Educational Psychologist

Location Oxfordshire
Job type Contract
Salary £500 per day
Reference 169122

Sanctuary Personnel, a leading and award winning recruitment agency is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Educational Psychologist to work full-time based in Oxfordshire, within the Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) Team.

The pay rate for this locum Educational Psychologist job is £500 per day and is a 1-month contract.

Duties:

  • Applying psychology to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEN and additional educational needs
  • Using family and child centred approaches to working in partnership with parents and children with SEN/AEN, embracing the principles of Early Support and person centred planning
  • Working collaboratively with schools, settings, other agencies and services, promoting partnership working, early intervention and integrated local solutions
  • Responsible for ensuring that Safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to and concerns are raised in accordance with these policies
  • Provide statutory educational psychology services to the county
  • Ensure compliance with statutory responsibilities for children and young people aged 0 – 25 with SEN/AEN and adherence to the EPS, SEN and inclusion strategies, policies, procedures
  • Independently maintain up to date knowledge and skills in assessment, monitoring and tracking progress of children and young people with SEN/LDD 0 – 25 years of age, including knowledge of evidence informed best practice
  • Contribute to preparation for adulthood where appropriate within statutory work
  • Work creatively with schools, other agencies and services to develop individually tailored solutions based on an understanding of evidence informed best practice through statutory work
  • Uphold local safeguarding procedures
  • Take reasonable care for your own health and safety, and that of others affected by what you do, or do not do
  • Cooperate on all issues involving health and safety
  • Use work items provided for you correctly, in accordance with training and instructions
  • Do not interfere with or misuse anything provided for your health, safety or welfare
  • Report any health and safety concerns to your line manager as soon as practicable

Requirements of the Educational Psychologist:

  • Be a HCPC registered Psychologist
  • Have a relevant qualification
  • Recent psychology experience

Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:

  • Free DBS and compliance service
  • Daily payroll
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive psychology knowledge
  • Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each candidate you refer who we successfully place
  • Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
  • Clinical governance support
  • In house payroll system
  • Revalidation
  • Industry leading shift booking system
  • Nationwide coverage including the Channel islands

Contact:

This Educational Psychologist job is advertised by Dan Potts; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best-placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.