Join a Team that feels like home.
Develop your practice in a service to be proud of.
Our Purpose
The North East Lincolnshire Community Educational Psychology Service is deeply committed to making a positive impact in our community through our work as applied Educational Psychologists within a Local Authority.
Under genuinely exciting new management both within the psychology service and under the vision of our new Director and Assistant Director within Children Services, we are seeking to expand our warm, skilled and welcoming team.
Our newly developed EMBRACE framework guides the actions we take as a team towards supporting the wider Local Authority vision of 'Our Children, Our Future', both within our core statutory duties and our traded offer. This reflects the emphasis we place on connection and a sense of belonging within our team, and as part of our established relationships with strategic partners. We place an emphasis on using our psychological skills and knowledge to emphasize strong, supportive relationships, person-centred principles, inclusivity, and genuine partnerships.
We are pleased to offer a Trainee Educational Psychologist role, and are seeking team members that can support us in shaping and extending our service, contributing to a consultation-led, person-centred, inclusive model, including offering training, supervision and therapeutic assessment and intervention, while offering the support you require to complete your training.
The Role
You will be part of a team which is expanding and developing exciting and innovative ways of working, integral to the wider LA vision and values. Joining a small team of already well-respected psychologists and benefitting from excellent working relationships with colleagues across our area, you will contribute to shaping our psychology service.
You will be supported to provide high-quality psychological advice and guidance as part of the statutory aspects of our role, as well as shaping a service which delivers traded work in the form of support to schools, through project work and a wide training offer such as ELSA, National Autistic Programmes, Emotion Coaching and Relational Approaches. This is in partnership with our colleagues in the wider Education and Inclusion team, alongside our Social Care partners and with our Virtual School.
You will have access to offices located in Grimsby Town Centre where you will have the opportunity to work with and alongside other services such as Public Health, Social Care and our Family Hubs. Those relationships are a key strength offered to you as a Local Authority employed EP.
This role is a hybrid role, with a mixture of working on and off site, promoting and encouraging a work-life balance. CPD, supervision and opportunities for growth and development are all part of the offer if you join us here, and autonomy is highly valued.
The intention is that the successful applicant will be offered a permanent role as an Educational Psychologist within the team following the successful completion of Doctorate training and when achieving HCPC registered status. This will be dependent on appropriate vacancies being available at that time.
About You
Please consider making an application if you are:
1. Currently in Year 1 of a recognised Educational Psychology training course, and a Trainee Educational Psychologist who places children and young people at the centre of your practice.
2. Creative, flexible and able to focus on identifying concerns and solutions, with a strong focus on understanding lived experiences and working in a values-driven way.
3. Someone who wants to contribute to the ongoing development of our service, whilst working to develop your own practice and identity as an Educational Psychologist and reflecting on ways that we can best work with our communities.
4. Proactive in developing and sharing your knowledge and skills.
5. Able to travel to the Grimsby offices and to different settings throughout North East Lincolnshire.
Your Application
All applicants are advised to carefully read the information provided in the Role Profile and Person Specification.
We would be happy to have an informal discussion about the role if this would help you. Please contact Dr Louise Jarvis (Principal Educational Psychologist) on louise.jarvis@nelincs.gov.uk or Dr Becky Bevan (Senior Educational Psychologist) on Rebecca.Bevan@nelincs.gov.uk
Key Dates
Interviews will take place the week commencing 24th February, 2025.
We want you to have the best interview experience with us, so will provide candidates selected for interview their questions 24 hours in advance of meeting us.
As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.
You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.
This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our in-house wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.
NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme.
Do you need support?
If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on 07702 338542 (text or call). Wendy can support with digital access as well as offering advice and guidance about completing the different sections of the application form.
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