Senior Educational Psychologist

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About the role

Do you make a real difference to the lives of children and young people?

We are very proud of our effective, friendly and supportive service, and you will be working alongside other committed professionals to maintain high standards. We are significantly involved in leading the current drive within the LA to maximise inclusion in our local educational settings. We are currently leading on developing and co-producing an Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) strategy involving representative stakeholders from across the piece.

You'll deliver a psychological service through consultation and working with individual and groups of children, parents and carers, schools and early years providers, the local authority and partner agencies.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people, through addressing more smartly the increased demand in accessing ours and related services.

What will you be doing?

As part of the management team, you will contribute leadership and psychological consultation to the local authority - especially regarding its current priorities.

You'll manage and give professional support and supervision to the area team of educational psychologists; and act as the representative of the Principal Educational Psychologist.

You will decide on the appropriate form of area response to requests for service involvement, including critical incidents; and manage the delivery of Psychological Services to the locality area.

Alongside management and leadership role, the SEP will provide generic work for up to 40% of their time.

About you

As a fully qualified educational psychologist you will have:

• An Honours Degree in Psychology or equivalent qualification giving Graduate Basis for Registration with the British Psychological Society

• Significant experience of working with children & young people

• Successfully followed a course of specific post graduate professional training as an educational psychologist recognised for registration with the Health & Care Professions Council.

You will have significant experience as an Educational Psychologist and experience of managing professionals or projects.

You will have in-depth knowledge of the statutory framework which guides the work of educational psychologists will be essential

You will be able to demonstrable evidence of a commitment to maximise educational achievement & inclusion and the ability to demonstrate initiative and innovation.

You'll have leadership skills and the ability to provide a balance of support and challenge to others.

For an informal discussion please contact Mike Simons, Principal Educational Psychologist mike.simons@northnorthants.gov.uk 07912 187268;
or one of our Senior EP's (SEPs)
Cliff.turner@northnorthants.gov.uk (acting team manager for Kettering/Rushden.
Yvonne.needham@northnorthants.gov.uk, team manager for Corby/East Northants
rebecca.judge@northnorthants.gov.uk team manager for Wellingborough

Shortlisting: 25th November 24
Interviews: 6th December 24

Job-share and part time requests will be considered.
Previously awarded SPA points will be honoured.

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we're transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You'll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council's pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)