Educational Psychologist

Overview

Our Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is recruiting a qualified and experienced Educational Psychologist to join our strengths-based team. You will enjoy a varied, rewarding and meaningful workload, delivered alongside your core statutory responsibilities.

At Bracknell Forest, we pride ourselves on being a council which is stable and well-managed where our employees can thrive in a supportive environment. We understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance and offer a variety of flexible working practices, including options for remote working and arrangements that allow you to work from home, dependent on the needs of the service.

About you… We are looking for an Educational Psychologist who is enthusiastic about applying psychology to make a meaningful difference for children, young people and their families. In this role, you will be involved in shaping our new core service delivery offer so that it is evidence based and impactful. Alongside this you will deliver a traded service to education settings, commissioned work (Early Help, Virtual School and Children’s Social Care) and lead on projects such as ELSA, PINS and our parent/carer helpline.

We welcome applications from third year Trainee Educational Psychologists.

The Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is a small, highly skilled team of Educational Psychologists who work collaboratively with children, young people, their families and other professionals across a range of settings. We apply psychology to bring about positive change, support progress in learning and enhance emotional wellbeing.

Educational Psychologists (EPs) in Bracknell Forest pride themselves on being inclusive, person-centred and trauma informed. We provide a balanced workload to all our team members - Seniors, EPs, and Trainees - and offer opportunities to develop or extend specialist interests and skills aligned with our service plan and the evolving needs of the wider organisation. We have regular face to face team meetings in our central Bracknell office in addition to regular peer supervision and continuous professional development opportunities.

We actively encourage collaborative working with fellow Educational Psychologists and colleagues across the local authority.

• Provide a traded service to link education settings alongside delivering a free systemic offer that is available to all education settings.
• Deliver core EPS commissions within the Council (Virtual School, Social Care and Early Help) and lead on a variety of strategic projects (ELSA, PINS, parent/carer helpline).
• Shape and innovate strategy including supporting the SEND Priority Action Plan and Health Transformation Programme within the Council and across the wider community.
• Provide high-quality psychological advice as part of statutory EHC needs assessments.
• Contribute to SEND decision making groups by advocating for children and young people and contributing a psychological viewpoint.

Interviews will be held on Monday 23rd February. Interviews will be conducted in person, providing candidates with the chance to personally meet the team and experience our work environment.

We will be reviewing applications regularly and reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified. To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.

Please note AI is prohibited during the interview, any candidate using AI will be withdrawn from consideration.

Want to ask us a question? For an informal discussion or to ask any questions about this role, please contact:

• Catherine Reynolds (Principal Educational Psychologist):
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• Anna Bryant (Senior Educational Psychologist):
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• Sam Broomfield (Senior Educational Psychologist):
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Bracknell Forest Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect everyone employed with us to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check as part of our pre-employment checks process.

We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK.

Candidates currently residing in the UK who require sponsorship to work are encouraged to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) based on the relevant criteria. Please be aware that sponsorship availability varies and is subject to eligibility requirements and budget limitations. As a result, we cannot guarantee sponsorship for all roles and will evaluate sponsorship requests on a case-by-case basis.

No agencies please.