Assistant Educational Psychologist

Role Responsibility

Kent Educational Psychology Service (KEPS) is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for aspiring Educational Psychologists to join our successful Assistant EP programme. As an Assistant Educational Psychologist, you will support the service in delivering high quality, evidence based psychological practice. You will contribute to a wide range of activities, including: 

• Supporting community and preventative work across schools and early years settings.
• Applying psychological principles to promote inclusion, participation and wellbeing.
• Working alongside schools, settings,families and other professionals to improve outcomes for children and young people.
• Support the statutory assessment of children and young people.

We are seeking highly motivated, passionate and flexible individuals who are committed to the application of psychology in education. You will need to demonstrate KCC’s values, including a commitment to supporting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. You will need a good honours degree in psychology along with current knowledge of psychological theory and practice including up to date understanding of child development and experience of how psychology can be applied within educational or community settings. In addition, you will need to have highly developed communication and interpersonal skills along with knowledge of the context in which psychological services, schools and settings work. This is a fixed term contract with the expectation that the successful applicant will apply to gain a place on the Educational Psychology Doctorate course either after the first or second year of employment. 

Kent Educational Psychology Service offers flexible working arrangements, structured induction, CPD opportunities, regular supervision and the support of an excellent dedicated administrative team.  We are a busy, creative friendly team of highly supportive colleagues, who will make you feel welcome and involve you immediately in a range of interesting work with schools.  

Our commitment to being anti-racist: We are committed to eradicating systemic racism, discrimination, injustice, and making anti-racism a foundation of our practice. We will be a voice and force for change, across our education system and with wider system partners, to recognise and address the impact of racism on children and families within our community. We actively welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, who are currently underrepresented within the Educational Psychology profession. 

This role is subject to holding a full UK Driving Licence.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.  

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. 

Contact Details

For an informal discussion or should you require any further information, please contact Dan Jones – Acting Principal Educational Psychologist on 03000 413061 or e-mail Daniel.Jones@kent.gov.uk.  

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.