Assistant Educational Psychologist (Temp)

The Service & Team Cornwall’s Educational Psychology Service is an innovative, skilled and highly supportive team, committed to improving outcomes for children and young people. The service delivers a wide range of evidence‑based statutory and traded psychological services, working closely with schools, settings and partner agencies to promote learning, inclusion, emotional health and wellbeing.

You will join a welcoming team of qualified Educational Psychologists, Trainee Educational Psychologists and Assistant Educational Psychologists, all focused on applying psychology to enable positive change. Staff wellbeing is a high priority, and the service promotes flexible ways of working, supported by appropriate technology. Most team members currently work from home, with office space available across the county.

The Role Cornwall Council is recruiting an Assistant Educational Psychologist on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract. The role is designed to support your development in preparation for applying to an Educational Psychology Doctorate course during the year of employment.

Working under the supervision of qualified Educational Psychologists, you will support the delivery of statutory and traded services, contributing to work that makes a meaningful difference for children and young people. You will work alongside qualified, trainee and assistant psychologists, gaining experience across a range of educational and community‑based contexts.

The role includes a comprehensive induction programme, regular supervision and ongoing professional development opportunities to help you build the skills, knowledge and understanding required for professional training in Educational Psychology. Please refer to the role profile for further details. This position will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and Cornwall Council’s safer recruitment procedures.

Working Pattern This is a full‑time, fixed‑term role. Cornwall Council supports flexible ways of working to promote employee wellbeing.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Honours degree in Psychology
• Current knowledge of psychological theory and practice, including up‑to‑date understanding of child development
• Experience of applying psychology within educational or community settings
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• An understanding of the contexts within which psychological services, schools and educational settings operate
• A strong commitment to professional learning and development, with the intention of applying for formal postgraduate training in Educational Psychology

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What you’ll get in return

Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

· a competitive salary.

· a defined benefit pension scheme, based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions

· a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.

· A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme

· Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Kate Horrill at [email protected]

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact [email protected] if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

Company

Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council

We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options.

Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.

Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.