Educational Psychologist
19 days ago
Birmingham
Olive Branch Recruitment is working on behalf of a private organisation who deliver specialised therapeutic education services to young people and provide support for their families. They have a requirement for a permanent Educational Psychologist – home based – to cover 8 schools across Staffordshire (3 schools) West Midlands (2 schools), Somerset (2 schools) & Cardiff (1 school). Visits to the schools can be conducted over 5 days in the month with the remaining time available for home-based assessments to be completed. Salary £65,000 per annum + £3,600 car allowance. Clinical • Deliver educational psychology services to schools within your designated region., • Provide specialist input on assessment, teaching, and special educational needs., • Use a consultation model to help staff implement strategies that support emotional well-being and positive outcomes., • Monitor progress and adjust interventions to ensure effectiveness., • Support schools in identifying and addressing systemic needs with evidence-based approaches., • Respond promptly to safeguarding concerns, following procedures and legal requirements., • Offer psychological support during critical incidents, such as bereavement or crisis situations. Training, Supervision, and Consultation • Deliver tailored training on trauma-informed approaches and other psychology topics, including follow up support to embed practices in schools., • Provide training on evidence-based interventions such as emotional literacy, social skills, and resilience building., • Share insights from projects to promote best practices across internal and external teams., • Develop training and workshop materials for your region and other Group services., • Offer consultation and advice to colleagues on psychological assessments and interventions., • Provide guidance on child trauma, attachment, and recovery across services., • Supervise and support assistant psychologists and other team members., • Deliver reflective supervision to Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) to support their well-being., • Offer ad hoc supervision to school staff to promote emotional resilience., • Support the setup and delivery of peer supervision in schools and within the clinical education team . Policy and Service Development • Contribute a psychological perspective in clinical service development meetings., • Support planning and delivery of services through agreed project work., • Advise on areas where psychological needs should be addressed and help implement changes., • Maintain effective communication with local authorities, NHS services, and other agencies. Evaluation and Research • Stay up to date with research to support evidence-based practice, • Help coordinate outcome measures across the service, • With approval, lead or support research on the care and education of children with complex needs, • Offer guidance on research design and methods to colleagues from other professions About you • Essential: Postgraduate qualification in Educational Psychology — a minimum of a Master's degree if qualified before 2007, or a completed or in-progress Doctorate for those qualifying after., • Essential: An understanding of the UK educational system and of legislation, national guidelines, • Essential: Experience of providing consultation, training, support and supervision, • Essential: Ability to assess and manage risk and make complex judgements about risk issues, • Desirable: Previous experience of working with independent special schools