Norfolk County Council Hiring for Trainee Educational Psychologist Job at Norwich, England , UK Full Time

Fixed term Contract from 1st September 2023 to 31st August 2025| 37 hours per week | £38,383 to £39,637 per annum (Soulbury Trainee Educational Psychologist Grade 2 – 3) | Norwich

This post provides an opportunity for a candidate who expects to complete the first year of their doctoral course in educational psychology in August 2023 to join our Educational Psychology and Specialist Support Team from September 2023 for employment and professional support whilst completing their training.

This is a full-time Local Authority post and the expectation of the Local Authority is that post holders will make a commitment to be available to work within Norfolk Educational Psychology and Specialist Support, for 130 days within each of the two employment years. For the period of employment, the University will be deemed to be the approved employee base for those days when appointees are not in Norfolk.

Over the period of the post holder’s second and third year of doctoral training they will be a member of the team of professionals in Norfolk’s Educational Psychology and Specialist Support team, undertaking work within the authority whilst meeting university requirements. Additionally, upon qualifying, the post holder will be encouraged to be an Educational Psychologist member of the Norfolk Educational Psychology team

Educational Psychology and Specialist Support is a multi-disciplinary team and provides a broad range of professional consultation, assessment, intervention, training, development and preventative work, and meets the requirements of universities for Trainee Educational Psychologists. The team has excellent and well valued relationships with schools and other partners.

For informal discussion please contact Dr Helena Bunn, Senior Educational Psychologist ( [email protected] ).

We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.

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Before you apply please see the full job description and person specification in the below link – this will help you to shape your application to demonstrate how you meet the criteria for the role.

job description and person specification

You can also find out about the rewards and benefits we offer as well as our other terms and conditions.

Closing date: 30 January 2023

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.