North Yorkshire Council - Specialist Senior Educational Psychologists

Are you interested in a role which offers focussed strategic/systemic time, alongside time allocated to a group of local schools for cluster and casework?

Are you keen to work in a dynamic, growing, forward-thinking service and actively be part of the Experts at Hand offer?

As part of building our offer for Experts at Hand, North Yorkshire Council is seeking two Specialist Senior Educational Psychologists to lead the development and delivery of inclusive, evidence-based psychological services through the following two roles:

Communication and Interaction - 1.0fte

SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) - 0.5fte

About the Service
Our team has grown significantly in the last two years and given us the opportunity to work creatively, and systemically, across a number of agendas including: Trauma-Informed approaches, working in the Best Start in Life strategy, within the PINS project, around barriers to engagement (EBSA), with military families and transitions work.

About the roles
Alongside our SSEPs for the Virtual School and for Early Years, you will be responsible for developing and leading early intervention offers as part of the ‘Experts at Hand’ approach. 

We are looking for EPs who:

• Work collaboratively as part of a creative team and can influence both strategy and practice in these areas. 
• Are values-based practitioners who prioritise the voice of children and young people. 
• Will develop and lead evidence-based projects focused on early intervention within their area of specialism, linking with key partners across the system.
• Will contribute to service planning, support the development of our service approach and individual practice, including through supervision and workforce development.
• Place psychology at the heart of reforms and strategic transformation, fostering collaboration and integrated working across agencies.

Applications are welcomed from candidates who have a master’s or doctorate level qualification in Educational Psychology and are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC. 

You should be creative and forward thinking with the knowledge, skills, enthusiasm, and willingness to use psychological frameworks to facilitate positive change.

If you want the opportunity to promote psychology that makes a difference, we’d like to hear from you!

For full details of the role and to help with your application please see Job Description

To find out more about what we offer please seeTotal rewards

For an informal discussion about the role then please contact Dr Ed Sugden - Interim Principal Educational Psychologist at [email protected]

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