Assistant Psychologist
- Employer
- City of Wolverhampton Council
- Location
- Priory Green Office, Whitburn Close, WV9 5NJ
- Salary
- £23,953 - £27,514
- Closing date
- 15 Aug 2022
- Reference
- WLV000004445
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Psychological services
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term Contract
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Children and Education - Inclusion and Empowerment/Educational Psychology
Job title: Assistant Psychologist
Salary: £23,953 - £27,514
Full time, 12 month fixed term contract
Following an increase in demand for our service, and the successful progression of a current Assistant Psychologist onto the Educational and Child Psychology doctoral training course, we are looking to appoint a new Assistant Psychologist to join our well established, highly regarded and supportive team.
Our team has grown significantly over recent years and includes Senior EPs, Specialist Senior EPs, EPs, Trainee EPs and Assistant Psychologists. We also have dedicated admin staff who support our team. Our work is highly valued by the council, schools and other partners. We operate a partly traded service and buy-in from schools is high. We have recently extended our traded offer to schools to include a ‘Psychological Interventions’ offer which comprises short term evidence-based interventions delivered by our Assistant Psychologists, and ‘Organisational Development Packages’ which comprise either a 6 or 12 day action research based project to support a school to take an evidence based approach to an area of whole school development, delivered jointly by Assistant and Qualified EPs.
Wolverhampton EP service is committed to supporting the future of the profession and a wide range of opportunities are provided for Assistant Psychologists to support progression onto the Educational and Child Psychology professional training course.
Successful applicants will be involved in the following main areas of work:
- Shadowing and co-delivery of a wide range of Educational Psychology work
- Delivery of traded support to schools, including the delivery of ‘Psychological Interventions’ directly to individual and groups of children and young people
- Experience of working with schools at an organisational level through working alongside Educational Psychologists to deliver ‘Organisational Development Packages’
- Project and development work, including literature reviews, small scale evaluations, supporting the development and delivery of training and preparation of materials
We offer:
- a supportive induction and regular high-quality supervision
- excellent peer support
- regular CPD and training opportunities
- a wide range of project work co-ordinated at a service level
- many opportunities for partnership working across the council
- a personal dynamic assessment toolkit
- excellent ICT facilities and allocated office space
- dedicated administrative support to the EP service
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
For further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact:
- Emma Thornbery, Principal Educational Psychologist Emma.Thornbery@wolverhampton.gov.uk
- Stephanie Herriotts-Smith, Senior Educational Psychologist
Stephanie.Herriotts-Smith@wolverhampton.gov.uk
- Elaine Perry, Senior Educational Psychologist
Elaine.Perry@wolverhampton.gov.uk
- Ruth Hewett, Senior Educational Psychologist
Ruth.Hewett@wolverhampton.gov.uk
CLOSING DATE 14th August 2022
INTERVIEWS w/c 24th/25th August 2022
Diversity
We are committed to building a workforce that is reflective of the diverse community we serve. We want to attract the best applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups because we strongly believe in adding value through diversity, inclusion, and equality. Our employees enable us to deliver services that are accessible, inclusive, and reflective of Wolverhampton residents.
We encourage, inspire and value an inclusive culture here at the council where employees can flourish, thrive and be themselves. We have four staff equality forums for employees to join. These help to ensure our workforce has a voice, employees feel empowered to speak up and where everyone is treated with respect - Learn more here
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Supporting documents
AP JD - November 2020.docx
Assistant Psychologist - PS.doc
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City of Wolverhampton
There’s never been a better time to join the award winning City of Wolverhampton Council to further your career. We are a progressive and future facing organisation, and passionate about making our city better for all who live, work and travel here.
We are an ambitious organisation focused on delivering the best services for people in Wolverhampton; working for us gives you the opportunity to make a difference to their lives.
Our continual drive for improvement led to us winning APSE Overall Council of the Year Service Delivery Award, also achieving Annual Service Award Finalists for our services in Waste and Recycling; Public Protection; Best Housing Regeneration and Homelessness multi-agency work, showing that the City of Wolverhampton Council is truly an organisation striving for daily excellence in all we do.
Equal Opportunities
The City of Wolverhampton Council employs over 5,000 people in more than 600 different trades and professions. We are committed to representing Wolverhampton’s diverse community and therefore strongly encourage applications from all applicants meeting the essential criteria. The council operate a guaranteed interview policy for veterans who have served in the military, those who have previously been under our care and are under the age of 25 and disabled candidates, where it is evidenced that the essential criteria of the post is met.
A Great City to Live and Work
The city has seen rapid developments with major projects like the i54, Way Youth Zone and i10 and more exciting developments are planned for the westside of the city. The leisure-led mixed user scheme includes a multi-screen cinema, restaurants, bars, hotel, multi-storey car park and apartments, all accessible by foot from our city centre.
We benefit from being in a prime location, with excellent transport links at the heart of the UK’s high speed rail and motorway networks, making us an employer of choice for people across the West Midlands.
Wolverhampton is rated as one of the top cities in the UK for families. Almost 90 per cent of the city’s primary and secondary schools are rated as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. The City also offers a wide range of family friendly facilities with stunning parks and green spaces and top entertainment attractions such as Wolverhampton Art Gallery, the Civic and Wulfrun Halls and the Grand Theatre all of which attract top acts such as Jimmy Carr, Gary Barlow, World Darts Competition, upcoming bands and West End productions.
Why Work for City of Wolverhampton Council?
We invest heavily in skills and training for our employees; you will develop and grow with us through your time, benefiting from regular professional development conversations, and varied training opportunities.
We offer a wide range of benefits including competitive salaries that progress within different grades for the variety of jobs on offer. The majority of our positions offer a generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days - this increases with length of service. There is also an added option to buy up to 10 days additional leave in each leave year. New entrants also benefit from 8 days bank holiday entitlement (basic leave entitlement of 33 days).
The council offers an excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with employee and employer contributions based on salary grades and other benefits including:
- Index linked pension
- Option to convert your pension for tax-free cash when you retire
- Retirement on the grounds of ill-health at any age.
The council also offers a wide range of flexible working options to fit in around your commitments including:
- Flexi-time
- Reduced hours working
- Job share
- Homeworking
- Term time only
Other rewards
- Discounted city parking at a number of sites with reduced charges for blue badge holders
- Annual Travel Card Scheme
- Salary Sacrifice scheme for cars - with a wide range of ‘green’ vehicles, cycles and associated equipment, personal IT equipment and smartphones
- Retail, leisure, legal and ethical savings and loans through our competitive rewards portal
- Website
- http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01902 552345
- Location
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City of Wolverhampton Council
Civic Centre
St. Peter's Square
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 1HE
United Kingdom
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