Senior Educational Psychologist

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About The Role
Dorset Council is seeking to appoint a part-time Senior Educational Psychologist (SEP) to the Dorchester and West locality, to work with the existing part-time SEP in Dorchester, and to join our thriving and supportive management team both within the locality and across the EPs.
Are you creative, dynamic, and passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children and young people? Do you have an enthusiasm for applying psychology to a range of contexts and to the development of EPs?
Are you looking to join a dynamic, supportive, and highly regarded educational psychology service? 'Dorset Children Thrive' is our model for delivering Children's Services. The model brings together many services and support for children and families into four integrated locality teams across Dorset. The locality teams bring together colleagues from across Early Help, Children's Social Care, Educational Psychology, SEND, and Inclusion services.
Senior educational psychologists are part of the senior management team in each locality and report to the respective Head of Locality; the Principal Educational Psychologist is part of the extended Leadership Team alongside colleagues from education, Early Help and Social Care and reports to the Corporate Director for Education and Learning and provides professional supervision to senior EPs.
The postholder will contribute to strategic developments to improve outcomes for children and young people. You will be expected to take a lead on specific strategic workstreams that are a priority for the locality as well as Children's Services and support Dorset Council in implementing strategic plans such as the SEND and Belonging strategy, leading on specific workstreams examples being relational practice, Therapeutic Thinking and EBSA.
We welcome applications from experienced EPs who hold a masters or doctorate in educational psychology and are registered with the HCPC.
Further Information
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If you would like to discuss the posts informally or visit the team please call or email:
Miriam Leigh, Principal Educational Psychologist 01305 228300
[email protected]
or
Paula Golding. Head of Locality and Strategy, Dorchester and West 01202 868237 [email protected]
Closing date 28 th April 2024
Interviews will take place on 9 th May 2024
This is a part time role at 18.5 hours per week.
This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.
This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. It will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders .
See our policy on safeguarding children and young people .
A generous relocation package is payable, of which up to £8,000 (of HMRC eligible elements) are free of tax. We can offer you help to move whether you are looking to buy or rent, depending on your circumstances.
Our package includes:
an initial advance of up to £2,500 payable when you start
help towards fees associated with buying/selling (up to £6,500)
an option to receive help towards your rent or mortgage in the first two years
This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.
We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.
If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at .
About Us
The work of Dorset EPs
Dorset Council Educational Psychologists (EPs) are a highly regarded team of professionals. They are creative, person and child centred and have excellent relationships with each other and partners. The educational psychologists are a core service which is provided to all schools, children and families across Dorset.
We are seeking applications from educational psychologists who are
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Able to place children and young people at the centre of practice.
Committed to supporting the inclusion of vulnerable children and young people.
Excellent communicators and take a relational approach to their leadership.
Looking to develop leadership skills applying psychology to a strategic management position.
Committed to supporting the development of EPs and other colleagues.
Able to use reflective supervision to develop supervisees and themselves.
Creative, flexible, positive and focused on solutions
Able to demonstrate effective work within a multi-disciplinary team
Pro-active in developing and sharing your knowledge and skills and developing strategy.
What will you get in return?
Flexible working patterns
A mixture of in-person and virtual working
Soulbury terms and conditions
Peer and management supervision
A team of friendly, supportive and professional colleagues both within the EP team and in Children's services
Good ICT
Be highly regarded and respected by stakeholders and professional colleagues
A beautiful mix of rural, town and coastal environments including Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, The Jurassic Coast and Blue Flag beaches.
Dorset Council: A great place to work
We're passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.
At Dorset Council we:
provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
have ambitious aspirations
are excited about our future
care about Dorset and all the people who live here
know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success
You will:
have access to a range of employee benefits
be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression
We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation. We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.
We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.
We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours . We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
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