Educational Psychologist

Job Description

Proposed Interview Date: Week commencing 15 July 2024

Closing Date: 3 July 2024

 

Contract Type: Permanent (0.9 fte)

Salary: £50,859 - £62,321 per year

Hours: 31 hours 30 minutes per week

 

Contract Type: Temporary (1.0 fte) until 27 June 2025

Salary: £56,511 - £69,246 per year

Hours: 35 hours per week

 

Stirling Educational Psychology Service (EPS) seeks to appoint a motivated and passionate Educational Psychologists. You will be a highly skilled and values led professional who is passionate about psychology and improving outcomes for all children and young people through equity and excellence. As an Educational Psychologist in Stirling you will be joining a service that offers induction and support for new members of staff.

There is a strong focus on staff wellbeing and professional development. We ensure that all staff have opportunities to engage in and lead development work, as well as having their own allocation of educational establishments to link with.

The Service is located in Stirling, which is a beautiful city in Scotland's central belt, with excellent commuter links. The service is integral to the Schools, Learning and Education Service, providing valuable opportunities for all staff to use their psychological skills and knowledge in contributing to and leading on, local and national priorities with a range of partners and stakeholders.

Stirling EPS currently has a focus on:

• Promoting positive relationships and resilience

• Emotional wellbeing and mental health

• Nurturing and trauma informed approaches

• Inclusive practices to support attendance, engagement and improving outcomes.

We operate a blended approach to work which can incorporate office, school and home based working. Applications are invited from qualified Educational Psychologists, and those who are in the process of completing their QEP. Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) is required.

We are advertising a 0.9 FTE post on a permanent basis, and a 1.0 FTE post on a fixed term basis until Summer 2025. Further information about the post is available in the job description.

If you would like to discuss this post, please contact Malcolm McGovern (Principal Educational Psychologist) or Heather McLean (Depute Principal Educational Psychologist) via psychological@stirling.gov.uk or 01786 237 818

Interviews will be held in the week beginning Monday 15th July

Please find the Job Description for this post and other relevant documents attached to the advert on My Job Scotland

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Requirements

You will be required to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) for Children. If your application is progressed after the interview, you will be invited to complete the form and have your details verified. It is Stirling Council’s policy to ask that you pay for this.

 

If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.