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Principle Educational Psychologist

Posted on 4th February 2014

Psychology People are recruiting for a Principle Educational Psychologist on behalf of one of it’s clients in the South West.

The role is a Locum position from April – August 2014.

Our client has recently outlined it’s further commitment to education.  The areas that our client will focus upon are:

• Raising young people’s attainment to be in the top 25% of Local Authorities in England;
• Improving every school inn the Authority so that they are good or better;
• Ensuring every child gets a good start in life and leaves primary school able to read, write and use numbers;
• Ensuring every young person leaves secondary school to go on to a place in education or employment.

Much has been achieved already.  If you are interested in supporting and promoting high quality education working in partnership with school leaders and other services across the Authority, then this post is for you!

The successful candidate will have a key role to play in the new and dynamic ‘Trading with Schools’ Education Team.

Applications are invited from those with at least 3 years’ experience as a fully qualified educational psychologist with an honours degree in Psychology.  You must have a proven track record as a practitioner and of managing change and building positive and effective teams in a multi-agency environment.  The successful candidate will show an understanding of the changing national agenda for school improvement and inclusion.

For an informal discussion, please contact Miles Davis on 01732 897 670 or 07966 392 032.