Associate Educational Psychologist

About Us

Together, we’re the moment makers and we’re focused on making every day the best it can be for children, young people and their families. It’s not a job – it’s a passion and together, we’re shaping education for the future. Every day, our colleagues are helping to transform the lives of our residents of Oxfordshire and helping them to live the lives they want to live by ensuring every child has the best possible education.

Consists of an expert team of Senior Educational Psychologists, Educational Psychologists (EP), Trainee Educational Psychologists, Assistant Educational Psychologists and dedicated administrative support staff. Together, we apply our psychological skills and knowledge to ensure the best possible outcomes and opportunities for children and young people.

We’re keen to shape the service to be as responsive as possible to the needs of our communities. This Associate role enables us to provide in-person/face to face work to support statutory and sometimes traded aspects of service delivery, while being sensitive the needs of the wider Educational Psychology workforce.

We’re expanding our service so that we can be responsive to increased demand for Educational Psychology work. This Associate Educational Psychologist role provides a new opportunity for EPs wishing to maintain working within a Local Authority context with greater flexibility. In the main, the role will be to support the Service to meet the increasing numbers of EHCNAs.

You’ll benefit from good admin and IT support (laptop, mobile phone) and you will be able to participate in our training and development days to support your CPD with an opportunity to connect with colleagues, although these will not be part of the 48‑day capped annualised contract. You’ll be able to access and use assessment tools that are held by the EPS from one of the three office bases (The Vibe, Didcot;

Samuelson House, Banbury; or Union St, Oxford).

We are looking for someone who is:

• Professionally qualified Educational Psychologist with registration to the HCPC.
• Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults.
• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Seeks opportunities for personal development.
• Works within a consultative/joint problem‑solving framework.
• Actively challenges all forms of discrimination and promotes equal opportunities, inclusion and diversity.
• Enthusiastic, creative and determined to make a positive impact on children’s lives through the application of psychology.
• Empathic with excellent written communication skills and a competent use of information technology.
• Good with diary management and has well‑developed organisational skills.
• A supportive team member who contributes to the service development.
• Always living and breathing our values of be kind & care, daring to do it differently, takes responsibility and equality & integrity.

• Oxfordshire will recognise your three‑year training doctorate as local government continuous service, in addition to any continuous service accrued with a relevant employer prior to the course.
• Opportunities to apply psychology creatively in different contexts.
• Stimulating Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities.
• Flexible agile working. Each EP is provided with a wireless enabled laptop and phone as well as excellent on‑demand IT support.
• Dedicated administrative support.
• Membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and wellbeing support 24 x 7.
• Range of family friendly policies.
• Cycle to work scheme, electric car scheme, range of staff discounts including travel, holidays, insurance, food, health & leisure activities.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities.
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For an informal discussion about the role, please contact:

Jessamine Chiappella, Interim Principal Educational Psychologist, on  or Jessamine.

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Caroline Duncan, Senior Educational Psychologist (City), on  or caroli

Anne‑Marie Baverstock, Senior Educational Psychologist (South), on …