Senior Educational Psychologist

To provide high-quality educational psychology services that improve outcomes for children and young people aged 0 to 25 years. The postholder will undertake statutory and non-statutory work, provide consultation and intervention at individual, group and systemic levels, support inclusion and SEND reforms, contribute to service development, and provide professional leadership within the Educational Psychology Service.

The Senior Educational Psychologist will be expected to lead areas of strategic development, support the delivery of traded and statutory services, supervise colleagues and trainees, and contribute to the development of psychologically informed practice across education, health and care systems.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

If you’d like to have a chat before applying, feel free to contact the PEP, Tara Smith at [email removed]

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

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N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications

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