Associate Lecturer, M4

Job summary

A newly created vacancy for a permanent part time Associate Lecturer has been established on our highly regarded Professional Doctorate in Child, Community & Educational Psychology [M4] course. This is an exciting 2.5 day a week role [18.75 hours] that will support the next generation of Educational Psychologists in their professional training. We are seeking an experienced HCPC-registered Educational Psychologist (EP) to join our outstanding team of relational, reflective and collaborative tutors.

Main duties of the job

The Associate Lecturer role available has a particular emphasis on teaching, supervision [including research supervision], assessment and student recruitment and selection. We are keen to hear from practitioners with an established research and publication record, skills in supporting research at doctoral level and/or an interest in developing their scope of practice in this area. A capacity to offer supervision, teach and assess trainees in a relational and reflective manner is essential.

The post-holder will contribute to course teaching and work closely with the rest of the team in curriculum development when required. This will include ensuring inclusion, equity, disadvantage and discrimination are appropriately addressed and may involve taking a lead in the planning of identified course activities. The Associate Lecturer will assist with initiatives in e.g., digital/blended delivery and digital innovation in pedagogy; support the updating of reading lists, course handbooks and other course materials; contribute to course resources and participate in or lead projects resulting in improvements to delivery.

About us

The Trust has a national brief for training in the mental health professions, social care, education and forensic services across the age range. In 2020 the Trust was the first NHS body successful in obtaining registration with the Office for Students (OfS). Its academic awards are validated by university partners, mainly the University of Essex. The Trust develops and delivers training initiatives that meet the needs of a modern health and social care sector and is responsive to policy and initiatives from government and other relevant agencies.

The Tavistock and Portman is caring, compassionate and committed co-creating the care and training we offer. We are passionate about the quality of our work and committed to openness, the use of evidence and the application of improvement science. We value all our staff, are concerned for their wellbeing, and seek to foster leadership, innovation and excellence in our workforce. We embrace diversity in our workforce and work to make our services and training as accessible as possible. We have made a firm commitment to being an anti-oppressive and anti-discriminative organisation. We work with others, in the UK and internationally, who share our values and can enable us to achieve our mission.