Educational Psychologist
Educational Psychologist
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£ 56763 - 72204
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Job Description
Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday 20 May 2025
Closing Date: Monday 21 April 2025
Contract Type: Temporary until 31 July 2026
Salary:
Working Pattern: 35 Hours per week
Location: Various (the service operates a blended working model with clear expectations around regular office/collegiate contact)
Selection Process
Candidates should be aware that we will be running a mandatory inperson selection process involving several elements including a group discussion task and individual interview. This will require you to be available inperson for one full day within Fife. Please contact the lead recruiter (see end of advert for contact details) if you have particular support needs or queries relating to this process.
Supporting Statement
As part of your application you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information check out theHow to Applysection of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked upload resum. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site atwww.fife/jobs/supportingstatement
Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:
- How you have used your knowledge skills and understanding of educational psychology theory and practice to bring about improvement(s)
- How you have managed challenging complex situations in your work as an EP
- Evidence of effective collaborative working with EP colleagues
- Your ability to build capacity in school systems through supporting the development of others to have an impact on our most vulnerable children and young people
Partnership working which has led to a positive impact on outcomes for children and young people.
Job Details
We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated educational psychologist who is passionate about improving life chances for all with a particular focus on those young people who are most vulnerable and at risk of poor outcomes.
As an Educational Psychologist in Fife you will join a dynamic Educational Psychology Service that offers a comprehensive induction and supervision programme. There is a strong commitment to supporting the professional development of all staff and the service is currently involved in a wide range of research and development opportunities across the Education Directorate and with multiagency partners.
These include:
- A refresh of Fife Councils ASL Strategy building on the recommendations in the national ASL Review: All our Children and All their Potential
- A Fifewide rollout of the Neurodevelopmental Pathway an innovative new approach to multiagency assessment intervention staff training and parental support for young people who may have neurodevelopmental differences
- Our Learning with Care project in partnership with Social Work colleagues committing to improve educational experiences and outcomes for Care Experienced young people
- Supporting our schools to integrate the national Counselling in Schools initiative into an integrated support system for all young people who would benefit from support for their emotional wellbeing.
FCEPS is a large service with a range of opportunities for distributed leadership and developing innovative professional practices. We have support systems for new entrants to the profession several experienced supervisors on the BPS Register of Supervisors and staff familiar with the Qualification in Educational Psychology (QEP) British Psychological Society (BPS) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) processes enabling us to support psychologists to benefit from high quality professional supervision.
We operate a blended approach to work within FCEPS which incorporates office working fieldwork and home working as part of your working week. Our core team working day is a Tuesday where our staff are office based to ensure team time and internal networking opportunities are built into our work.
A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.
The Person
- Recent and relevant experience of Educational Psychology practice.
- Honours degree in psychology conferring basis for graduate membership of the BPS and a postgraduate qualification in educational psychology.
- A high level of interpersonal organisational and consultation skills and abilities which will enable you to demonstrate professional autonomy within a culture of collective responsibility to our service and our stakeholders.
- The ability to work on your own initiative with appropriate assertiveness.
Practice consistent with our Services aims and priorities. - Demonstrable success in collaborative working and success in working within agreed professional guidelines.
- A commitment to your own professional learning as an educational psychologist through careerlong professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice.
- You are required to be fully registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or to be on track to complete your Qualification in Educational Psychology which will ensure you are eligible to register with the HCPC; to model all behaviour expected of an Educational Psychologist in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.
Before confirming your appointment you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.
Further Information
- Role Profile When preparing your supporting statement review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteriaRole Profile
- How We Work Matters Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace.See ourHow We Work Mattersbehaviour framework for more information.
- Employee Benefits Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services
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We are currently shaping our future workstyles however in light of current advice we are introducing blended home/office working that will include office access days each week with homeworking for the remainder of your working time.
For further information please contact: Vivienne Sutherland at
Employment Type
Full-Time
