Educational Psychologist (Parents Plus, Cardiff Parenting)

The Educational Psychologist in the Parents Plus Service has a role in applying psychology to inform personalised pieces of work with parents and carers and their babies and infants across Cardiff. The Educational Psychologist makes an initial observation and assessment of the parent and child''s unique strengths, circumstances, and possible areas for change, during an initial home visit. Personalised targets for change are co-constructed with the parent during this session and the tailored piece of work is formulated by the EP and the Psychology-Led Practitioner. The practitioner carries out the intervention in the family home with regular supervision from the EP. The main role of the EP will be: To promote the confidence, efforts and capacity of the parents and carers we work with to support parent-child interactions and relationships and meet their baby or child''s unique developmental needs. To contribute to improving outcomes for babies and children by promoting their growth, development, learning and wellbeing. To assess, co-formulate and supervise the psychology-informed parent-child interventions that are delivered by the practitioners within the team. To carry out individual pieces of casework, using approaches that have been shown to improve parent-child interactions and relationships (e.g. Video Interaction Guidance). To engage in consultation and training to promote a psychological approach within the team and wider Early Help services. To undertake relevant ..... full job details .....