Educational Psychologist
Job description
Central Bedforshire are looking for an educational physchologist.
Responosibilities
As an educational psychologist, you'll need to:
- assess children's learning and emotional needs
- design, develop and support therapeutic and behaviour management programmes
- consult with multi-agency teams to advise on the best approaches and provisions to support learning and development
- support parents, teachers and others involved with the education of children and young people
- design and develop projects involving children and young people
- write reports making recommendations on action to be taken
- advise, persuade, support and negotiate with teachers, parents and other education professionals
- attend case conferences involving multidisciplinary teams on how best to meet the social, emotional, behavioural and learning needs of the children and young people in your care
- prioritise effectiveness - the context and environment that influence the child's development are seen as increasingly important
- conduct active research
- formulate interventions that focus on applying knowledge, skills and expertise to support local and national initiatives
- develop and apply effective interventions to promote psychological wellbeing, social, emotional and behavioural development, and to raise educational standards.