This is an exciting opportunity to join the Clinical Services team at the Together Trust as an Educational Psychologist. You will work in a variety of settings, including specialist schools and externally commissioned projects, supporting children and young people with neurodiversity, social and emotional needs, and complex learning and developmental needs. You will use your expertise to provide training, problem-solving, and collaborative consultation to teachers, parents, and the wider community.
Main duties of the job
As an Educational Psychologist, you will work in a multi-disciplinary team to contribute to trust-wide and externally commissioned initiatives. You will use your knowledge and expertise in neurodiversity to support learners with autism and social communication differences. You will also work with pupils with significant social and emotional needs, using trauma-informed practice. Additionally, you will support the needs of learners with complex learning and developmental needs, and have opportunities to work in mainstream and community settings on externally commissioned projects.
About us
The Together Trust is a charity that provides care, support, and special education services for children, adults, and families. They are committed to making a positive difference in the lives of the individuals they support, and this role is an opportunity to be part of that mission.
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
Hours: 37.5 hours, Term Time Only (43 weeks worked); part-time hours will be considered.
Location: Hybrid worker - home, school, or office based as necessary. Together Trust Central office is based in Cheadle, Cheshire. You must be able to commute between the Trust services.
Reports to: Head of Clinical Services
The Clinical Service team in the Together Trust is at an exciting time of development. This post offers the unique opportunity to join a newly established Psychology Service and to work systemically in multi-disciplinary teams to contribute to trust-wide and externally commissioned initiatives and support the needs of individual pupils.
You will draw on knowledge and expertise in neurodiversity and work closely with settings that support learners with autism and social communication differences. You will work with pupils with significant social and emotional needs and the teams around them, using trauma-informed practice. You will support the needs of learners with complex learning and developmental needs, and you will have opportunities to work in other settings on externally commissioned projects across the region, including work in mainstream and community settings.
You will work in a variety of ways through training, problem-solving, and collaborative consultation and advice and support to teachers, parents/carers, SENCOs, the wider community, as well as children and young people. You will be able to build relationships with those you support, take a reflective approach and work in cycles of assess, plan, do, review to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people. You will use psychological assessment and produce reports to contribute to an understanding of a child's needs and work in collaboration with others to develop shared and person-centred plans of support.
You will be supported by and will support a small team of Educational Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists using formal and informal supervision, and you will be able to shape and contribute to the development of a service that is inclusive and celebratory of the experiences of the thoughts and ideas people bring. Opportunities for professional development and project development with universities as well as participation in charity and community-focused activity will be supported.
The scope for development in this role is extensive and we would welcome applicants from Educational Psychologists looking for new ways of practicing as an Educational Psychologist.
Help us make a change to the lives of the young people we support with special educational needs.
Benefits
* Annual Leave: 27 days holiday plus 8 days bank holidays, rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years.
* Generous pension scheme: up to 7% company pension contributions and up to 6x basic salary death in service benefit.
* Occupational sick pay: Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoptive leave.
* Reward and Discount platform: Offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances, etc.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card.
* Proud to be a real living wage employer.
* Refer a friend scheme: Be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us.
* Comprehensive training and development opportunities: Including apprenticeship qualifications.
* Long service awards: Including cash gifts and extra holiday.
* Promotion of Wellbeing: Across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleagues and free weekly yoga sessions in person or online.
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme: For you and adults at your home.
Please read the full job description to find out more about this new and interesting position.
For further enquiries about this role, please contact: Rick Vogan (Head of Clinical Services), rick.vogan@togethertrust.org.uk or Dr Joanna Dalton (TrustWide Educational Psychologist), joanna.dalton@togethertrust.org.uk.
This position may be withdrawn early should the ideal candidate be found prior to the closing date - therefore early applicants are encouraged.
We welcome applications from those with a right to work in the UK. We do not currently sponsor overseas staff.
Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* You must be a qualified Educational Psychologist with a current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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