Senior Educational Psychologist

TN United Kingdom; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Senior Educational Psychologist, Leicestershire

Client:

Leicestershire County Council

Location:

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

Job Reference:

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Posted:

02.04.2025

Expiry Date:

17.05.2025

Job Description:

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicestershire, LE3 8RF

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Soulbury B 5-8 (+ up to 3 SPA)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 28th April 2025

Interview Date(s): 12th May (in person at County Hall)

About the Role

Leicestershire are seeking applications from Educational Psychologists who are seeking a change or who want to take the next step in their career development. Leicestershire EPS (LEPS) is a service that provides great opportunities for diverse, meaningful and innovative EP work within a supportive environment. The aim of our service is to provide access to high-quality psychological practice to a range of partners, to improve the lives of children and families within our local communities. This post offers a fantastic opportunity to join our Educational Psychology Leadership Team with opportunities to undertake a broad range of leadership activities across a range of systems, enabling us to maximise our reach and impact.

You will:

1. Line manage and supervise a team of Educational Psychologists, acting as a leader, role model and mentor within the service.
2. Lead on critical areas of service activity and service development, drawing on your personal strengths and skills.
3. Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of service delivery (inc. quality assurance activity).
4. Balance a caseload of work, alongside team management activity and wider strategic and systems work.
5. Work closely with the Principal Educational Psychologist, supporting key decision making and representing LEPS in critical spaces within the LA and across the Local Area Partnership.
6. Contribute to large scale projects and transformation programmes such as PINS, the LLR Neuro-developmental Inclusion workstream and Shaping SEND Futures.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

1. Professional postgraduate qualification in Educational Psychology, and HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist.
2. Significant experience as an Educational Psychologist in an LA environment, with expertise in applying psychological skills at child, group, and systems levels.
3. Proven leadership experience, including project and/or people management leading to positive outcomes.
4. The ability to work flexibly, decisively and independently, demonstrating a collaborative approach with the ability to develop successful partnerships.
5. Detailed understanding of relevant legislation, guidance and policy in relation to SEND and safeguarding, with the ability to carry out all duties in line with LCC Safeguarding policies and procedures.
6. A commitment to Equal Opportunities, with the ability to apply this to strategic work and day-to-day situations.

Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service

We are a partially traded service, with demand for our commissioned work growing year on year. Our offer currently includes:

1. Service level agreements with individual schools including specialist provisions.
2. Statutory work undertaken for the SENA Service.
3. A traded training offer to support inclusive practice in schools.
4. Accredited ELSA training and ELSA supervision.
5. MELSA Training.
6. Whole School Approach project work in partnership with Public Health.
7. Support to the Local Authority including our Critical Incident Response Team and membership of Inclusion Forums.

Leicestershire EPs have access to:

1. Excellent whole-service and individual CPD opportunities.
2. Structured time-allocation model promoting well-being and a balance of work.
3. Regular and high-quality individual supervision sessions and access to peer supervision.
4. Well-appointed central office base and first-class facilities within County Hall, Glenfield.
5. Local ‘touchdown’ bases across the county to reduce travel time.
6. Up-to-date ICT equipment for mobile / agile working.
7. Flexible, family friendly working arrangements.
8. Social events organised by team members to promote connectedness.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

We are committed to welcoming individuals who embrace equality, diversity, and inclusion. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Dr Helen Tyson, Principal Educational Psychologist

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Email:

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Created on 02/04/2025 by TN United Kingdom