North Northamptonshire Council
Educational Psychologist
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About The Role
Do you make a real difference to the lives of children and young people?
We are very proud of our effective, friendly and supportive service, and you will be working alongside other committed professionals to maintain high standards. We are significantly involved in leading the current drive within the LA to maximise inclusion in our local educational settings. We are currently leading on developing and co-producing a strategy for all schools to be trained in relational approaches and trauma informed practice and to embed these in their policies and practice. And we have 4 Specialist Senior Educational Psychologists in post leading on developing inclusive practice: for children with a social worker; for children in the early years; for children who are neurodiverse; and for children who are at risk of social exclusion.
You’ll deliver a psychological service through consultation and working with individual and groups of children, parents and carers, schools and early years providers, the local authority and partner agencies.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people, through addressing more smartly the increased demand in accessing ours and related services.
For further insight into this opportunity, please view our video:
What will you be doing?
- You will be responsible to the area’s senior educational psychologist for the delivery of a psychological service to an identified number of schools and the surrounding community and participate in area and county development and working groups.
- You’ll undertake identified research and development activities and bring to the attention of the senior educational psychologist matters relating to the quality of educational provision and the effects of policy.
- You will make decisions on the appropriate form of response to requests for educational psychologist input.
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About You
- You will have a first degree in psychology or an equivalent qualification recognised by the BPS as conferring the Graduate Basis for Membership.
- Successfully completed a course of post graduate professional training recognised by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as conferring eligibility for registration as an educational psychologist.
- At least two years qualified classroom teaching experience.
- You will be able to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the statutory frameworks.
- You’ll be able to evidence of a commitment to maximise educational achievement and inclusion.
- You’ll be able to work with parents/carers as partners and be able to demonstrate evidence of a commitment to elicit the voice of the child.
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
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We Offer a Vibrant Working Environment With
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
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We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About Us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our Values Define Who We Are And How We Operate, By Forming The Foundation For How We Interact With Our Customers, Colleagues And Provide Our Services. They Are Also At The Forefront Of Our Decision Making And Delivery And Are
- Customer-focused
- Respectful
- Efficient
- Supportive
- Trustworthy
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
Disability Confident Employer
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council
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Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council
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Educational Psychologists JDPS - October 2026_Mike Simons.docx
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