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Trainee Educational Psychologist
| Posting date: | 07 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £30,619.00 to £32,564.00 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2025 |
| Location: | Luton, Bedfordshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Luton Council |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | LBC03875 |
Summary
About the job
Salary: £30,619 to £32,564 a year pro rata
Hours per week: various
Contract type: Fixed term for 1 year
Luton Child and Educational Psychology Service (CEPS) have vacancies for:
Trainee educational psychologists (x 2)
Maingrade educational psychologists (full and part-time positions)
About us
At Luton Child and Educational Psychology Service, our mission is:
Working Inclusively Towards Hope WITH children and young people
We are a supportive team of creative and dynamic psychologists, expanding our in-demand service.
Our service offers a balanced range of traded and statutory work, opportunities to develop areas of interest through service development and project work and enriching continued professional development.
Luton is a highly diverse unitary authority, within 30 minutes train journey to the north of London. We have excellent established relationships with our schools and educational settings and are growing our community-based offer. The council offices are situated in the Town Hall in the vibrant and lively town centre, accessible by car and public transport.
Luton has a bold, ambitious and inspiring vision:
a healthy, fair, and sustainable town where everyone can thrive, and no-one has to live in poverty.
Our work within the CEPS is oriented around achieving this vision, by working in co-production, using person-centred approaches and empowering others. We are committed to working through trauma-informed approaches, promoting relational ways of working and being actively anti-racist.
As a maingrade EP within our team, you will benefit from:
Salary: Soulbury Scale A 5-10 plus SPA (£50,627 - £60,160)
37 hours per week (flex system available)
Essential car user allowance (£963 a year subject to criteria)
Full and part-time permanent contracts available (minimum 0.6 FtE)
Up to 31 days annual leave (option to purchase an additional 20 days)
Individual and peer reflective supervision
Supportive and caring leadership team
Applications for post of maingrade EP are warmly welcomed from HCPC registered educational psychologists, and those in training, who are due to qualify in 2025 or 2026.
As a trainee EP in our team, you will benefit from:
Salary: Soulbury TEP Scale 2 (£30,619 to £32,564 a year pro rata) one-year fixed term contract
Broad range of learning opportunities aligned with the requirements of the Practice Placement Partnership Framework (PPPF)
High quality and supportive supervision
Essential car user allowance (£963 a year subject to criteria)
Up to 31 days annual leave
Placement and study days
Pension contributions
Applications for TEP post are warmly welcomed from those currently enrolled in a doctoral course of study in the United Kingdom in Years 1 or 2.
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
About you
More about working for Luton Child and Educational Psychology Service
Our long-established traded service continues to thrive, offering a link EP through a responsive early intervention consultation model;
Our Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) programme is in its fifth year and growing;
Trainee and assistant educational psychologists are a core part of our team, developing skills for the future role, supporting the delivery of a wide range of EP services and inspiring us;
Our team is represented within a range of multi-disciplinary teams including neurodiversity early concerns, Virtual School and Social Care, Youth Partnership Service, Early Years and Multi-disciplinary Specialist Team;
Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA), Emotion Coaching and collaborative working with mental health leads is embedded within our approach;
We have excellent progression opportunities and encourage autonomy and dispersed leadership through project and service development;
Our community psychology approach continues to expand as we engage with and responding to the needs of marginalised groups.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, we strongly welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
If you are interested in joining our fantastic service, please contact Dr Joanne Summers (Principal Educational Psychologist and Head of Inclusion Services) joanne.summers@luton.gov.uk or Dr Jane Reichardt (Deputy Principal Educational Psychologist) jane.reichardt@luton.gov.uk to arrange an informal discussion.
This is a public facing role so you’ll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English
Salary: £30,619 to £32,564 a year pro rata
Hours per week: various
Contract type: Fixed term for 1 year
Luton Child and Educational Psychology Service (CEPS) have vacancies for:
Trainee educational psychologists (x 2)
Maingrade educational psychologists (full and part-time positions)
About us
At Luton Child and Educational Psychology Service, our mission is:
Working Inclusively Towards Hope WITH children and young people
We are a supportive team of creative and dynamic psychologists, expanding our in-demand service.
Our service offers a balanced range of traded and statutory work, opportunities to develop areas of interest through service development and project work and enriching continued professional development.
Luton is a highly diverse unitary authority, within 30 minutes train journey to the north of London. We have excellent established relationships with our schools and educational settings and are growing our community-based offer. The council offices are situated in the Town Hall in the vibrant and lively town centre, accessible by car and public transport.
Luton has a bold, ambitious and inspiring vision:
a healthy, fair, and sustainable town where everyone can thrive, and no-one has to live in poverty.
Our work within the CEPS is oriented around achieving this vision, by working in co-production, using person-centred approaches and empowering others. We are committed to working through trauma-informed approaches, promoting relational ways of working and being actively anti-racist.
As a maingrade EP within our team, you will benefit from:
Salary: Soulbury Scale A 5-10 plus SPA (£50,627 - £60,160)
37 hours per week (flex system available)
Essential car user allowance (£963 a year subject to criteria)
Full and part-time permanent contracts available (minimum 0.6 FtE)
Up to 31 days annual leave (option to purchase an additional 20 days)
Individual and peer reflective supervision
Supportive and caring leadership team
Applications for post of maingrade EP are warmly welcomed from HCPC registered educational psychologists, and those in training, who are due to qualify in 2025 or 2026.
As a trainee EP in our team, you will benefit from:
Salary: Soulbury TEP Scale 2 (£30,619 to £32,564 a year pro rata) one-year fixed term contract
Broad range of learning opportunities aligned with the requirements of the Practice Placement Partnership Framework (PPPF)
High quality and supportive supervision
Essential car user allowance (£963 a year subject to criteria)
Up to 31 days annual leave
Placement and study days
Pension contributions
Applications for TEP post are warmly welcomed from those currently enrolled in a doctoral course of study in the United Kingdom in Years 1 or 2.
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
About you
More about working for Luton Child and Educational Psychology Service
Our long-established traded service continues to thrive, offering a link EP through a responsive early intervention consultation model;
Our Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) programme is in its fifth year and growing;
Trainee and assistant educational psychologists are a core part of our team, developing skills for the future role, supporting the delivery of a wide range of EP services and inspiring us;
Our team is represented within a range of multi-disciplinary teams including neurodiversity early concerns, Virtual School and Social Care, Youth Partnership Service, Early Years and Multi-disciplinary Specialist Team;
Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA), Emotion Coaching and collaborative working with mental health leads is embedded within our approach;
We have excellent progression opportunities and encourage autonomy and dispersed leadership through project and service development;
Our community psychology approach continues to expand as we engage with and responding to the needs of marginalised groups.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, we strongly welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.
If you are interested in joining our fantastic service, please contact Dr Joanne Summers (Principal Educational Psychologist and Head of Inclusion Services) joanne.summers@luton.gov.uk or Dr Jane Reichardt (Deputy Principal Educational Psychologist) jane.reichardt@luton.gov.uk to arrange an informal discussion.
This is a public facing role so you’ll need to show off your fluency in speaking and writing English
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