Educational Psychologist / Senior Educational - Part-Time

Dorset Council is seeking to appoint a part-time Senior Educational Psychologist (SEP) to the Dorchester and West locality, to work with the existing part-time SEP in Dorchester, and to join our thriving and supportive management team both within the locality and across the EPs. Are you creative, dynamic, and passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of children and young people? Do you have an enthusiasm for applying psychology to a range of contexts and to the development of EPs? Are you looking to join a dynamic, supportive, and highly regarded educational psychology service? 'Dorset Children Thrive' is our model for delivering Children's Services. The model brings together many services and support for children and families into four integrated locality teams across Dorset. The locality teams bring together colleagues from across Early Help, Children's Social Care, Educational Psychology, SEND, and Inclusion services. Senior educational psychologists are part of the senior management team in each locality and report to the respective Head of Locality; the Principal Educational Psychologist is part of the extended Leadership Team alongside colleagues from education, Early Help and Social Care and reports to the Corporate Director for Education and Learning and provides professional supervision to senior EPs. The postholder will contribute to strategic developments to improve outcomes for children and young people. You will be expected to take a lead on specific strategic workstreams that are a priority for the locality as well as Children's Services and support Dorset Council in implementing strategic plans such as the SEND and Belonging strategy, leading on specific workstreams examples being relational practice, Therapeutic Thinking and EBSA. We welcome applications from experienced EPs who hold a masters or doctorate in educational psychology and are registered with the HCPC. This is a part time role at 18.This post requires significant travel. This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them. See our policy on the employment of ex-offenders . See our policy on safeguarding children and young people . A generous relocation package is payable, of which up to £8,000 (of HMRC eligible elements) are free of tax. We can offer you help to move whether you are looking to buy or rent, depending on your circumstances. help towards fees associated with buying/selling (up to £6,500) an option to receive help towards your rent or mortgage in the first two years If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at . Dorset Council Educational Psychologists (EPs) are a highly regarded team of professionals. They are creative, person and child centred and have excellent relationships with each other and partners. The educational psychologists are a core service which is provided to all schools, children and families across Dorset. Able to place children and young people at the centre of practice. Committed to supporting the inclusion of vulnerable children and young people. Looking to develop leadership skills applying psychology to a strategic management position. Creative, flexible, positive and focused on solutions Flexible working patterns A mixture of in-person and virtual working A team of friendly, supportive and professional colleagues both within the EP team and in Children's services A beautiful mix of rural, town and coastal environments including Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, The Jurassic Coast and Blue Flag beaches. care about Dorset and all the people who live here have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.