Be Part of a Service Where Psychology Shapes Practice, At a Unique Time in Our Journey
Cornwall is a unique place to live and work, and this is an exciting time to join our Educational Psychology Service. We are recruiting Educational Psychologists to join our experienced, welcoming and values-driven team as we continue to expand our innovative Experts at Hand programme across Cornwall.
Children and young people are at the heart of everything we do. Guided by our mission, "using psychology to enable positive change", we work across schools, communities and systems to promote inclusion and improve outcomes. Whether you are experienced, newly qualified or currently training, you will have the opportunity to influence practice, contribute to service development and build a rewarding and varied career.
People and Psychology at the Heart of Practice
Cornwall's Educational Psychology Service is guided by our values of being inclusive, collaborative, child-centred, strengths-based and empowering. We believe psychology has the greatest impact when it is used across schools, services and communities, helping others develop their skills and improving outcomes over time.
Alongside core Educational Psychology practice, there are opportunities to contribute to early years development and inclusion, including work supporting the first 1001 days of a child’s life, workforce development, critical incident support and SEND improvement work.
Educational Psychologists play an important role in developing future practitioners, leading service improvement activity and contributing to initiatives including MeLSA (Mediated Learning Support Assistant), ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) and our highly regarded Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) service. VIG is a key part of our strengths-based approach, helping children, families and educational settings strengthen relationships, build confidence and achieve positive outcomes.
You will work with a patch of schools and settings, delivering a blend of statutory duties and early intervention practice through consultation, training and systemic work.
Through our Experts at Hand programme, you will work alongside multidisciplinary teams alongside colleagues from education, health and care within local communities. This approach enables Educational Psychologists to contribute earlier, work more closely with partners and influence support around children and families before needs escalate. It is a unique opportunity to be part of a model that places psychology at the heart of integrated working.
As part of our highly skilled and dedicated team, you will:
This role extends well beyond statutory assessment. Through both core Educational Psychology practice and our innovative multidisciplinary model, you will influence practice at individual, family, school, community and system level.
Why Cornwall?
Many of our Educational Psychologists choose Cornwall for far more than the role itself.
Few places offer the opportunity to influence practice across an entire county while maintaining close relationships with schools, communities and families. Here, Educational Psychologists can see the impact of their work at every level, from supporting individual children and young people to helping shape services, systems and strategic developments.
Alongside rewarding and purposeful work, Cornwall offers spectacular coastlines, beautiful countryside, vibrant communities, shorter commute times and an exceptional quality of life. It is a place where you can build an outstanding career while maintaining the balance to enjoy everything the county has to offer.
We believe that delivering the best outcomes for children and young people starts with investing in our people.
Our Educational Psychologists benefit from:
In addition, our core employee benefits include:
Please note that applications will be reviewed throughout the advertising period and interviews may be arranged on an ongoing basis. As a result, shortlisted candidates may be invited to interview before the closing date.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
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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.
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
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.
We recognise that you may choose to use AI tools when preparing your application. We ask that any information you include is an accurate reflection of your own skills, knowledge, experience and achievements. You may be asked to discuss the examples and evidence you provide during the selection process.
We may adapt our shortlisting approach where we receive a high volume of applications. Any shortlisting decisions will be based on the information provided in your application and the essential requirements of the role.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk 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.
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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.
A unique Council that has secured the UK's first devolution deal for a rural County! We deliver services to more than half a million local people and to over five million visitors a year.
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With a competitive employee reward package that attracts, retains and motivates our employees; open plan working environments in most offices, good business systems and a can do culture where talented people thrive, Cornwall Council is a great place to work.
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Services: Care for the elderly, children’s safeguarding, libraries, road maintenance, fire and rescue service, recycling, parks, street cleaning, countryside management, social housing, town planning, tourism support and trading standards.
We deliver these services through our employees who work directly for the Council and through our many other Council owned companies and organisations; CORMAC, Cornwall Housing, Tempus Leisure, Newquay Airport and Cornwall Development Company.
We also have close links with Cornwall’s health organisations, colleges and universities and work closely with the police, town and parish councils and the voluntary sector.
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We have 123 elected councillors and as Cornwall is such a large rural area, our councillors and the towns and parishes they represent are grouped into 19 community networks, which are the focus of our local community work.
