Young Epilepsy

Senior Educational Psychologist

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an experienced educational psychologist to develop their career leading a team of educational psychologists as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The team works with children and young adults with learning difficulties in an educational and residential environment supporting staff to make a difference to the lives of children and young people. You should be familiar with systemic ideas, consultation models and have a sound grasp of psychological ideas to do with attachment, learning and behaviour. We apply a the person-centred model to support the children and young adults in our care. The children and young adults you will be supporting typically have autism and epilepsy alongside other conditions. You will be providing therapeutic input where it is appropriate.

Main duties of the job

BPS recognised professional training in Educational or Clinical Psychology
HCPC registered
A thorough understanding of UK legislation and statutory processes relating to SEND
An understanding of typical and atypical child development
Assessment to age 25
Good understanding of current developments within the specified professional field (Clinical, Educational and / or Neuro)
An understanding of systemic working
Evidence of applying psychological theory in the real-life context resulting in a tangible difference to quality of life of children and young adults.
Experience of working within school, college and residential settings
Experience of delivering training
Experience of delivering therapeutic support

About us

Young Epilepsy is the children and young peoples epilepsy charity. Our purpose is to create a society in which children andyoung people with epilepsy are enabled tothrive andfulfil their potential,in which their voices are respected, and their ambitions realised.

We work with children and young people across the country, as well as many of those people and organisations who shape their lives - parents, health and care professionals, researchers, teachers, policymakers and more.

Informed by young people and drawing on our strong legacy of expertise in education, health and research, we have developed and published our new 2020-2025 strategy. This focuses our work around 4 offers; Learning, Health, Research and Information, with firm foundations in our three value statements:

Young people are at the centre of everything we do
We work together to make a greater difference
We are courageous and ambitious for change

These values will ensure that we always put the voices, the rights and the best interests of children and young people first and commit us to working in partnerships that can increase our impact. They also ensure that we are inspired by the courage and ambition of the young people with whom we work, knowing that together, we can drive the change in society and services we all want to see.

Date posted

06 December 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£55,921 to £59,456 a year Soulbury Pay Scale B for Educational Psychologists Point 5-8

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Term time hours

Reference number

B0445-23-0004

Job locations

St Piers Lane

Lingfield

Surrey

RH7 6PW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

Responsible for the operational day-to-day delivery educational psychology input into the wellbeing of the children and young adults we support at St Piers School and College and Young Epilepsy. Ensuring that education psychology services are developed and delivered efficiently & effectively within robust educational and clinical frameworks, as well as incorporating flexibility and innovation as new opportunities and/or challenges present. To work closely with the educational teams, Head of Residential, Nurse Consultants and Head of Quality Improvement specifically to provide consistent and cohesive support to ensure positive outcomes for children and young adults. To contribute to the work of the therapies team through direct therapy practice.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Clinical and Managerial

To support the Executive Principal and the Therapies Lead in their role, contributing to decision making, service planning and strategy.

To undertake line management of the Psychology and Speech and Language teams including monitoring and reviewing performance.

To participate in education and residential panel assessment for suitability of children and young adults.

To promote and facilitate collaborative working, early intervention and integrated solutions, applying psychology to enhance the learning and development of children and young adults at St Piers.

To assess and provide psychological reports for new students to St Piers To undertake therapy sessions to support the emotional and mental health of children and young adults at St Piers.

To provide psychological advice to staff within St Piers educational and residential services including working closely with colleagues in the Wellbeing Team.

To provide a high-quality psychological service to students and their families, schools and other partners.

To provide Assessment and Psychological reports for the Assessment Unit in Young Epilepsy.

To provide training on Psychological Approaches to Behaviour.

To contribute to delivering positive outcomes for children and young people through creative application of psychology. This includes casework, consultation, projects and wider service initiatives.

Work in partnership with parents and in close co-operation with other services both within and outside Young Epilepsy in order to contribute to a co-ordinated service for children and young adults.

Be aware of, review, understand and meet organisation performance standards, policies and procedures, targets and key performance indicators.

To attend/chair/participate in various internal and external meetings, student reviews and committees etc. as required.

Responsible for ensuring all policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines relating to educational psychology interventions and/or areas of work are in place, maintained, reviewed and communicated effectively to the relevant teams.

General

Ensure all duties are carried out in accordance with Health and Safety regulations as given by the Young Epilepsy Health and Safety policy and procedures.

This Job Description is not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other reasonable and appropriate tasks.

Young Epilepsy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.