Assistant Psychologist

As our Assistant Psychologist, you will support our students in achieving their maximum potential by enhancing their behaviour and learning through developing effective behaviour management programmes and procedures. You will work across a range of settings including the college site and within the residential settings.,

• Support the psychologist in preparing behavioural programmes and reflecting on risk factors for baseline assessments


• Coordinate and chair meetings to plan and review behaviour plans or similar.


• Undertake objective observations of students and produce functional assessments of behaviour


• Analyse behaviour patterns to inform practice


• Directly work with students in line with behaviour assessment and support plans, modelling strategies as deemed appropriate


• Maintain and support accurate records of behaviour management and restrictive physical interventions


• To work with the psychologist to reflect on the possible contributing factors of behavioural difficulty ad recommend support strategies
  
  Undergraduate psychology degree (2:1 or above).


• 5 GCSE grade C or equivalent including Maths and English


• Experience:


• Experience of working with children / young people with special education needs and high-level support


• Experience of working with ASD.


• Working with multi-disciplinary team


• Current evidence-based practice
  
  Salary: £12.78 - £14.72 per hour (£26,582 - £30,618 per annum) depending on experience


Contract: Permanent, 40 hours per week - 52 weeks a year

Aurora Boveridge College

Boveridge College is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, sitting in 16 acres of listed gardens and a wider 50-acre campus - it is a truly spectacular place to work. The staff pull together to achieve a common goal of empowering their young people through learning, they strive to exceed expectations wherever possible., Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance


• Enhanced pension scheme (from October)


• Perkbox - offering high street discounts


• Employee assistance programme


• Car lease scheme


• Fully funded training and qualifications


• Bike to work scheme


• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.


If you are interested in this role then please apply online and complete our application form.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.