Assistant Psychologist
Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust, Wythenshawe, M23 2YSThis job expired on 11 August 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
11 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,485.00 - £30,162.00 Annually (FTE) £27,485 - £30,162, dependant on experience
Assistant Psychologist job summary
Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust has an exciting new opportunity for a Assistant Psychologist to work with all the schools in this growing Multi-Academy Trust. There will be an opportunity to progress to Assistant Educational Psychologist in Year 2.
We are seeking a confident, capable and experienced practitioner to work closely with the Trust’s Educational Psychologist across all the schools in the Trust.
The Trust has an above the national average number of pupils with SEND, therefore we are excited to be taking this innovative approach to providing support and specialist advice to our pupils and their families.
The successful candidate will :
- Have a passion for supporting children
,who have a range of SEND and SEMH needs - Be an advocate for children and young people by gaining their views and enabling their meaningful participation in SEN processes.
- Have passion for supporting the most vulnerable pupils within our Trust
- Have a proven track record of working collaboratively with different stakeholders to improve outcomes for pupils
- Have strong moral and ethical principles and values
- Have the ability to adapt and respond positively to challenging situations
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Be a reflective practitioner who continually strives to develop individual practice.
We can offer the successful candidate the opportunity to:
- Work across schools within the Trust
- Work at the individual, group and organisational level to support the inclusion of pupils with SEND within the Trust
- Deliver school-to-school support at other settings
- Be part of our friendly Trust Central Team and work closely with the Educational Psychologist, Assistant Educational Psychologist and Strategic Lead for Safeguarding and SEND
- An opportunity to be work with dedicated, talented and hardworking individuals in our schools.
- Entry into the Local Government Pension Scheme which is one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of 18.5%
- A true commitment to Continuing Professional Development with access to a library of on-line training courses and fully accredited qualifications and opportunities to access other relevant paid training.
- A range of employee benefits which support your well-being that includes:
- o A confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is extended to members of your family
- o A Health Cash Plan which is paid for by the Trust and gives access to a range of benefits which include covering the costs towards optical, dental, alternative therapy treatments, health screening and discounted gym memberships and a large range of retail discounts. Some benefits are also available to family members
- o Flu vaccination clinics
- o Eyecare Vouchers
Prospective candidates are warmly invited to arrange a meeting to speak to Abbie Burns/Michelle Laverack the Strategic Lead for SEMH/the Trust’s Educational Psychologist for a discussion about the role by emailing her at michelle.laverack@ corpuschristitrust.co.uk
If you would like to apply for the position, you should complete the Application Form available at 'Apply Now'. You will need to read the Application Form Notes, Privacy Notice, Job Description, and Person Specification .
Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust is an Equal Opportunities employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, religion, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, sex and sexual orientation.
Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post will be subject to enhanced DBS and barred list checks, satisfactory references and online checks and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The applicant will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.
Applicants are advised that schools and colleges designated with a religious character in England and Wales are permitted by law to require certain posts to be filled by practising Catholics or individuals who hold a Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies.
Where it is not a requirement of the role to be a practising Catholic, applications are invited from individuals committed to supporting the Catholic ethos of the school.
It is not a requirement of this role to be a practising Catholic and therefore, applications are invited from individuals committed to supporting the Catholic ethos of the Trust
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
About Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
Welcome to Corpus Christi Catholic Academy Trust. As CEO, I have been in the privileged position of leading the Trust since September 2018, during which time we have successfully stabilised the Trust finances, centralised the HR, finance and IT services functions, and made good progress on our school improvement journey.
We pride ourselves on the achievements of all the members of our fellowship of schools, working together to secure the best possible outcomes for the children and young people in our care. In an address to an Italian association of Catholic teachers, educators and school administrators, Pope Francis called on teachers to reach out to and "love with greater intensity" the children on "the peripheries'" of their schools; those who do not like studying, who are labelled as "difficult", who have disabilities, come from other countries or face other problems and disadvantages. To me, we can respond best to the Pope's plea by working as a collective, rather than acting unilaterally; making key decisions together when setting budgets, determining content of the curriculum through discussion, deciding who to employ as a panel, reaching consensus on key priorities etc.
I know that some of you will be reading my welcome to help you decide whether to apply for a job in our Trust. If you are interested in joining us as either an individual or a school, it is likely to be the right decision if you genuinely believe that by working collaboratively, each school benefits from others' strengths and expertise within the Trust and practically from services provided and procured centrally. Please do join us if you like working with people and want to belong to a dynamic, faith-driven organisation, whose focus is to serve the children, young people and families within their communities.
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