Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council - Educational Psychologists

Rotherham Educational Psychology Service is an established, well regarded and expanding service, staffed by a consistent group of friendly and committed Educational Psychologists. We work alongside other partner agencies to remove barriers to learning, improve opportunities for social inclusion and support the emotional well-being of Rotherham’s children, and as importantly strive to support the wellbeing of our team members. We offer the following package of support:

• A competitive starting salary (Soulbury point 5)
• Free onsite parking
• Regular, non-hierarchical peer and group supervision
• Dedicated office space and flexibility to work from home
• Opportunities to build on your personal interests via a range of interest groups and regular team development days
• Strong focus on Graduated Response
• Systemic work prioritised via Four Cornerstones, project areas and Experts at Hand initiatives

We offer a traded and statutory service which allows a range of work to be negotiated including; training, consultation, systemic work and staff wellbeing, as well as individual casework. We primarily work at a graduated response level of involvement. Our Experts at Hand offer, provides allocation time across the team for early intervention, training and project-based work to strengthen inclusive practice.

We are proud to be partners in the nationally acclaimed co-production work of Rotherham’s ‘Genuine Partnerships’. This home-grown relational model promotes and celebrates the voice of children and young people with SEND and their families. We also work within a range of services including the Virtual School, on the neurodevelopmental pathway and in the Child Development Centre.

We are excited to recruit a full-time main grade Educational Psychologist to join the service. Candidates would be professionally qualified and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, unless currently in training. We would be interested in applications from colleagues able to start as soon as possible as well as those on the doctoral training programme.

For an informal discussion about this post please contact either the Principal Educational Psychologist, Jemma Wilkinson or Senior Educational Psychologist, Joanne Askew on 01709 822580.

Applications from Women, people from Black and Minority Ethnic Communities and Disabled People are welcomed as under-representation currently exists at this level within the organisation. Section 159 of the Equality Act 2010 applies.

This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.

For more information about the above post and to apply online follow the link.