Job Description
This is a fixed term post until June .
Applications are invited from suitably qualified educational psychologists eligible for registration as Educational Psychologist with the HCPC to join a progressive and innovative service.
The successful applicant will have qualities and skills that will support the team of educational psychologists to develop strategies
• To foster excellence and equity in line with the Authority’s policy and with the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act
• To promote early intervention initiatives, including nurture and parenting
• To raise standards of attainment and achievement at all levels and support initiatives to close the poverty related attainment gap
• To support the implementation of ‘getting it right for every child’ and the Early years expansion plan
• To enhance collaborative approaches with partners
The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to the five core tasks of a Psychological Service.
The Service has detailed programmes covering induction and continuing professional
development.