Educational Psychologist

We are a small friendly team who will support your career progression and we would love you to join our team and support our journey applying psychology to make a difference for children and young people in the borough contributing to Education and Learning’s three obsessions: attendance, inclusion, and wellbeing.

Teamwork and collaboration are important to us and we strive to find innovative ways to apply psychology in our practice We are committed to consultation, collaboration and communication and embrace person-centred and strengths-based approaches. We are keen to apply different paradigms in psychology, particularly positive psychology and although we are predominantly a statutory service, we are developing an emerging traded offer we hope to strengthen and build on, delivered via TESSA. As a service we actively encourage professional development, including offering TEP placement and support each other offering a range of supervision opportunities. We work closely with partner agencies and have opportunities to contribute to developments across St Helens.

Dr Alison Brown, Principal Educational Psychologist.

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Making a Difference

Whatever stage of your career, working in the public sector puts you at the heart of communities.

Our workforce provides services to our resident's day in and day out, making a positive impact on real peoples lives. We could not do this without the dedication, professionalism and strength of our workforce.

‘I value the variety of interesting opportunities focussed on my development needs and interests, the safe reflective space created by colleagues to unpick complex issues and share perspectives, the active promotion of professional autonomy and leadership and the genuine interest, compassion and kindness of everyone in the team.’ Anna Beckett, Year 3 TEP (2024)

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Roles That Matter

You can view full details of the role with our attached Job Description and Person Specification. You can also find out more about what its like to work at St Helens Council on our Careers Site. For further information, or to arrange an informal meeting to discuss this role, please contact: Dr Alison Brown, Principal Educational Psychologist.

About You.

• An enthusiastic, dedicated, skilled EP registered with the HCPC or a TEP in Year 2 or Year 3 of training who will be eligible when qualified.
• Passionate about improving the outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
• Committed to enacting social justice and promoting inclusion.
• Keen to develop innovative practice, including specialist knowledge in your area of interest.
• A great communicator, putting people at ease to share your knowledge and understanding of psychology through consultation, reports and delivering training.
• Committed to consultation and collaboration.

Equality & Diversity

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation.

The Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview and selection process.

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