Educational Psychologist

4 weeks ago

Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom Achieving for Children Full time

Job Information

Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us

We are responsible for the entire range of children’s education, health and social care services in all three boroughs. We use a Signs of Safety practice model and approach which ensures the voice of the child is at the heart of everything we do. There’s never been a better time to join AfC, we are growing our workforce, implementing new flexible working arrangements and have increased our virtual wellbeing offer.

As an Educational Psychologist for Achieving for Children you will be joining an EP team which is highly regarded by schools and other services/organisations across Kingston and Richmond. We provide a service which successfully commissions and trades with a wide range of stakeholders, allowing for creative and interesting systemic and early intervention opportunities.

About the role

Following a growing demand from our schools and commissioners to increase their psychological input beyond our initial projections for the next academic year we are seeking to appoint enthusiastic, creative and innovative Educational Psychologists (EPs).

As an Educational Psychologist for Achieving for Children you will be joining:

- An EP team which is highly regarded by schools and other services/organisations across Kingston and Richmond.
- A service which successfully commissions and trades with a wide range of stakeholders, allowing for creative and interesting systemic and early intervention opportunities.
- A service which keeps psychological theory and research at the forefront of all our practice and work, and is committed to providing a high-quality evidence-based psychological service to children and young people in our communities.
- A service which highly values professional development and service development. As such, we ensure there is protected time for all EPs to work collectively and systemically. Our safeguarded time enables us to focus on training, service development, project work and early intervention.
- A service that is a well-established part of Kingston and Richmond schools’ assess, plan, do and review cycles ensuring that statutory activity is kept at a manageable level and focused on ‘making the difference’.

We are a large and supportive psychological team with a range of professional interests, experiences and links with professional training courses. Our service protects time for systemic and early intervention work, as well as opportunities for training, joint working and projects. The team is currently spearheading an Attachment Aware and Trauma Informed project with colleagues from the Virtual School across 30 schools (this work will extend into the next academic year), has plans around the Senior Mental Health Leads Training, and a developing project around executive functioning. The service also has the standard offer around ELSA, SCERTS, workforce development training, and Early Years’ Consultations.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a warm, welcoming and supportive psychological team.

**Applicants must be professionally qualified and registered with the HCPC or be in undertaking training on a professional Educational Psychology Doctoral programme.**

About you

To be an Educational Psychologist for AfC, you will be passionate about making a positive difference to the lives of children and young people as well as demonstrating the following points:

- Ability to use, describe and explain psychological concepts, theories, research and practice in a way which enthuses others and adds to their understanding.
- Interested in working systemically across two boroughs and committed to early intervention.

About our benefits

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:

- 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years.
- Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
- Stable and supportive leadership
- Hybrid and mobile working (between home and work) with latest technology to facilitate this
- Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
- Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- A range of staff benefits and discounts
- An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway

To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children

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