Closing Date Extended to 14 September 2008

Soulbury Trainee Educational Psychologist Scale  1-6

Two Year Fixed Term Contract

Applications are invited from Educational Psychologists in Training to join a small team in a progressive Unitary Authority where there are a wide range of opportunities for professional development and work across a range of areas. The EPS is a highly regarded service that is at the centre of the Children's Service committed to supporting inclusion, school improvement and meeting the aims of Every Child Matters. Thurrock is a Borough where there is significant renewal and development taking place as part of the Thames Gateway Development. The locality combines urban and rural settings with an increasingly diverse population. We offer an opportunity to work in a professional environment, which benefits from close and collaborative working relationships across a variety of services as part of the overall Children's service. There is a friendly, positive approach to the work and close contact with Senior Officers so that staff can have a direct impact on service development and children's lives.

We are seeking two psychologists in training to join our team and the posts will involve direct service delivery to schools and other settings under the guidance and supervision of a senior psychologist. We have had strong relationships with training providers of Educational Psychology over a long period of time and have successfully supported a number of trainees on the previous MSc programmes and on the Doctorate programme. We currently have an employed trainee continuing successfully onto the third year of the Doctorate. 

The service is increasingly working in an integrated manner with clusters of schools to offer a consultation service including support for individual children and their families and carers. The Educational Psychology Service is located centrally. Thurrock is committed to the delivery of high quality services for children and their families and this is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team.

A Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required for this post.

Informal inquiries can be made to Malcolm Taylor Principal Educational Psychologist on (01375) 652993    MWTaylor@thurrock.gov.uk

Soulbury Trainee Educational Psychologist Scale  1-6

Closing Date:  14 September 2008

For full details on these vacancies and to apply online please go to:

www.thurrock.gov.uk/jobs

If you do not have Internet access, please call 0870 787 1176 (Mon-Fri, 8am-7pm or Sat, 9am - 2pm)

Trainee Educational Psychologist
Ref No: CH8-385

The appointment offers the opportunity to work in a multi-cultural context and in a wide range of mainstream schools, special schools and early years settings. A consultative approach to promote successful inclusion is central to our approach.

The Educational psychology Service contributes positively to the Every Child Matters agenda in the context of a developing Children's Services Department. The service is valued by the schools and by partner organisations. This post offers ample scope for multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.

The post is fixed term covering years 2 and 3 of the Doctorate course.

This department is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Criminal Records Bureau.

£ Salary or other arrangement

Trainee EP Soulbury 2-6 £22,545 to £28,693 pa Full Time (37 hours)

Closing date: 11 September 2008

Interview Date: 17 September 2008

Contact name, phone number and email in Local Authority or source of more information eg web address

For further information or an informal chat contact Eric Taylor SEP on 01204 338060

For application packs please telephone 01204 331212 - 24 hours answering service or 01204 338006 - Monday to Friday (working hours)

Application Packs are also available to download at www.bolton.gov.uk/jobs

Two trainee positions have been created at Hull City Psychological Service from September 2008 - August 2010.  Trainees will be supervised on a weekly basis.  Applicants must have completed Year One of the Educational Psychology doctorate. We aim to offer a diversity of experience, with increasingly complex tasks, as experience, skills and knowledge develop.

Flexible working arrangements are available with these roles.

£ Salary:

Year 1 £25,619
Year 2 £27,156

Closing date:   1 September 2008

Contact:
Margaret Griffiths   
01482 331466
margaret.griffiths@hullcc.gov.uk

A trainee post that will be confirmed by the end of August with more details posted then.  Please do contact for further information or to make arrangements to visit.

£ Salary:

Closing date:

Contact:

Chrissy Grindle
Senior Educational Psychologist, Educational Psychology Service
Floor 8, Council House, College Road, DONCASTER, DN1 3AD
tel 01302 737291
fax 01302 737294

chrissy.grindle@doncaster.gov.uk

We are looking for a creative and energetic Trainee Educational Psychologist to join the Educational Psychology Service in Durham.  You would be joining a team that provides a wide range of interventions for schools within a vibrant Children's Services Authority, and gain valuable experience of a range of school based work, including providing service to a patch of schools.

You will need a first degree in Psychology and to have completed the first year of an accredited doctoral programme.  The two year contract is based on the successful applicant continuing with their second and third year on a doctoral programme and meeting the requirement for placement in a local authority Educational Psychology Service. The contract is for two years. There is no guarantee of employment following the end of the two year period.

