Ref: 1452
Posted: 16/04/2021 Start Date: As soon as possible
Interview Date: W/C 24th May 2021
Pay: Starting salary £30,166 per annum
Close Date: 11/05/2021 at 00:00
Location: Office base will either be in East or South Kent (negotiable)
Kent Educational Psychology Service has an exciting opportunity for aspiring Educational Psychologists. As an AEP you will be supporting the Service in applying psychology to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEN and additional educational needs.
Key Responsibilities:
We are looking for an Assistant Educational Psychologist who is highly motivated, passionate, dynamic and flexible. You will need a good honours degree in psychology along with current knowledge of psychological theory and practice including up to date understanding of child development and experience of how psychology can be applied within educational or community settings. In addition, you will need to have highly developed communication and interpersonal skills along with knowledge of the context in which psychological services, schools and settings work. This is a fixed term contract with the expectation that the successful applicant will apply to gain a place on the Educational Psychology Doctorate course either after the first or second year of employment.
Kent Educational Psychology Service is an established and respected Service. We provide high quality, evidenced based practice, which is increasingly focused on systems level work. We are proud to have developed several innovative interventions and to have published associated research undertaken by members of the service.
We offer flexible working arrangements supported by a laptop and iPhone, structured induction, CPD opportunities, regular supervision and the support of an excellent dedicated administrative team. We are a busy, creative friendly team of highly supportive colleagues, who will make you feel welcome and involve you immediately in a range of interesting work with schools.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.
The role will require the applicant being able to travel independently to carry out this work.
Interviews will be arranged at a mutually convenient time in the week beginning 24th May 2021.
Telephone: 03000 410250
Email: Daniel.Jones@kent.gov.uk
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