Senior Educational Psychologist

Nottinghamshire County Council; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire County Council seeks a Senior Educational Psychologist to join their dynamic and expanding Educational Psychology Service. The role involves leadership and collaboration within a supportive team, focusing on promoting social inclusion for vulnerable children. Opportunities for professional development and project leadership are provided, with flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Regular psychological supervision

Opportunities for professional development

Supportive and flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Dynamic individual eager to join a collaborative leadership team.
• Strong decision-making abilities in complex situations.
• Ability to apply psychology principles for inclusion of vulnerable children.

Responsibilities

• Co-leading an EPS team and offering guidance to service delivery.
• Delivering high-quality support across education and social care contexts.
• Participating in training, research, and strategic projects.

Skills

Leadership

Support

Resilience

Problem Solving

Job description

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Salary or Hourly Rate

Senior and Principal Educational Psychologists Scale 3-5 plus up to 3 SPA points

Type of vacancy

Permanent

Work pattern

Full Time

Hours per week

37

Work Base

Meadow House, Mansfield, NG18 2TA

Working Arrangements

Hybrid

Job Description / Person Specification

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Number of posts

1

Interview date

Week Commencing 16/06/2025

Closing Date

08 June 2025 23:55

We are seeking a new member of our EPS Senior Leadership Team! Due to the retirement of one of our wonderful colleagues, we are looking to recruit a new Senior Educational Psychologist to join our leadership team in September 2025. We are a strong and supportive team who meet regularly and work closely together on shared priorities. We are a dynamic and expanding Educational Psychology Service with a range of experienced and newly qualified EPs, as well as Trainee and Assistant EPs.

We are offering a 0.4 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) permanent Senior EP post with up to 0.6 FTE additional permanent Maingrade EP contract also available for applicants seeking to work full time. The Senior EP role will be co-leading an EPS team based in the South District of Nottinghamshire as a job share. The main grade EP role will support our EPS service delivery across the full range of our activities (Soulbury Educational Psychologists - Scale A 2-7, Starting point 4 plus up to 3 SPA points).

We are keen to encourage people from a range of backgrounds to apply, especially people currently under-represented in the EP profession e.g. black and minority ethnic groups, LGTBQ+, male, consider yourself to have a disability and from a low socioeconomic background.

Our Team

Nottinghamshire EPS uses a strength-based, collaborative and consultative service delivery model. Our work is guided by a desire to promote social inclusion and social justice for all Nottinghamshire children and young people, but especially for those in the most vulnerable situations. We also deliver training, research and project work to promote early intervention and high-quality support and CPD across a range of education and social care settings. Here are some quotes for our team about why they like working in our EPS - Why Notts EPS? - Live link

What We Are Looking For

The successful candidate will be supervised by the principal educational psychologist and these are the essential things we are looking for in the role:

• A dynamic individual who is keen to join a collaborative leadership team.
• Someone who can offer leadership, support and guidance to our educational psychology team and service.
• Someone with strong personal resilience and the ability to make decisions and facilitate problem-solving in complex situations.
• Strong application of psychology to support the inclusion of children in vulnerable situations including children with SEND, children in care, previously in care and children with a social worker, children at risk of exclusion from education and children involved in the youth justice system.
  
  

What We Can Offer You

• Regular psychological supervision and the opportunity to be part of a collaborative leadership team.
• The opportunity to lead and shape an expanding Educational Psychology Service, committed to delivering a range of service activities including statutory duties.
• Regular continuing professional development opportunities.
• Opportunities to join and lead on strategic projects across the Local Area SEND Partnership and other areas of joint working in the local area.
• Supportive and flexible working arrangements, agreed with you to meet your needs and to get the best from you as a team member. Your typical working week will likely include a hybrid mix of online and in-person activities.
  
  

We would love to hear from you and please contact our Principal Educational Psychologist Dr. Órlaith Green [e-mail] or Senior Educational Psychologist Dr. Katie Ruane [e-mail] (job share colleague) if you would like a conversation about the role.

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Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Disabled applicants who meet the essential shortlisting requirements will be guaranteed an interview. A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.

Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.

Therefore, the County Council encourages applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.

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