Royal Borough of Greenwich Hiring for Educational Psychologists Job at London, England , UK Full Time

ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH

CHILDREN’S SERVICES

Educational Psychologists

Soulbury Scale A3-A8 (£42,075 – £51,538) plus Inner London allowance (£3,270) and up to 3 SPA points

Permanent full time (35 hours) post

Position Overview: For more information see the job pack which has additional information about the service

The Royal Greenwich Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is undergoing an exciting period of change and development and have opportunities for reflective and resourceful educational psychologists to join our growing team.

From September 2022, the service will be led by a ‘Principal Educational Psychologist and Strategic Lead for Emotional Health & Wellbeing’, who will develop and strengthen our links with key partners, including our local CAMHS, Inclusion Service and Social Care. The Counselling Service and Restorative Approaches Co-ordinator will join the new integrated service, providing opportunities for joined up working with the Educational Psychology service.

The EPS is well-regarded within the Local Authority, as a hard-working, supportive and friendly team, offering a highly valued traded service to a range of settings. New colleagues can become involved in a range of projects, including the ELSA programme, VIG/ CBT and organisational consultancy for settings.

As a member of the team, you will benefit from:

• A supportive senior leadership team committed to the wellbeing of staff; promoting an inclusive working environment and a strong commitment to anti-racism.
• Excellent administrative support
• A CPD programme with protected time for clinical supervision
• Excellent transport links – including the recently completed Elizabeth Line.
• Remote/hybrid working and IT equipment to support

We would like to invite applicants who:

• Can apply psychology in a range of settings, within the context of a consultation model of service delivery.
• Value working relationships with colleagues within the team, across Children’s Services and within settings.
• Are committed to child and family-centred approaches.
• Want to develop and grow as a practitioner in a dynamic and expanding team.
• Share our service commitment to anti-racist practice.

If you would like to find out more about our service, join our open evening via Zoom on Wednesday 8th June from 4-5pm. This can be accessed using the following link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82397921987?pwd=b2tLZkk4UGNXOU1xeFJwNFdscGx3QT09

Meeting ID: 823 9792 1987

Passcode: 921631

Applications are welcome from experienced EPs, those who have recently qualified and those about to embark on the final year of training (due to qualify by September 2023). For those new to the profession, please see the attached document ‘What to expect as a newly qualified EP in Royal Greenwich EPS’.

If you would like to discuss this post informally, please contact Sinead Neal (Senior Educational Psychologist) on 073 9525 7289 or e-mail [email protected]

OR Karen Freeman (Psychology Support Officer, 020 8921 4818 or e-mail [email protected] ) who will put you in touch with one of our current Trainees or newly/recently joined EPs.

Closing date for applications: Monday 27th June 2022

Interviews: Wednesday 6th July 2022

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Roz Weeks; [email protected] 0208 921 2410

Safer recruitment: Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at [email protected].

As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statement addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statement section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Interview Arrangements: During this time, our priority for all of our recruitment activity is to make sure our applicants, hiring departments and new starters are informed, safe and supported. Careful and thorough consideration will be given to interview arrangements and for any essential in-person recruitment, we will ensure this is held in a suitable, secure setting with additional arrangements to ensure any current safety requirements are fully adhered to.

Interim Working Arrangements: As we review our ways of working, there may be interim working arrangements in place for some of our roles and some roles may still require full or partial essential office attendance. As restrictions ease, alternative working arrangements may be required – please be mindful of this and note the workplace location stated on this advert.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.