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Job Description
Principal Educational Psychologist and Head of Psychology Services
Soulbury B: 12-15 + 3SPA (£69,010 - £72,966) plus London Weighting, £3,595
Hybrid / Permanent / Full Time
Are you a dynamic, innovative and committed leader of educational psychology?
We are looking for an inspiring Principal Educational Psychologist who can lead and grow our team of Educational Psychologists. Lambeth's EP team is integral to driving inclusion for all children and young people and they are at the heart of our SEND offer. The Principal Educational Psychologist who leads our team will build upon the current 0-25 years' service delivery offer and be given resources to expand. We want our Principal Educational Psychologist to innovate and create opportunities for EPs to work in ways that meet the needs of our children, young people, families, and educational settings.
Our Principal Educational Psychologist will lead by example, sharing our core values: they will make a positive impact on the lives of children, and their families. They will support EY, schools, and colleges with complex systemic issues. They will promote the voice of the child and young person by being person centred. They will work collaboratively with partners supporting and informing strategic decision making. They will be excellent at relational-based pedagogy and trauma informed approaches. They will advance the thinking and practices of EPs by being an anti-racist practitioner and leader.
Lambeth's EP team has strong links with our Youth Offending Services, Virtual School for Looked after Children, Early Years and, the Mental Health Support Teams. The team actively engages in multi-agency work, interdisciplinary work, project work and collaborative action research, with many opportunities for team members to train across specialisms in order to create a more flexible and vibrant workforce.
About the Role
The Principal Educational Psychologist will be a key member of the Education and Learning Senior Leadership Team and provide strategic leadership and management for the Educational Psychology Service. As Principal Educational Psychologist you will have the strategic, operational, and interpersonal skills required to lead an EP service. The EPs in your team will provide a high quality psychological service that benefits children and young people, their families, and their educational settings. You will ensure that high quality statutory psychological advice is delivered in a timely way. You will have an important voice in shaping the SEND and Inclusion agenda across the borough.
Through the delivery of evidence-based practice, support and training to educational settings, the Educational Psychology Service will continue to promote wellbeing and equitable access to learning for all children and young people. With a focus on understanding the systems in which vulnerable children live and learn, the EP service will support children and young people in our educational settings to reach their learning potential, feel positive about themselves as learners, and prepared for the next phase of life.
Supporting you in The Role
Lambeth's Education and Learning Directorate is a learning organisation and we actively support and encourage applications from aspiring Senior and Deputy Principal Educational Psychologists who have had significant experience of leadership and management responsibilities. Promoted post holders will be provided with a leadership mentor from within the senior leadership team. External psychological supervision will be provided for the successful candidate in recognition of HCPC standards for all educational psychologists to receive psychological supervision.
For an informal discussion please contact: Sophie Garner, Assistant Director, Education Strategy, Access & Inclusion, SGarner@lambeth.gov.uk
Why Lambeth:-
- Fantastic, modern working environment in the award-winning Lambeth Town Hall and Civic Centre buildings
- Competitive Salaries
- Up to 35 days annual leave, dependent upon continuous service
- 5 Minutes from London Underground and excellent transport links into the centre of London
- Hybrid/Flexible working
- Cycle to Work Scheme (including City Bike Hire scheme)
- Attractive Local Government Pension Scheme
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Job Description and Specification
Closing Date: Sunday 16th June 2024 at midnight
Interviews: 28th June 2024
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