RHONDDA CYNON TAF & MERTHYR TYDFIL

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE 

Educational Psychologist 1fte (permanent) & 1 fte Educational Psychologists (temporary maternity cover).

Soulbury Scale A 2-7 + up to 3 SPA points. Existing SPA points will be honoured.

Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is a large, unified 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. 

The equivalent of 2 full time equivalent posts are currently available within this thriving service, however applications will be considered from those wishing to work part time.

Team morale is high and the service benefits from generous access to relevant CPD, excellent ICT facilities and highly efficient secretarial staff.

Informal enquiries can be made to Hayley Jeans, Head of the Educational Psychology Service or Kerry Webster, Deputy Principal - RCT on (01443) 744333. 

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.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

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.