Specialist Senior Educational Psychologist

Specialist Senior Educational Psychologist 

Permanent

Soulbury EP Scale B  point 2-8 including  3SPAs £54609 -£63836

Working 36.5. hours per week

Birmingham is a vibrant city with a culturally and ethnically diverse population and the largest youth population in Europe, . Birmingham EPS is seeking to appoint an aspiring or experienced manager to support our vision to demonstrate positive impact in applying psychology to support the learning, development and emotional wellbeing of children and young people.  

Specialist Seniors EPs (SSEPs) have active roles and responsibilities within the four area teams and are part of the EPS senior leadership team.  The roles entail undertaking a lead strategic role in the delivery of Educational Psychology Services relating to a designated specialisms and for this post we are looking for a lead for Autism. You will lead on key developments, contribute to the development of training and resources, and work closely with our Local Area Partners. As a manager, the role will involve supervision of qualified EPs and assistant psychologists. Alongside the specialist and management activities, you will provide generic work for up to 30% of your time: delivering a psychology service through consultation and working with individual and groups of children, parents and carers, schools and early years providers, the local authority and partner agencies.

You will be joining one of our inclusive, friendly, reflective, and supportive teams which means working alongside over 40 HCPC registered educational psychologists and our valued team of assistant psychologists and with trainee colleagues on short- or long-term placements with us.  We also have a pool of Associate EP colleagues who support our statutory commitments and who are highly valued within our service
 

The Educational Psychology Service has an excellent reputation and has a strong commitment to innovation, quality improvement, research and development. We are engaged in a variety of initiatives such as ‘SCERTS’, ELSA, VIG, VERP, Mediated Learning, Trauma Informed Attachment Aware Schools and Restorative Practice. 

Our EPs have the freedom to engage in a range of work at the individual, small/ whole group, staff, parent, or systemic level. We are not a prescriptive service and value the diversity of approach each of our psychologists at all levels. There are flexible working hours and hybrid working options. Professional development opportunities and regular supervision and support from senior psychologists and peers. 

Applicants must be HCPC registered Educational Psychologists with at least 2 years’ experience as qualified EPs who can demonstrate relevant experience through their existing and past roles of leadership within their practice, and  supervision of and with others. 

For any informal enquires please contact: Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application.  The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post.  Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words.  Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such, applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.

We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Job Description and Person Specification

We are a disability confident employer and we encourage applicants with disabilities to apply. We also welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed. Non-UK applicants (excluding Ireland) may need to apply for a visa from the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) and may require a Certificate of Sponsorship from Birmingham City Council for a skilled worker visa (if the job is eligible).