Senior Educational Psychologist

Job summary

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Senior Educational Psychologist - Peterborough City Council Careers

If you:

• Have at least three years' experience as a qualified Educational Psychologist
• Are registered with the Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC)
• Are seeking part-time or full-time work

Come and join our dynamic and caring Educational Psychology Service (EPS) here at Peterborough City Council.

Main duties of the job

You will be:

• As a Senior EP able to work collaboratively as part of the senior leadership team to develop and support service delivery, strategic planning and LA initiatives, as well as providing supervision and line management for Educational Psychologists, Psychology Assistant, Assistant Psychologist and Trainee Educational Psychologists.

All EPs in Peterborough are

• Able to embrace our consultation service delivery model and contribute positively, building and shaping high quality service bringing a new dimension to the service that we will nurture and develop further.
• Able to develop and deliver training and supervision to school and setting staff, applying up to date theory and research.
• An effective communicator, have sound knowledge about current practice in Educational Psychology and legislation concerning special educational needs and be competent in the delivery of training to a wide range of audiences.
• Able to support schools to deliver the graduated approach for children, young people and young adults, who may have Special Educational Needs and others about whom there may be a concern as outlined in the Code of Practice 2014.

About us

In return we offer:

• An Employee Benefits Scheme, VIVUP with a range of exciting savings including on holidays, home electronic equipment and appliances and local discounts.
• Have family friendly policies including a flexible working hours scheme which allows for the ability to accrue 8 hours of flexi-time per month (FTE).
• 30 days annual leave annually, rising to 31 days after 10 years and 32 days after 15 years of continuous service, plus additional bank holidays (FTE).
• A relocation package, as per policy.
• The EPS supports agile working through full IT provision and modern office accommodation.
• Peterborough is a vibrant city which has good rail links to London (only 45 minutes) and other major cities.
• The LA has a comprehensive pension scheme.
• The LA provides immediate life cover(x3 times your annual salary) and ill-health protection.
• Peterborough City Council will reimburse HCPC registration fees at the point of renewal.