Educational Psychologist

As an Educational Psychologist, you'll provide psychological consultation, advice and support to the Local Authority, schools, early years settings and other agencies. You'll assess the psychological and educational needs of children and young people and provide timely advice and intervention to teachers, families and other professionals. You'll use a range of psychological approaches to understand individual needs, identify barriers and develop effective strategies that support learning and emotional wellbeing.

You'll also have the opportunity to:

• Work collaboratively with children, young people, families, schools and a wide range of professionals.
• Provide psychological consultation, assessment and intervention across a varied caseload.
• Develop and facilitate training for school-based professionals and other services.
• Support schools and other settings to develop their capacity to meet the needs of all learners.
• Contribute your psychological expertise to SEND policy, practice, research and service development.
• Develop specialist expertise across areas of SEN and disability.
• Contribute to the Educational Psychology Service response to critical incidents.
• Support the development of Brent's traded Educational Psychology Service, including early intervention, assessment and specialist advice.
• Ensure that the views and experiences of children, young people and their families are heard and appropriately reflected in your work., We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity, respect and fairness. We expect all employees to demonstrate a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and to promote inclusive, non-discriminatory practices in their work. This commitment forms part of our recruitment process, and candidates may be assessed on their understanding of and ability to contribute to an inclusive working environment.

The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas, who will use it to help prevent fraud and other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details on how your information will be used by Brent and Cifas, and your data protection rights can be found . As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

This includes people with hidden disabilities, long-term health conditions, diagnoses and mental health conditions. We also guarantee an interview to care-experienced applicants who meet the essential criteria. Information shared for this purpose will be treated fairly and used only to confirm eligibility under these schemes. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact .

Brent has a positive approach to flexible working.

We're looking for a qualified Educational Psychologist who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people and understands the difference psychologically informed practice can make. You'll need to be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an Educational Psychologist, or be an impending new entrant who can evidence that registration is being sought. You'll also need a good honours degree in Psychology and a postgraduate qualification at Masters level or above acceptable to the HCPC as constituting clinical training as an Educational Psychologist.

You'll bring:

• Knowledge and experience of current approaches, tools and techniques used by Educational Psychologists.
• A strong understanding of current legislation affecting Educational Psychology.
• A commitment to safeguarding children and young people.
• Experience working with children and young people in an education or social care context.
• Experience…