£46,755 - £52,440 (plus £2,195 Outer London Weighting & up to 3 SPAs) PLUS RELOCATION ASSISTANCE Enfield's Education Services has invested in and promotes preventative initiatives which enable our EPs to work in a wide range of multi-agency teams and programmes. The EPS has a strong focus on emotional health and wellbeing and takes a lead across several areas across the partnership such as trauma informed practice, emotional based school non-attendance, ELSAs, autism and senior mental health lead network. The EPS offers a respected traded service with the majority of schools purchasing our service. The model of service delivery is aligned with the Assess, Plan, Do, Review approach and promotes a consultation framework whilst valuing importance of engaging in psychological work through child and family centred approaches. The service has an established Assistant Educational Psychology Team and their valuable contribution has been recognised by service leads across the partnership which has increased the demand. The service is also broadening the role of the Assistant EP to work in partnership with EPs on traded and statutory case work. The EPS is committed to a whole service CPD programme where we can learn, grow and reflect together. We have been focussing on the following areas: culturally responsive and anti-racist practice, dynamic assessment, trauma informed practice and autism aligned with the Autism Education Trust. Educational psychologists are valued and we are looking for EPs to work in our schools and settings and in various multi-agency teams and initiatives: Children in Need TeamMental Health Support Team (My Young Mind Enfield)Advisory Service for Autism (EASA)Secondary Behaviour Support ServiceEnfield Trauma Informed Practice in Schools and Settings (E-TIPSS) initiative. We would like to invite applicants from educational psychologists who: Have experience of applying psychology across a range of education and community settings and values a consultation model of service delivery.Value multi-agency working and can form positive working relationships with colleagues within the team and across the Enfield partnership.Are committed to supporting the development of educational psychology practice to positively impact on the lives of children, young people and their families.Share our service commitment to developing anti-racist practice. Minimum requirements: Relevant experience practicing as an Educational PsychologistPsychology degree (or BPS equivalent);Professional qualification in Educational Psychology (doctorate, masters or equivalent);Registration with the HCPC as a practitioner psychologist As a member of our team, you will benefit from: A senior leadership team, committed to supporting team belonging and wellbeing.A friendly, efficient and dedicated administrative support team.Individual and peer supervisionWhole service and individual CPDOpportunities to join interest groups and conversation clubs.An attractive and well-appointed central office base in the Civic Centre in Enfield Town, close to shops and cafés.Hybrid working and IT equipment support.Free car parking to provide easy access to the team base. Why it's great to work for Enfield Council An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service.You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services.This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work. We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working
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