Location: THROWBRIDGE
Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children and families, with a strong commitment to equality and inclusion?
Our Educational Psychology Service (EPS) operates on a foundation of core values like kindness, respect, and integrity. We thrive in a collaborative and dynamic environment where you'll have the opportunity to work alongside fellow Educational Psychologists, Trainees, and Assistant Psychologists.
The overall responsibilities of the service/function are:
1. To support schools, parents, and partners in one or more of Wiltshire's community areas to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and young people, through the use of educational psychology.
2. To provide consultation, assessment, and training to improve outcomes for Wiltshire's vulnerable children and young people, within a context of supervision from their line manager and peers. Wiltshire Educational Psychology Service works within Targeted Schools and Learning Support alongside other services offering support to vulnerable children and young people.
Essential qualifications and skills:
1. A doctoral or master's level professional qualification in Educational Psychology, or is expected by the accrediting university to complete this professional qualification by the end of the year.
2. Will be registered with the HCPC, or will be eligible for registration on completion of the professional qualification.
3. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, for a range of purposes and audiences.
4. Ability to work independently and to organise time/workload efficiently, meeting deadlines where required.
5. Basic IT competence in Microsoft Office suite, word processing, entering spreadsheet data, and a willingness to learn other IT skills as required by developments in IT communications.
6. Demonstrate ability to engage with school staff and parents and to engender their confidence in the professional skills brought to the role.
7. A commitment to promoting equal opportunities and to ensuring that the voice of the child and parents are clearly heard.
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