View Vacancy -- Educational Psychologist

Education - Non Teaching
Education and Inclusion Services
Inclusion Services
Soulbury
£40,838 - £50,584 + 3 SPA Points
Permanent Full Time

Rhondda Cynon Taf Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is a large service supporting young people, their families and schools across a diverse geographical area. The EPS is committed to working together with parents/carers, schools and partner agencies to help all children and young people to ‘build a better future’. The service works extensively at a strategic and systemic level but also therapeutically with individual children and young people. Team members are actively engaged in multi-agency work, interdisciplinary work, project work and action-based research.

You will enjoy working with a large, friendly team of fully qualified Educational Psychologists, who have a wide range of interests and expertise. The team is flexible in its approach to meeting diverse community needs. The team currently has a number of specialist subgroups in relation to autism, Critical Incident response, SpLD and team members are encouraged and supported to develop specialist interests and work closely with colleagues in partner agencies.

You will receive tailored induction, mentoring and supervision. Informal enquiries can be made to Rob Kempson, Head of Educational Psychology - RCT on (01443) 744333. 

Applicants must be professionally qualified and registered with the HCPC. 

Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council. Rhondda Cynon Taf welcomes applications from all sections of the community

In support of the Council’s voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans, Reservists or Spouses and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.

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Ty Trevithick
Abercynon
Mountain Ash
CF45 4UQ
9 November 2022
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This opportunity is closed to applications.