Job Description
Cardiff Parenting & Play Services are strategically led by a Principal Educational Psychologist.
Parents Plus is a psychology-led parenting services within Cardiff Parenting. It is recognised by the Parent-Infant Foundation as a Specialised Parent-Infant Relationship team. The team work with parents who are pregnant or who have an infant or child in the early years.
The Parents Plus team is made up of other Educational Psychologists and highly skilled early years parenting practitioners, who carry out targeted and specialised bespoke work with parents and young children in the home. These interventions are bespoke and are co-formulated and clinically supervised by the educational psychologists. The psychologists in the team also provide consultation and training to the team and to the wider organisation.
We have office bases across Cardiff, and also have equipment to work remotely.
You can learn more about elements of Early Help by visiting the website www.cardifffamilies.co.uk.
Information about our Parenting Services can be found online:
Cardiff Parenting 0-18 - Cardiff Family Advice and Support : Cardiff Family Advice and Support (cardifffamilies.co.uk)
We also post on our Twitter and Facebook pages – search for Cardiff Parenting – Rhianta Caerdydd to find out more.
After working with us, parents have said:
"We’re connecting and having fun together and our bond is stronger than ever’.
About the job
As the Clinical Lead and Manager of the service, the Senior Educational Psychologist will be required:
- To manage and lead an early years psychology-informed parenting service for parents of babies, infants and early years children across Cardiff.
- To train staff, supervise, monitor and evaluate the interventions by the Parents Plus team based on evidence-based psychological approaches and theories.
- To contribute to evidence-based delivery, through research and training for Early Help
- To contribute to improving outcomes for early years infants and children by promoting the confidence and capacity parents to impact their child’s early development, wellbeing, emotional and mental health
- To contribute to the development, implementation and review of local and national parenting policies, procedures and inter-agency working and to reflect these in the services offered through Early Help
Salary: B4 - B7 + opportunity to gain up to 3 SPA (£58,348 - £62,540 (up to £66,425))
What We Are Looking For From You
We are looking for a suitably qualified and HCPC registered educational psychologist, who has:
- Detailed knowledge of psychological theory and experience of applying theory to casework
- Portfolio of recent relevant continuing professional development
- Experience of direct work with parents
Additional information
If you would like to discuss the post prior to application, please contact Dr Sarah Fitzgibbon (Principal Educational Psychologist – Parenting & Play) sarah.fitzgibbon@cardiff.gov.uk
Salary: B4 - 7+ opportunity to gain 3 SPA (£58,348 - £62,540 (up to £66,425))
This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced checks.
The post is subject to Welsh Government funding.
We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.
Please note the Council does not accept CV’s. When completing the supporting information section of your application, please ensure you refer to the below located on our website :
Important information you need read in order to complete your application:-
Job Category Education - Professional / Support
Department Housing & Communities
Working Pattern/Contract Type Full Time Permanent
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