Educational Psychologist

Olive Branch Recruitment is working on behalf of a private organisation who deliver specialised therapeutic education services to young people and provide support for their families. They have a requirement for a permanent Educational Psychologist – home based – to cover 8 schools across Staffordshire (3 schools) West Midlands (2 schools), Somerset (2 schools) & Cardiff (1 school). Visits to the schools can be conducted over 5 days in the month with the remaining time available for home-based assessments to be completed. Salary £65,000 per annum + £3,600 car allowance. Clinical * Deliver educational psychology services to schools within your designated region. * Provide specialist input on assessment, teaching, and special educational needs. * Use a consultation model to help staff implement strategies that support emotional well-being and positive outcomes. * Monitor progress and adjust interventions to ensure effectiveness. * Support schools in identifying and addressing systemic needs with evidence-based approaches. * Respond promptly to safeguarding concerns, following procedures and legal requirements. * Offer psychological support during critical incidents, such as bereavement or crisis situations. Training, Supervision, and Consultation * Deliver tailored training on trauma-informed approaches and other psychology topics, including follow up support to embed practices in schools. * Provide training on evidence-based interventions such as emotional literacy, social skills, and resilience building. * Share insights from projects to promote best practices across internal and external teams. * Develop training and workshop materials for your region and other Group services. * Offer consultation and advice to colleagues on psychological assessments and interventions. * Provide guidance on child trauma, attachment, and recovery across services. * Supervise and support assistant psychologists and other team members. * Deliver reflective supervision to Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) to support their well-being. * Offer ad hoc supervision to school staff to promote emotional resilience. * Support the setup and delivery of peer supervision in schools and within the clinical education team . Policy and Service Development * Contribute a psychological perspective in clinical service development meetings. * Support planning and delivery of services through agreed project work. * Advise on areas where psychological needs should be addressed and help implement changes. * Maintain effective communication with local authorities, NHS services, and other agencies. Evaluation and Research * Stay up to date with research to support evidence-based practice * Help coordinate outcome measures across the service * With approval, lead or support research on the care and education of children with complex needs * Offer guidance on research design and methods to colleagues from other professions About you * Essential: Postgraduate qualification in Educational Psychology — a minimum of a Master's degree if qualified before 2007, or a completed or in-progress Doctorate for those qualifying after. * Essential: An understanding of the UK educational system and of legislation, national guidelines * Essential: Experience of providing consultation, training, support and supervision * Essential: Ability to assess and manage risk and make complex judgements about risk issues * Desirable: Previous experience of working with independent special schools