About The Service
Cardiff Educational Psychology Service is made up of a friendly, highly motivated, team of educational psychologists, with a range of experience and diverse professional interests.
Psychology is at the heart of all our varied and creative work supporting children, schools and families.
Working within the Service gives you an excellent opportunity to work in the vibrant and diverse Capital City of Wales
About the job
We are seeking to recruit a temporary Assistant Educational Psychologist to compliment and strengthen our existing team. The post is temporary to August 2022.
In the role, you will work closely with our team on a variety of supervised tasks, such as
- Working with children and young people on wellbeing interventions
- Supporting children and young people’s development through learning interventions
- Contributing to the creation and delivery of training packages
- Engaging in Service evaluation and research activities that support evidence-based practice
This will involve working alongside Educational Psychologists, Trainee Educational Psychologists and Specialist Teachers within the Inclusion Service.
The experiences gained will be highly beneficial to those wishing to pursue future professional training in Educational Psychology
What We Are Looking For From You
You must be able to demonstrate the following essential requirements:
- A first class or upper second-class honours degree in Psychology or the equivalent (conferring graduate basis for registration with the BPS)
- Experience of working successfully with children and young people in an educational or other relevant context
- Knowledge of additional learning needs
- A high level of written communication skills
- A high level of oral communication skills and the ability to make presentations to a wide range of audiences
- Good listening skills
- The ability to analyse and evaluate quantitative and qualitative data and report findings clearly and succinctly
- That you are well organised and self-motivated
- That you are able to build and maintain effective relationships with a broad range of people
Additional information
This post is temporary until 31st August 2022.
This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced checks.
Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.
This vacancy is suitable for post share.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
Due to the current COVID-19 circumstances the interview process for this role will be held on a virtual basis using an appropriate online platform. If you have any concerns around your ability to participate in a virtual interview process or if you would like an informal conversation about this role prior to application, please contact Chris Alders, Principal Educational Psychologist on 029 22330730
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