Educational Psychologist

Overview

In this Educational Psychologist role, you will support children and schools through high-quality psychological services. You join a collaborative service that prioritizes consultation, early intervention and whole-school approaches to SEND reform. You will develop, deliver and evaluate psychological support at individual and systemic levels, including multi-agency work and capacity-building. This is a hybrid role with flexible working and a strong focus on staff wellbeing and professional development. You will help shape innovative services like the Experts at Hand model while maintaining high professional standards.

Pay / Benefits

• staff wellbeing focus
• regular supervision and professional development
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements
• opportunities to shape innovative services
• employee benefits via Middlesbrough Council
• supportive and collaborative team culture

Responsibilities

• Provide consultation, assessment and intervention planning for individual children and young people
• Deliver training, solution-oriented meetings and capacity-building activities
• Engage in multi-agency collaboration and systemic approaches (Circles of Adults, PATH processes)
• Prepare high-quality statutory advice within statutory timescales and maintain no backlog of statutory assessments
• Contribute to service development and evaluation, including Experts at Hand and preventative approaches
• Participate in regular peer support, supervision and professional development
• Collaborate with schools and partner agencies to support early intervention and whole-school strategies

Key requirements

• HCPC registered
• Professionally qualified Educational Psychologist
• Ability to work collaboratively with families, children and professionals
• Experience in consultation and multi-agency working is desirable but not explicitly stated beyond expectations in the role

• interpersonal skills
• reflective approach
• collaborative working
• consultation
• assessment and intervention planning
• statutory advice within timescales

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