Associate Psychologist

Associate Psychologist

£36,033.89 – 37,366.12 per annum (Soulbury Payscale SCP2-SCP3 pro rata)

40 hours per week

Term Time Only plus 15 days (42 weeks) of which two weeks happen in the summer holidays.

Permanent

Lingfield, Surrey

St. Piers is committed to safeguarding and protecting our students and promotes the welfare of all learners.

All recruitment activity is carried out following the guidance outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), and Safer Recruitment (NSPCC). All successful applicants are subject to completion of our pre-employment screening and vetting process, in full.

An Enhanced Disclosure with relevant Barring Service checks and full referencing will be required before employment can commence.

About Us

Young Epilepsy is the children and young people’s epilepsy charity. Our purpose is to create a society in which children and young people with epilepsy are enabled to thrive and fulfil their potential, in which their voices are respected, and their ambitions realised.

We work with children and young people across the country, as well as many of those people and organisations who shape their lives - parents, health and care professionals, researchers, teachers, policymakers and more.

Informed by young people and drawing on our strong legacy of expertise in education, health

and research, we have developed and published our new 2020-2025 strategy. This focuses

our work around 4 offers; Learning, Health, Research and Information, with firm foundations in our three value statements:

● Young people are at the centre of everything we do

● We work together to make a greater difference

● We are courageous and ambitious for change

These values will ensure that we always put the voices, the rights and the best interests of

children and young people first and commit us to working in partnerships that can increase

our impact. They also ensure that we are inspired by the courage and ambition of the young

people with whom we work, knowing that together, we can drive the change in society and

services we all want to see.

St Piers sits in the Education Directorate of Young Epilepsy, the leading national charity working exclusively to improve the lives of children and young people with epilepsy or associated conditions. We are a non-maintained residential special school for 4–25-year-olds, and we are an innovative and creative School and College for students with SEND, and a large percentage of our cohort have Epilepsy, autism, and severe learning difficulties, along with communication difficulties.

Your role

Young Epilepsy seeks to recruit a dynamic, associate psychologist to work across site on the Young Epilepsy campus. You will be conversant with psychological approaches to complex problems related to behaviour and emotional wellbeing.  The postholder will work in both the specialist school and college, for children and young adults aged 0-25 with ASD, epilepsy and other neurological conditions and behavioural difficulties as well as learning difficulties. You will be supported and challenged to apply psychological theories to practical problems in supporting our children and young people. You will contribute to multidisciplinary assessments, meetings to explore concerns about individual students as well as do observations to support the teams working with the individual student. You may be called upon to support episodes of challenging behaviour and will be provided with training to do this safely. You will be provided with clinical supervision to reflect and plan your interventions.

The postholder will be joining the psychology team at Young Epilepsy which consists of three other psychologists, a play therapist and a play assistant. It is managed by the Head of Psychology who is one of the psychologists in the team.

What we need from you

• BPS recognised post graduate qualification allied with Autism or behaviour.
• An understanding of typical and atypical child development
• Good understanding of current developments within psychology and the associated field of study.
• Evidence of applying psychological theory in research or post-graduation work environment.
• Experience of working within children, young adults and teams – Desirable.
• Experience of delivering training – Desirable.
• Experience of delivering therapeutic support – Desirable.

If you have any specific queries in relation to this position, please contact Dr Carolyne Bassett, Head of Psychology; email cbassett@stpiers.org.uk

Benefits

• Comprehensive training and development opportunities
• Free parking onsite.
• Competitive annual leave plus Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff)
• Subsidised onsite dining in our beautiful restaurant.
• Nationwide discounts and benefits.
• An occupational pension scheme.
• Genuine opportunities for career progression.

For further details of these and other vacancies, please visit our website:

youngepilepsy.org.uk/jobs

No agencies please.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Young Epilepsy strives to employ people that reflect the community it serves; therefore, applications from minority groups and people with disabilities are particularly welcomed.

 
Young Epilepsy is the operating name of the National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy. Registered Charity No: 311877 (England and Wales).