Assistant Psychologist

Salary: £14.03 - £16.16 per hour (£29,182.40 - £33,612.80 per annum) depending on experience & qualifications Category: Therapy / Nursing / Clinical Position Type: Permanent Full-Time Location: Beeches School Hours: 40 hours per week At Aurora Beeches in Cranbourne, we believe in giving young people, ages 11-16, the tools and opportunities to create the lives they want for themselves. With high-quality teaching, an excellent level of individual support and a range of expert-led, integrated therapy, we support all our young people with a range of needs including Autism and other associated conditions. We can take advantage of our beautiful setting to inspire and create fun experiences to enhance learning and progress. 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 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 educat