£ Salary: 

The salary will be in line with Soulbury Joint Education Services

Circular No 149

Year 1 - Point 4 (£25,000)
Year 2 - Point 6 (£28,000)

Deadline for applications:

18 August 2008

For further information you are welcome to contact Lindsay Smith, Principal Educational Psychologist on (01388) 424901.  E-mail: lindsay.smith@durham.gov.uk

For application forms and job descriptions please contact Patricia Musgrave, Educational Psychology Service on (01388) 424903.  E-mail: patricia.musgrave@durham.gov.uk.

Interviews are likely to be held in the week beginning 1 September 2008.

"We work in the community using a range of psychologies, to improve the quality of life and experiences of children, young people and their families."

We have an excellent reputation with Trainee Educational Psychologists. We are very impressed by the calibre of Trainee Educational Psychologists, which is why we would like to employ one during Year 2 and 3 of the training course.

The Trainee Educational Psychology post is a training grade, so you will receive regular supervision with a Senior Educational Psychologist. We will aim to help you to become an effective practitioner-researcher. Over the course of the 2-year employment and training period, it is expected that the Trainee Educational Psychologist will assume increasing responsibilities and leadership, with oversight by a qualified Senior Educational Psychologist. The successful candidate may be offered a permanent Educational Psychologist post (mainscale) 1.0 FTE on successful completion of the 3-Year professional educational psychology course.

We promise good induction, supervision, professional development, support for and friendly clerical assistance. We are based in one centrally located office in close proximity to M6 and M42. You will be provided with excellent ICT equipment and an essential car user allowance.

£ Salary:

Trainee Educational Psychologist (full-time & 2-years fixed-term)
Soulbury Trainee EP Scale - Points 3 to 4. £24,082 - £25,619 as at Sept 07

Closing date:   11 August 2008

Contact:

For an informal discussion please contact Mohammed Bham, Principal Educational Psychologist on 0121 770 6030. Completed application forms must be received by: 11 August 2008 Interviews are planned for 21 August 2008. To apply, please visit www.solihull.gov.uk (ref EDUC61). Please note, due to our Safeguarding P

Stockton-on-Tees Local Authority is a highly successful local authority and in support of our commitment to raising achievement, and building on the existing base of a Complex Needs Team which has been recognised by Ofsted as being outstanding, we are seeking to appoint a second or third year Trainee Educational Psychologist from an accredited doctorate programme to a fixed term position.

The successful applicant will join a friendly and supportive team of 10 fully qualified Educational Psychologists, including four Specialist EPs, two Trainee EPs and an assistant EP. The Service operates a well regarded Consultation based model of service delivery and in addition is involved in a range of initiatives within schools and the local community. The successful candidate would also enjoy;

• good accommodation alongside other SEN Services (including on-site free parking)
• excellent clerical support
• full IT resources including Internet access and email facilities
• essential user car allowance
• flexible working arrangements
• a wide range of resources
• a full induction package complemented by peer and line management mentoring
• opportunities for joint working with other professional staff

£ Salary:

Soulbury Trainee Educational Psychologist Range: £21,007 - £28,693
Fixed term for 1 year initially but likely to be extended to 2 years

Closing date: 13 August 2008

Contact for more information or for application form:

Educational Psychology Service 
Wrensfield House
Wrensfield Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS19 0AT

Tel: 01642 527110

Interview date to be negotiated in August

Children, Families and Learning Pupil Support Service - Psychological Team

Trainee Educational Psychologist

2 year fixed term contract from September 2008

Mission Statement: to use the skills, knowledge and research methodology of applied psychology to support the departmental vision:

‘Striving for Excellence: Raising hope, aspirations and achievement for children, young people and their families'

 So, why work in Middlesbrough Children, Families and Learning Department?

• The work of the team is highly regarded by colleagues in schools, and Educational Psychologists in Middlesbrough are able to apply psychology in creative and exciting ways.
• The team works within a Consultation Framework, at a range of levels, including INSET, projects and strategic development.
• In the most recent Feedback exercise, 100% of Head Teachers and SENCOs were satisfied or very satisfied with the work of their educational psychologist.
• Administrative support and ICT facilities are excellent.
• The base is in modern, air-conditioned office accommodation at the Middlesbrough Teaching and Learning Centre, which has excellent parking and conference facilities.
• There are strong links with Newcastle University and its CPD programme.
• Partnership working is well embedded in the team, and actively supported.
• The team's involvement with children and young people, families and other agencies revolves around the ‘5 outcomes framework'. The need to measure impact, at all levels, is incorporated into daily practice.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) check.

