We are delighted to be offering this exciting opportunity for a Principal Educational Psychologist (EP) to join our innovative, friendly, and supportive team of EPs, working in the beautiful and historic city of York. The Educational Psychology Service is highly regarded by schools/settings and parents/carers; we are a valued service within the Local Authority.
As a Head of Service, you will be required to demonstrate skills and aptitudes to think strategically, innovatively, and effectively manage a team of highly competent psychologists. We offer a needs-led service model that supports a graduated approach through consultation to build capacity at SEN support and provide high-quality statutory assessments across the 0-25 age range.
Service priorities include developing ELSAs in schools, supporting pathways for children and young people with anxiety relating to school attendance, promoting trauma-informed practice in schools and settings, and supporting the LA offer for neurodiverse children/young people. We also lead the critical incident response in schools.
The Educational Psychology Service sits within the integrated SEND service as part of the Education and Skills team. We are small enough to feel like a family, yet big enough to influence nationally.
We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate EP who will be:
committed to inclusive philosophy and practice, able to offer effective role modelling and supervision to the team a team player, able to earn the trust and respect of colleagues, contributing to internal and external task groups experienced in line-managing psychologists, colleagues, and service development initiatives keen to promote opportunities to build capacity, including taking a lead on promoting and coordinating the EPS traded training model (includes our annual ELSA course) responsible for ensuring the team meets statutory duties/timescales relevant to the creation of high-quality Education Health and Care (EHC) Plans, promoting effective identification of need alongside the production of SMART outcomes and specific provision a committed advocate of Children’s Rights able to monitor professional standards through recruitment, induction, supervision, and performance management of qualified maingrade and Senior EPs confident and highly competent in the delivery of presentations and training to large multi-agency audiences an excellent communicator with effective time management skills creative, adaptable, and solution-oriented
We can offer you:
excellent professional relationships in a lively, proactive, and highly competent EP team access to regular 1-1 meetings with the Head of SEND offering a positive balance of support and challenge excellent opportunities to influence policy and practice through the SEND Senior Leadership Team and wider Extended Directorate Management Team opportunities for CPD, including leadership and management skills opportunities to lead on service development, including Local Authority initiatives comprehensive IT support including the provision of a laptop and smartphone flexible hybrid working arrangements, including multiple bases across the city generous annual leave (34 days) an excellent Local Authority staff benefit scheme with a wide range of clubs/societies
The successful applicant(s) will be required to visit schools and settings within the City of York Council boundaries, some of which are not easily accessible by public transport. Therefore, a full and valid driving licence is desirable.
City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different, and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.
Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor individuals for visas to work in the UK; therefore, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives, and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities, and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition, we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards, and savings.
For further information or an informal discussion, please contact: Maxine Squire at maxine.squire@york.gov.uk or on 07990793483.
Closing date: Thursday 23 January at 12 midnight
Interview date: Thursday 6 February 2025
NB: interviews will be face-to-face at our city centre base, West Offices.
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As a Head of Service, you will be required to demonstrate skills and aptitudes to think strategically, innovatively, and effectively manage a team of highly competent psychologists. We offer a needs-led service model that supports a graduated approach through consultation to build capacity at SEN support and provide high-quality statutory assessments across the 0-25 age range.
Service priorities include developing ELSAs in schools, supporting pathways for children and young people with anxiety relating to school attendance, promoting trauma-informed practice in schools and settings, and supporting the LA offer for neurodiverse children/young people. We also lead the critical incident response in schools.
The Educational Psychology Service sits within the integrated SEND service as part of the Education and Skills team. We are small enough to feel like a family, yet big enough to influence nationally.
We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate EP who will be:
committed to inclusive philosophy and practice, able to offer effective role modelling and supervision to the team a team player, able to earn the trust and respect of colleagues, contributing to internal and external task groups experienced in line-managing psychologists, colleagues, and service development initiatives keen to promote opportunities to build capacity, including taking a lead on promoting and coordinating the EPS traded training model (includes our annual ELSA course) responsible for ensuring the team meets statutory duties/timescales relevant to the creation of high-quality Education Health and Care (EHC) Plans, promoting effective identification of need alongside the production of SMART outcomes and specific provision a committed advocate of Children’s Rights able to monitor professional standards through recruitment, induction, supervision, and performance management of qualified maingrade and Senior EPs confident and highly competent in the delivery of presentations and training to large multi-agency audiences an excellent communicator with effective time management skills creative, adaptable, and solution-oriented
We can offer you:
excellent professional relationships in a lively, proactive, and highly competent EP team access to regular 1-1 meetings with the Head of SEND offering a positive balance of support and challenge excellent opportunities to influence policy and practice through the SEND Senior Leadership Team and wider Extended Directorate Management Team opportunities for CPD, including leadership and management skills opportunities to lead on service development, including Local Authority initiatives comprehensive IT support including the provision of a laptop and smartphone flexible hybrid working arrangements, including multiple bases across the city generous annual leave (34 days) an excellent Local Authority staff benefit scheme with a wide range of clubs/societies
The successful applicant(s) will be required to visit schools and settings within the City of York Council boundaries, some of which are not easily accessible by public transport. Therefore, a full and valid driving licence is desirable.
City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role. Each role at CYC is different, and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.
Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor individuals for visas to work in the UK; therefore, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives, and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities, and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition, we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards, and savings.
For further information or an informal discussion, please contact: Maxine Squire at maxine.squire@york.gov.uk or on 07990793483.
Closing date: Thursday 23 January at 12 midnight
Interview date: Thursday 6 February 2025
NB: interviews will be face-to-face at our city centre base, West Offices.
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