WORKING INCLUSIVELY TOWARDS HOPE WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

If this resonates with you and you are looking for a new challenge or the first step in your career we would love to hear from you!

MORE ABOUT WORKING FOR LUTON CHILD AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE:

• Our long-established traded service continues to thrive, offering a link EP through an early intervention consultation model responsive to local needs;
• Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) programme is in it’s fifth year, with our team delivering on-going training to new ELSAs and supervision to trained ELSAs;
• Trainee and assistant educational psychologists are a core part of our team, developing skills for the future role, supporting the delivery of a wide range of EP services and inspiring us;
• Our team is represented within multi-disciplinary neurodiversity early concerns pilot, alongside wider initiatives to promote neuro-affirming approaches;
• Emotion Coaching ethos is embedded within our approach and training offer to education settings, led by our accredited practitioner;
• Working towards being anti-racist and trauma-informed is a core mission for our team;
• As part of the Department for Education (DfE) Change programme, we are piloting initiatives around use of alternative provision, where our service is represented within a multi-disciplinary team;
• Specialist senior EPs support several multi-disciplinary teams and projects, including Youth Partnership Service, Social care and Virtual School and Early Years, offering a breadth of knowledge, applied skills and expertise across services;
• We work closely with mental health service leads, NHS clinical officers and public health officials in supporting and developing local wellbeing strategy, support for children and young people experiencing emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA) and critical incident response;
• Our community psychology approach continues to expand as we think about engaging with and responding to the needs of marginalised groups.

ABOUT US

We are a supportive team of creative and dynamic psychologists, seeking colleagues to expand our much in-demand service.
Our service offers a balanced workload of traded and statutory work, opportunities to develop areas of interest through project work and enriching continued professional development.
Luton is a highly diverse unitary authority, within 30 minutes train journey of London to the south and bordered by Central Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Buckinghamshire. We have excellent established relationships with our schools and educational settings and are growing our community-based offer. The council offices are situated in the Town Hall in the vibrant and lively town centre, accessible by car and public transport.
Luton has a bold, ambitious and inspiring vision - a healthy, fair, and sustainable town where everyone can thrive, and no-one has to live in poverty. Luton 2040
Our work within the EPS is oriented around achieving this vision, by working in co-production, using person-centred approaches and empowering others. We are committed to working through a trauma-informed framework, promoting relational approaches and being actively anti-racist.

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