Educational Psychologist Harrow, England
Job description
This is an excellent opportunity to start your career or develop your skills within a supportive, progressive, and well-regarded service.
The Educational Psychology Service has developed a high level of commissioned work across the Borough, which has increased year-on-year. All of the mainstream maintained schools and academies in the Borough currently commission EP support from the Service. This enables – alongside statutory and other Local Authority core work – EP contribution to SEN Support level assessment and consultation, organisational support and intervention, and community-based projects. Members of the team each link with a relatively small number of schools and other settings, with scope to provide a range of support within them. There remains a healthy balance of pre-statutory and preventative work, alongside a statutory role. We are always developing our practice, and recently have been strengthening our work as a Service in meeting the Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs of children and young people in Harrow. This has included ELSA delivery, and joint working with our MHST and other partners.
We are a very positive, supportive and reflective team, which values individual strengths and interests as well as promoting team working and peer supervision. We offer thorough induction to all who join us as well as flexible working and continued professional development.
The Educational Psychology Service has a history of working very closely and collaboratively with schools and other professional partners including through co-location with: the S.E.N. Assessment and Review Service, Children and Young Adults 0-25 Disabilities Service, Community Learning Disability Team, Children’s Sensory Team, Autistic Spectrum Teachers and Portage Home Visitors. We are based in high tech and newly built Harrow Hub. This facilitates time spent working together, connecting, and learning with each other as a team, alongside a mobile and flexible working culture (for example through remote and hybrid meeting arrangements). We have outstanding IT for our business needs, including access to digital assessments.
To be qualified in or registered on the below:
- Educational Psychology MSc or Doctorate, or to be currently completing Educational Psychology Doctorate training
- HCPC Practitioner Psychologists registered or on the training programme
- An enhanced DBS check is required for this post
Additional information
Preferred start date 1st September 2023, or as soon as possible.
We also welcome applications from Trainee Educational Psychologists (including those in their second year of Doctoral training, with a view to starting in September 2024).
Informal enquiries are welcome.
Please contact: Hugh Watson (Principal Educational Psychologist; [email protected]), or Daniel Ruddock (Senior Educational Psychologist; [email protected]), or Natasha Kalogeropoulou (Senior Educational Psychologist; [email protected]), on 020 8051 8380
Support for candidates visit: Harrow.gov.uk
Here at Harrow Council, the vision is one of 'Working together to make a difference for Harrow'
Schools in Harrow are high achieving. Harrow recently ranked 6th nationally (top 4%), among 151 local authorities, for the percentage of its pupils achieving the expected standard in reading, writing and mathematics at Key Stage 2. Harrow ranked 4th (top 3%) for its GCSE 'progress' score.
