Assistant Educational Psychologists

We are growing our passionate and innovative Educational Psychology Service due todemand for our services and would love to hear from psychology graduates andpsychologists who want to join our creative service.,

• 3 Assistant Educational Psychologists (2 permanent and 1 fixed term) to
work alongside an Educational Psychologist and independently (with supervision) within a wide variety of work and projects.
• 4 Senior Specialist Educational Psychologists to lead on areas that include:
• Children in Care and Virtual School.
• Children's Development Centre and Early Years.
• Social Care Stepping Stones Project and Stable Homes.
• Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Critical Incident and Bereavement
Services. These areas of specialism are subject to change depending on the needs of the Service and the Local Authority and will include 0.5 of the post as specialist work and 0.5 as educational psychology work.
• 1 Senior Educational Psychologist to lead and manage a very well-respected
and sought after service.We are a friendly, supportive and welcoming service. Our work is underpinned bysolution-oriented and person-centred approaches, and we are committed to applyingpsychology to make a difference. We share a vision for enhancing the wellbeing,relationships, learning and life opportunities for our children, young people, familiesand educational settings here in Shropshire.Our extensive range of work includes, but is not limited to:
• Being part of multi-disciplinary teams (e.g., for early years assessments and
council-wide systemic projects / workstreams).
• Supporting Children in Care with our virtual school.
• Facilitating ELSA training and supervision.
• Enhancing support for children and young people at risk of or experiencing
EBSA.
• Providing psychological support to children, families and staff within residential
children's homes.
• Offering Critical Incident support for educational settings.
• Training development and delivery to meet arising needs for our children and
young people.
• Collaborating and coproducing support offers and systemic changes with
children and young people, educational settings, families, practitioners and professionals.We highly value and provide professional development opportunities to enable allmembers of our Service to progress in their career, to encourage members of ourteam to flourish and for us to grow and develop as a Service., Peer and Line Management Supervision as well as fortnightly team meetings is alsoprotected time and prioritised. We value individual areas of interest and passion,encourage innovation and promote autonomy, whilst ensuring that our individual teammembers all feel a secure sense of belonging and identity with the Service, therebyworking together to facilitate changes.

Are you a dynamic individual with up-to-date psychological skills and knowledge whoshare our passion and vision?Can you demonstrate excellent interpersonal and intrapersonal skills?Are you a committed and dedicated team member enthusiastic to contribute to agrowing and exciting Service offer?

Shropshire Council is a unitary authority which serves the rural county of Shropshire.One of the most important things about working here is the knowledge that you'reworking to help others and the real sense of achievement and purpose that brings.The people of Shropshire are rightly proud of their county's assets, its natural beauty,its history, its diverse economy, its vibrant culture.

We value our employees and offer staff rewards and plenty of opportunities forpersonal development, and career progression including:
• Generous annual leave commencing at 28 days increasing with service to 33
days (pro rata for part time). With additional annual leave purchase policy.
• Access to a benefits platform with a wide range of retail discounts and salary
sacrifice schemes (cars, bikes, AVCs).
• Employer contribution Pension Scheme Shropshire County Pension Fund .
• Supportive carers and parental policies (maternity, paternity, adoption leave,
special leave).
• Many opportunities for flexible and agile working, we offer a hybrid model of
working to promote flexible working around personal and family commitments.