Educational Psychologist

Educational Psychologist

Location:

Civic Centre, Southampton, SO14 7LY

Contract Type:
Permanent, Full Time, Grade 11

FTE Salary Min: £52,431 (pro rata)

FTE Salary Max: £58,865 (pro rata)

We are looking for skilled and successful Educational Psychologists to join our friendly, dynamic and dedicated team. Recruitment is necessary to support our expanding service as we manage exciting new traded opportunities alongside our statutory commitments in addition to promotions and the upcoming SEND reforms.

Our service is committed to working together to apply psychology in order to make a difference for children and young people across Southampton City. We work consultatively with school staff, parents, and other professionals to apply psychological problem solving to bring about positive change.

We have a well‑established and highly successful trading arm which delivers a wide range of non‑statutory educational psychology services to schools and other organisations. We can therefore offer Educational Psychologists a wealth of opportunities to develop their skills and specialist interests. The team is also actively involved in planning and delivering the Experts at Hand model as part of the SEND reforms.

Our Educational Psychologists maintain good relationships with schools through the offer of a link role. They are highly regarded within Southampton local authority and contribute to strategic developments within the city. We work closely with local CAMHS services and contribute to the development of Mental Health in Schools Teams as well as training for Education Mental Health Practitioners with Southampton University.

We maintain strong collaborative working relationships with our education colleagues and other professionals, providing many varied opportunities and contexts for our EPs. For example, alongside statutory casework and traded services purchased by schools, our EPs:

• deliver Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) training and support
• offer reflexive supervision to social care colleagues
• contribute to services for Children who are Looked After
• provide Critical Incident support for schools
• contribute to the doctoral training programme for Educational Psychologists at Southampton University
• work strategically to support children experiencing Emotionally Based School Attendance
• supervise school staff, including DSLs, SENCos and Head teachers
• coach Senior Leaders in Schools
• deliver various therapeutic interventions and training including Drawing and Talking, ACT, DNA – V, Story links and Therapeutic Story Writing
• facilitate the development of Autism Champions in Southampton schools

Staff wellbeing is a high priority for our team. We provide all Educational Psychologists with a comprehensive induction programme, regular supervision, peer support and professional development opportunities. The council is committed to promoting a positive and flexible way of working which promotes employee wellbeing. Staff are supported with technology that allows flexibility in when and where they work.

From 1 June 2015, Soulbury posts within Southampton City Council were assimilated onto the council's pay scale and terms and conditions of employment. Terms and conditions established by the Soulbury Committee through national negotiation are used as a reference point for overall pay and conditions for this group of employees. A Soulbury adjustment payment is made to post holders to achieve parity with the national rates.

Applicants must be professionally qualified and registered with the HCPC.

Caroline Carpenter and/or Dawn Slattery, Joint Principal Educational Psychologists on .

• This post requires an Enhanced DBS check.
• Salary quoted is based on full‑time hours (37 hours).
• Salary will be in line with Soulbury A scale grades 2 – 7 with access to 3 SPA points; it is usual for successful candidates to start at the bottom of the pay grade, however the minimum salary will be £52,431 (pro rata) in line with SCC pay scales.

• Excellent local government pension with 15.2% employer contribution
• Death in service benefit of 3× salary, and…