Educational Psychologist opportunities

Role: Educational Psychologist (Senior Practitioner)
Salary: Up to  £55,921 per annum pro rata, plus 3% recruitment payment + relocation support up to £8,000.
Contract: Full-time and Part-time / permanent 
Location: Within North Yorkshire. The service very much promotes flexible working with the ability to work remotely from other bases, as well as working from home. We provide exceptional technology, providing all the equipment to support home based working, whatever makes sense and is suitable to provide the best service.

We are looking for an Educational Psychologist (Senior Practitioner) to join our multi-agency team. 

This is a great time to be joining our service; and contribute to positive outcomes for children and young people with SEND in North Yorkshire.  Our SEND services are based within four localities across North Yorkshire and include SEN caseworkers, Educational Psychologists, Specialist teachers and practitioners together with speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, the hubs are responsible for working closely with schools and settings to identify children early and to ensure they receive appropriate support and interventions to meet their special educational needs.

As an Educational Psychologist (Senior Practitioner) you will work directly with schools and settings as part of our traded offer to embed consistent inclusive practices and support the early identification of children and young people with additional needs, as well as provide training to schools and settings. You will also engage in statutory work. 

There are opportunities to work therapeutically within our targeted provisions and PRS, with the whole service being trained in a range of approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Educational psychologists will also have the opportunity to be involved in projects in each of the hub areas which will further inform practice and strategy across SEND.

To be successful you must have a masters or doctorate level qualification in Educational Psychology and be registered with the HCPC; have experience of varied and relevant work with children, young people and their families in a number of education and other settings; be creative and forward thinking with the knowledge, skills, enthusiasm and willingness to use psychological frameworks to facilitate positive change.
 
These posts are suitable for Educational Psychologists at any stage in their career, including those recently qualified.
 
In return, we can offer you a range of employee benefits, including a competitive salary, generous leave entitlement, a government pension scheme and access to our ‘Everybody Benefits’ package, which includes a variety of retail discounts.
 
You will be fully enabled through mobile kit to work in a highly agile way at locations across the local authority.

We can offer you a comprehensive benefits package including:

• A generous relocation scheme (up to £8,000)
• Modern flexible working practices;
• A local government pension scheme;
• Family friendly leave;
• Salary sacrifice, employee cash backs and discounts schemes; and
• Learning, development and career advancement opportunities.

Contact us

For further information about the post please contact Cerys Townend on Cerys.Townend@northyorks.gov.uk

Key documents

Job Description / Person Specification

 Total Rewards Brochure (pdf / 380 KB)

Key Dates

Closing date: Sunday 2nd October

Shortlisting date: Monday 3rd October 

Interview date: Tuesday 11th October

Apply here

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

NYCC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

We are looking for an Area Senior Educational Psychologist to join our team, working within either the Harrogate or Selby SEND hub.

This is a great time to be joining our service, in April 2020 we created locality based hubs of SEND professionals, including SEN caseworkers, educational psychologists, specialist teachers and practitioners, together with speech and language therapists and occupational therapists. Based within four localities across North Yorkshire, the hubs are responsible for working closely with schools and settings to identify children early and to ensure they receive appropriate support and interventions to meet their special educational needs.

You will contribute to the ongoing development of the Service and contribute to the further development of the Hubs in meeting the needs of children with SEND and building capacity across professional and education settings. You will be responsible for the line management and professional supervision of Educational Psychologists in the hub and for undertaking and monitoring casework ensuring it is of high quality and appropriate to need.

To be successful you must have a masters or doctorate level qualification in Educational Psychology and be registered with the HCPC; have experience of varied and relevant work with children, young people and their families in a number of education and other settings; be creative and forward thinking with the   knowledge, skills, enthusiasm and willingness to use psychological frameworks to facilitate positive change; have experience of supervising and/or line managing staff.

In return, we can offer you a range of employee benefits, including a competitive salary, generous leave entitlement, a government pension scheme and access to our ‘Everybody Benefits’ package, which includes a variety of retail discounts.

You will be fully enabled through mobile kit to work in a highly agile way at locations across the local authority.

Role: Principal Educational Psychologist
Salary: Up to £63,177 per annum (Soulbury B 5-11) pro rata, plus 3% recruitment payment + relocation support up to £8,000.
Location: Within North Yorkshire. The service very much promotes flexible working with the ability to work remotely from a range of bases across North Yorkshire, as well as working from home. We provide exceptional technology, providing all the equipment to support home based working, whatever makes sense and is suitable to provide the best service.
Hours: Full-time 
Contract: Established

We are looking for an inspirational Principal Educational Psychologist to join our multi-agency team. Apply now and help make North Yorkshire a place of opportunity, where all children and young people are happy, healthy and achieving.

Are you a strong transformative leader, with the ability to expand and develop our service to support our SEND hubs and our targeted mainstream provision?

Our service includes:

• A traded arm with potential for increased growth and development
• Embedded support to our new Targeted Mainstream provisions, including delivering a therapeutic offer to children and young people when needed (all our Educational Psychologists are Cognitive Behavioural trained);
• Integral part of the SEND multi-disciplinary hubs  working alongside our hub managers and specialist teams to provide holistic support for children and young people with SEND
• Project work within the SEND hubs - ensuring our services become truly cutting edge and evidence-based.
• Allocation of time to support research and recommendations for the children's workforce development in supporting children with SEND
• Oversight and quality assurance of contracted statutory assessments from locums and agency Educational Psychologists.
• Management of our critical incident processes

About us

This really is an exciting time to join us and help fulfil our ambitions to develop innovative multidisciplinary working.  We have established 4 locality hubs offering holistic support for children and young people with SEND, and we are developing a network of Targeted Mainstream Provisions in schools.

About you

As a strong and inspirational leader, you will support our ambition to develop a strong Educational Psychology service with an outstanding reputation for its statutory and traded work, and which is an embedded and integral part of our SEND hubs. Supporting development of new provisions and services through the implementation of psychology, you will be a team player keen to influence and participate in wider service developments alongside other service leads and the Heads of Inclusion and SEND.  Your creativity, ambition and understanding of the SEND landscape will support us to further expand our traded services offer, alongside our colleagues in North Yorkshire Education Services (NYES).

How to apply

For further information about the post please contact Cerys Townend (Head of Inclusion) via email Cerys.Townend@northyorks.gov.uk or by calling 07971 285 951 for an informal conversation.

Key dates:

Closing date: Sunday 2nd October
Shortlisting date: Monday 3rd October 
Interview date: Tuesday 11th October

Key documents:

Job Description

Total Rewards

Apply here

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post. 

NYCC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. 

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.