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<div class="mds-edited-text mds-font-body-copy-bulk"><p><b>Senior Educational Psychologist and
Educational Psychologist Opportunities (Wandsworth Schools and Community
Psychology Service)</b> </p>
<p><b>The Role</b> </p>
<p><b>Are you looking to join a creative,
friendly and supportive multi-disciplinary team?</b> </p>
<p><b>Do you want to deliver a high-quality psychological
service to children and young people in Wandsworth? </b> </p>
<p>If yes, then please consider applying for our
Senior Educational Psychologist permanent post or Educational Psychologist
(SEMH specialist) permanent post. </p>
<p><b>Who we are</b> </p>
<p>The Schools and Community Psychology Service (SCPS)
is a team of Psychologists, Trainee Psychologists and Primary Mental Health
Workers (PMHWs). As part of Wandsworth Council we are a key service
contributing to work that aims to improve educational, social and mental health
outcomes for children and young people living and being educated in Wandsworth.
</p>
<p>The SCPS is committed to: </p>
<ul>
<li>Becoming an anti-racist team promoting diversity
and inclusion and reducing barriers in society.</li>
<li>Consultation as a model of service
delivery</li>
<li>Team wellbeing and team collaboration at all
levels</li>
<li>Fostering and encouraging team member’s individual
areas of professional interest</li>
<li>A good balance of statutory, commissioned and
project work across all levels of experience</li>
<li>High quality psychology with an emphasis on
ongoing professional development</li>
<li>High quality psychological supervision and
developing reflexivity through our various opportunities for group reflective
space</li>
<li>Promoting psychology at all strategic levels both
in our work with others as well as in our work with each other</li>
</ul>
<p><b>We are advertising the following
roles:</b> </p>
<p><b>1. Full time permanent Educational
Psychologist post open to qualified Educational Psychologists and Year 3
Trainee Educational Psychologists (due to qualify in 2023)</b> </p>
<p><b>Closing: 11:59pm on Sunday 4th September
2022</b> </p>
<ul>
<li>This role will be split between working as a main
grade EP with traded and statutory responsibilities (suggested time 0.4 FTE)
and as a clinician with the Family Consultancy service at Wandsworth Access
(suggested time 0.6 FTE). The Family Consultancy team is a multi-disciplinary
team consisted of family therapists, clinical practitioners and EPs in
Access.</li>
<li>It provides Tier 2 <b>brief family
interventions</b> based on consultation and systemic family therapy,
CBT, or other evidence based therapies, as required, as well as triage and
assessment with a range of emotional, behavioural, mental health and neuro
developmental presentations in 5-18 year olds. The Family Consultancy model was
created by Educational Psychologists and and places a strengths based
multi-disciplinary approach at its core.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>2. Full time permanent Senior Educational
Psychologist post open to qualified Educational Psychologists (we may be able
to negotiate a part-time role (min 0.6 FTE) for a successful
candidate)</b> </p>
<p><b>Closing: 11:59pm on Monday 29th August
2022</b> </p>
<ul>
<li>The role will include a small amount of school
work with both commissioned and statutory casework, supervision of qualified
EPs and trainee EPs, various strategic roles within the team as well as the
wider Children’s Services department.</li>
</ul>
<p>For more information and to apply please visit our
website via the button below. </p>
<p><b>Contact details</b> </p>
<p>If you are interested in
the roles, please contact Theodora Theodoratou (Principal Educational
Psychologist) on [email protected] 
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