package
• Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
• A comprehensive pension scheme
• IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
• An employee recognition scheme

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers