Locum Educational Psychologist

Cheshire East Council; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire East Council is seeking a locum educational psychologist to provide critical support to children and young people with special educational needs. The role offers competitive pay, professional supervision, and opportunities for continuous professional development within an inclusive and supportive environment.

Benefits

Good quality supervision

Access to CPD programmes

Friendly admin support

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Registration with the HCPC is required.
• Current knowledge of research-informed interventions.
• Relevant professional insurance is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Support children and young people with SEN/Disability.
• Write meaningful psychological reports contributing to EHCNAs.
• Ensure quality supervision and access to CPD.

Skills

Psychological knowledge

Report writing

Understanding of SEN/Disability support

Education

Doctorate in Educational Psychology

Master's Degree in Educational Psychology

Job description

Dear Locum EP's

We have a question.

How areyoudoing?

No, really, wereallywant to know.

Being a locum EP can be great but there are also a few drawbacks:

• When was the last time you truly connected with another EP at work?
• How much CPD have you genuinely been able to arrange, and did you do it on your own?
• What supervision arrangements do you have? (And do you actually get to follow through with them?)

At Cheshire Eastwe love our locums. We really do. Locums are part of us. That's not management speak,it's really true.

We want to get to know you. We want to support you.

We like hearing from you.

We want to know how you're getting on.

We have work available for you and we want you for thelongterm (if we are a really good fit, we can even offer you a long-term contract - up to 5 years)

Weoffer:

• Good quality supervision
• Access to a programme of CPD
• A chat and a catchup when you need it (because let's face it, these little things matter)
• Access to amazing, friendly admin support and a great group of EPs
• Competitive rates of pay - outside IR35
• A genuine opportunity for professionals to connect and make a difference whilst allowing the flexibility you want and need.

Interested? Let's catchup - we would love to hear from you!

In order to undertake work for us we require the following:

• A Doctorate or master's degree in educational psychology, with eligibility for chartered status with the British Psychological Society
• Registration with the HCPC
• Hold a detailed understanding of, and experience in, applying your psychological knowledge and skills to support children and young people with SEN/Disability
• Current knowledge of research informed interventions, approaches and skills
• Ability to write meaningful psychological reports, some of which will contribute to EHCNAs
• Hold relevant professional private insurance
• Hold a DBS Certificate issued within the last 3 years and preferably registered with the update service

Whether you are operating as an independent contractor or a registered limited company, we have extensive experience in offering and managing contracts for our locum psychologists and we have work ready to allocate as soon as you are ready.

In the first instance, please contact Principal Educational Psychologist, Dr Alexandria Brightmore by email - [e-mail] to discuss. If you can provide an anonymised sample report, an up-to-date CV and information relating to location preference that would be great...but the most important thingis being able to have a chat and getting to know you (and you getting to know us too!) first!