Educational Psychologist

Salary: £46,525 - £61,848 Soulbury Scale A 3-8 + up to 3 SPA points

Educational Psychologist

Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE

Educational Psychologist 1.0 fte - Temporary (Maternity Cover)

Start date - February 2025

Soulbury ScaleA 3-8 + up to 3 SPA points. Existing SPA points will be honoured.

Rhondda Cynon Taf Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is a dynamic and innovative service supporting young people, their families and schools across a diverse geographical area. We are committed to working together with parents/carers, schools and partner agencies to help all children and young people to ‘build a better future’.

The service provides a flexible service delivery model that ensures psychological support is provided in the most effective and efficient way. We provide wide ranging support in response to a request for our involvement (systemic support, problem solving and reflection, consultation and formulation and direct involvement with CYP) and all team members are actively engaged in multi-agency work, interdisciplinary work, project work and action-based research.

Our service particularly values the importance of reflective practices and provides a variety of opportunities for staff to receive regular individual and group supervision as well as weekly reflection sessions with peers to support you in your role. You will also receive a tailored induction process and ongoing mentoring.

You will enjoy working with a large and friendly team of fully qualified Educational Psychologists, who have a wide range of interests and expertise. The team is flexible in its approach to meeting diverse community needs and currently has a number of specialist subgroups including;

• Social Communication & ASD
• Speech and Language
• CLA & Vulnerable Learners
• Post 16
• Wellbeing
• Early Years
• Anti Racism
• LGTBQ+
• EBSA,
• Welsh Language & Culture
• Critical Incident response
• Pupil and Parent Voice
• Special Schools
• Complex Needs

All team members are encouraged and supported to develop their specialist interests and work closely with colleagues in partner agencies in this regard. You will also receive a fantastic range of CPD opportunities both individually and collectively throughout the year to support your professional development and career progression.

The Educational Psychology Service in RCT offers a flexible working scheme to promote a positive work life balance.

Informal enquiries can be made to Rob Kempson, Head of Educational Psychology - RCT on (01443) 744333.

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council’s longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.

In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.