Research Assistant

**Assistant Educational Psychologist / Research and Development Assistant | 8081 | fixed term contract from 25 August 2025 to 31 August 2026 | 37 hours per week | £36,109 to £40,325 per annum | Soulbury AEP Scale | Norfolk**

Norfolk Educational Psychology and Specialist Support (EPSS) are delighted to offer the opportunity for passionate psychology graduates to join our team as Assistant Educational Psychologists (AEP), given the success of our current AEP colleagues in securing places on the Educational Psychology doctorate training course.

**About EPSS**

EPSS is a thriving, multi-professional service, positioned at the heart of Norfolk’s SEND strategy. We offer a graduated response with prevention, early intervention and inclusion at its heart. We are a nurturing and friendly team, which believes in continuous learning.

We provide:

- A friendly and supportive team environment
- A comprehensive and structured induction and AEP programme tailored to building skills and experiences for the doctorate training course
- Professional supervision tailored to individual needs
- Access to a generous CPD programme, allowing scope for further development of professional interestsFlexible working arrangements

Working closely with NCC partners, EPSS provide free, universal support to all schools across Norfolk, via the newly developed SEND and Inclusion Support Model. EPSS are also core partners in developing and supporting the Specialist Resource Base (SRB) provision, expanding across the county.

**AEP Responsibilities**

This will include the following:

- Support the design, development and implementation of EPSS projects aimed at improving service delivery and outcomes for children, and others as authorised by the Service Leadership Team
- Produce statistics and other management information on research, project work and Service evaluations (e.g. activity recording and quality assurance)
- Liaise with a range of professionals to collect EPSS service monitoring data and ensure EPSS leadership team has up-to-date information as required
- Support EPSS colleagues to develop and deliver regular training and workshop sessions for EPSS partners, including schools and families, for example relating to Zones of Regulation
- Support EP colleagues in delivering various statutory, prevention and early intervention tasks, including for example person-centred planning meetings, child / class observations, and gathering the views of parents and schools staff

If you have a BPS-accredited Psychology degree, and you are passionate about supporting children and young people through a career in educational psychology, we would love to hear from you

For informal discussion or further information, please contact:
Dr Ian Mann, Senior Educational Psychologist

Dr Karen Fields, Joint Principal Educational Psychologist

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full **Job Description and Person Specification**to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

- Competitive salary
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
- Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependent on your job role and business need.
- Financial benefits such as:

- ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
- A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
- Relocation expenses (where applicable)
- An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
- Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

**_We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.
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**Redeployment closing date: 29 May 2025**

**All other applicants closing date: 04 June 2025**

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local