About Us
Together, we’re the moment makers and we’re focused on making every day the best it can be for children, young people and their families. It’s not a job – it’s a passion and together, we’re shaping education for the future. Every day, our colleagues are helping to transform the lives of our residents of Oxfordshire and helping them to live the lives they want to live by ensuring every child has the best possible education.
Our Oxfordshire Educational Psychology Service consists of an expert team of Senior Educational Psychologists, Educational Psychologists (EP), Trainee Educational Psychologists, Assistant Educational Psychologists and dedicated administrative support staff. Together, we apply our psychological skills and knowledge to ensure the best possible outcomes and opportunities for children and young people.
We’re not afraid to do things differently and our dynamic culture means this is a place where new ideas are embraced, and innovation thrives. There are opportunities to provide training and support in a range of areas, including Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSA) training and supervision, SENCo supervision, developing the LA response to EBSA, Oxfordshire Relational Schools Project, a Maths course designed by the EPS Postvention and Critical Incident Support.
About the Role
We’re keen to shape the service to be as responsive as possible to the needs of our communities. This Associate role enables us to provide in-person/face to face work to support statutory and sometimes traded aspects of service delivery, while being sensitive the needs of the wider Educational Psychology workforce.
We’re expanding our service so that we can be responsive to increased demand for Educational Psychology work. This Associate Educational Psychologist role provides a new opportunity for EPs wishing to maintain working within a Local Authority context with greater flexibility. In the main, the role will be to support the Service to meet the increasing numbers of EHCNAs.
You’ll benefit from good admin and IT support (laptop, mobile phone) and you will be able to participate in our training and development days to support your CPD with an opportunity to connect with colleagues, although these will not be part of the 48-day capped annualised contract. You’ll be able to access and use assessment tools that are held by the EPS from one of the three office bases (The Vibe, Didcot; Samuelson House, Banbury; or Union St, Oxford).
About you
We are looking for someone who is:
* a professionally qualified Educational Psychologist with registration to the HCPC.
* committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults.
* has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* seeks opportunities for personal development.
* works within a consultative/joint problem-solving framework.
* actively challenges all forms of discrimination and promotes equal opportunities, inclusion and diversity.
* enthusiastic, creative and determined to make a positive impact on children’s lives through the application of psychology.
* empathic with excellent written communication skills and a competent use of information technology.
* good with diary management and has well developed organisational skills.
* a supportive team member who contributes to the service development.
* always living and breathing our values of be kind & care, daring to do it differently, takes responsibility and equality & integrity.