£ Salary:

Assistant Educational Psychologist Scale, points 1 and 2

Closing date:   29 July 2008

Interviews will take place shortly after the application closure date

Contact:

If after the receipt of the application pack you would like an informal discussion or more information about the post, please contact Janet Philpott, Assistant Head of Pupil Support /  Principal Educational Psychologist on 01642 201851 or 01642 201861

North and West Suffolk

These posts are open to trainees who are currently in year one or two of training. Permanent appointment to the service is dependent on satisfactory completion of doctoral training.

Suffolk Education Psychology Service is valued for its work in a wide range of contexts, including School Improvement, project work, Early Years, Hearing Impairment, Portage and the development of multi-agency approaches.  Current priorities within the service include the development of EP practice in multi-agency work, solution oriented psychology, emotional literacy and personal construct psychology.

Suffolk LA achieved an excellent JAR report and very positive comments were made about the development of multi agency approaches. The service works to a time allocation model and work at School Action Plus is negotiated through the use of regular planning meetings in schools and clusters.  The EPS is staffed by a team of one Principal, three Area Senior EPs, four specialist EPs and twelve area based EPs.

We are looking for a commitment:

• to inclusion and multi-agency work
• developing skills in communication, analysis and time management
• developing consultation approaches and
• an enthusiasm to work as part of a team, working with other colleagues in Learner Support

£ Salary:

Trainee EP Scale - Points 1- 4 , £25,824 - £28,981

Closing date:

10 September 2008 

Contact:

For more information and informal discussion please contact:

Claire Darwin, SEP Bury St Edmunds - 01284 352160
Elaine Price, SEP Lowestoft - 01502 -405266 or
Bill Herbert, County Educational Psychologist 01473 - 264715

www.suffolk.gov.uk/jobs

Brief description of job including location, duties and duration

Doctoral Trainee in Educational Psychology (Ref: DE000977)

An exciting opportunity exists from September 2008 until August 2009 for an Educational Psychologist in training who will be in the second or third year of a Doctoral Training programme in Educational Psychology.

An extension of this contract for a further year can be considered following successful completion of all quality performance standards during the academic year 2008 -09. 

The Educational Psychology Service has responded to the restructuring of Children's Services in North Tyneside to incorporate new approaches to integrated working practices including the development of Area Team Locality protocols.  We are committed to the delivery of an additional ECM sixth outcome ‘Be Spirited'.

The successful candidate will join a friendly and stimulating team with high quality clerical support.  Flexible working arrangements exist to enable optimal opportunities to benefit from the broad range of expertise available within the Service.

The Educational Psychology Service consists of 7.5 full time equivalent qualified staff, including a Principal Educational Psychologist and a Senior Educational Psychologist and 2.5 full time equivalent clerical staff. Specialist posts exist to support Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Early Years, Looked After Children and Outreach support for young people with Emotional Needs.        

£ Salary:

TEP Scale Points 3 - 6

Closing date:

Monday 4 August 08  

Contact:

For an application pack please email recruitment@northtyneside.gov.uk or
Phone 0845 200 0101. Please quote relevant reference number.

For further information on the position please contact:

Karen Watson
Phone: 0191 200 500
Email: Karen.Watson@northtyneside.gov.uk
Website: www.northtyneside.gov.uk

Year 2 TEP wanted from September 08. Location Whetstone, Leicestershire.
Two year temporary contract

£ Salary:  Point 1 Soulbury Salary Scale for TEPs

Contact:

Roger Westerman / Jean Law
rwesterman@leics.gov.uk
0116 2845112 

Brief description of job including location, duties and duration

Trainee Educational Psychologist (Doctoral Training year 2 and 3)

We wish to recruit a Trainee Educational Psychologist for years 2 and 3 of the professional training doctorate in Educational Psychology commencing 1^st September 2008 and finishing 31^st August 2010. (All applicants must be currently enrolled in the first year of doctoral training in Educational Psychology)

We are a multi professional service, which is developing close multi agency working within the theme as well as with the health services. We have Educational Psychologists, Behaviour and Learning Support Teachers, a ‘Looked After' Virtual School, a Complex Communication Disorders Team and an Anti-bullying Team.

Whilst the posts are fixed term it is hoped that the successful applicants will progress to full time posts in the service.

£ Soulbury Trainee EP Scale

Closing date: not stated

Contact:

For further information please contact Andy Gravenstede, Principal Educational Psychologist on 0121 588 8337