Assistant Psychologist

Assistant Psychologist - Boveridge College 

Location: Cranborne, Dorset  
Salary: £13.49 - £15.53 per hour (£28,059.20, - £32,302.40 per annum) depending on experience
Contract: 1x Permanent and 1x 12 month fixed term contract, 40 hours per week – 52 weeks a year 

Closing Date: Sunday 22nd June

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.  

The main purpose of the role:

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. 

Key duties:

• 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 

Please see the link below for our full job description:

Assistant Psychologist Boveridge JD.docx

Successful candidate qualities: 

Qualifications: 

• 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 

What’s on offer?

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Competitive Pension and life assurance
• 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.
• Access to our beautiful listed gardens.

What our therapy team says about life at Boveridge College and The Beeches School:

• I always feel valued and that my voice is heard.  I am encouraged to give my opinion relating to issues which will impact me, and this is considered in the decision-making process.
• When I have contributed to a process, I receive recognition of this.
• During my work role, time and space is allowed for wellbeing, humour, and de-stressing.  I am encouraged to engage in activities which promote staff wellbeing. 
• My team and management are supportive of me and my wellbeing.  We check in with each other to ensure that we have the things that we need to be successful and to ensure that no one is beginning to feel burnt out.  Where this is the case, adaptations are made to ensure that the staff member is supported.
• My workload and stress is monitored weekly in my supervision, and in regular conversations with other members of the team.  It has been rare that I have felt my caseload is becoming unmanageable, but when this has occurred, steps have been taken to rectify the situation.
• There have been multiple occasions when my personal wellbeing has been prioritised.  There is constant support to ensure that I am mentally in the right place to carry out my best work to support our cohort and to perform my job well. 
• There are sufficient supportive measures in place to ensure that I am always able to go home without continuing to have work issues on my mind. 
• I love working at Boveridge College and The Beeches School.  It has given me new opportunities and friendships, increased my skill base and enabled me to progress my career and salary. 
• I always feel relaxed, safe, and protected in my professional role.

If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact Adele.richard@the-aurora-group.com.

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. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.