Educational Psychologist

Portsmouth; Calderdale; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Portsmouth City Council is seeking Educational Psychologists to join our established Educational Psychology Team. We welcome HCPC registered practitioners, newly qualified EPs, and Trainee EPs in their 2nd or 3rd year of training to support children and families across Portsmouth.

You will work with a cluster of schools, engage in training development, and contribute to strategic work on SEMH, neurodiversity, and literacy.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration and being up to date with professional standards.
• Sound understanding of current issues in education and psychology.
• Commitment to safeguarding and local safeguarding policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychology services to a cluster of schools.
• Deliver training and workforce development across the city.
• Engage in strategic developments (SEMH, neurodiversity, literacy difficulties).
• Collaborate with EPs to develop practice and policy.
• Contribute to statutory assessments and reviews for SEND.

Skills

HCPC registration

Educational Psychology

Assessment methods

Workshop facilitation

Education

HCPC registration

Qualified Educational Psychologist

Trainee EP (year 2/3)

Job description

Job Introduction

We are seeking enthusiastic and dedicated Educational Psychologists to join our highly regarded Educational Psychology Team. Whether you are an experienced practitioner, newly qualified and HCPC registered, or a Trainee Educational Psychologist in your second or third year of training, we would love to hear from you.

The Role

• Applying psychology through the delivery of services to a cluster of schools within Portsmouth. Multi-agency working to support children and families.
• Opportunities to engage in the development and delivery of training and workforce development across the city, for example Restorative and Attachment Aware approaches and ELSA.
• Opportunities to engage in strategic developments; for example, with SEMH, and Neurodiversity and literacy difficulties.
• Opportunities to work with EPs to develop our practice and policy, always aiming to improve outcomes for children and young people.
• Contribution to the statutory assessment and monitoring and review of children with SEND.
• Autonomy to employ the evidence-based psychological practice that you feel best meets needs (e.g. dynamic and standardised assessment methods used equally across the team).
• Full working knowledge and adherence to the underlying values, principles and policy of Portsmouth Local Safeguarding Children's Board, including integrated working responsibilities, early help and safeguarding practices.

The Ideal Candidate

Portsmouth Educational Psychology Team can offer you support and opportunities, whether you are at the start of your EP career of if you are looking for a new challenge or change.

• be a qualified Educational Psychologist or be in your second or third year of EP training, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), or, in the case of trainee EPs, expecting to have their registration confirmed following the completion of their recognised training course.
• possess a sound base of current psychological knowledge and skills and have an awareness of current issues in education and psychology and be able to apply this to practice.
• have full working knowledge and adhere to the underlying values, principles and policy of Local Safeguarding Children's Board, including integrated working responsibilities, early help and safeguarding practices.
• have good personal presentation and credibility with a range of potential client groups.
• have the ability to work individually and as part of a team (these are equally important in this role), value working with people and demonstrate a relational approach with parents, children, young people and professionals.

We also welcome applications from Trainee Educational Psychologists in their second or third year of training.

About Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act. We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.

Working Arrangements

Working a minimum of 2 days in the office per week in line with the PCC Hybrid policy.

Informal enquiries

Please contact the Principal Educational Psychologist, Victoria Parker,

Safeguarding

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership safer recruitment procedures. Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) at Standard/Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Please read the relevant DBS privacy notice before submitting any information. You will need to explain any gaps in your career history within the last 5 years - this is essential for all safeguarding roles.

We are a disability confident employer and have an Armed Forces Covenant. We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under one of our commitments and meet the minimum criteria, however, for roles that receive a large number of applications, this is not always possible, and we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

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