Educational Psychologist - Swindon Borough Council

Posted 16 September 2021
Salary £450.00 - £500.00 per day + Depending on experience
LocationSwindon
Job type Contract
Discipline Social Care
Referencerem9876698_1631777209
Contact NameHolly Astrop

Job description

Remedy Recruitment Group are currently seeking an experienced Educational Psychologist to work within Swindon Borough Council.

Job Purpose

  • To work as an Educational Psychologist (EP) within the Swindon Educational Psychology Service (EPS) which is part of the Inclusion and Achievement Service within Children's Services.
  • To support the Local Authority (LA) in meeting its statutory responsibilities for pupils with special educational needs by completing high quality EP contributions to Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments within given timescales; in accordance with the SEN Code of Practice 2014.
  • To carry out high quality and varied assessments with individual children and young people aged 0-25 years experiencing barriers to learning because of difficulties with cognition and learning; interaction and communication skills; physical, sensory and medical needs and social, emotional and mental health difficulties.
  • To work collaboratively with other agencies to promote positive outcomes for children, young people and families.
  • To comply with the EPS data recording processes and statutory report writing protocols.
  • To engage positively with the Principal EP, Deputy Principal EP and/or Senior EP for supervision and quality assurance work as required.

You will need to be:

HCPC Registered

Eligible to work in the UK

Why Choose Remedy?

Competitive pay rates

Access to exclusive roles that aren't available from other agencies

1st tier agency

Up to £250 for each social work professional you refer to us who we place*

If you are interested and would like to find out more please apply to this advert with a copy of your updated CV. Alternatively, please send your CV directly