Position reference: 50009780, 50121407, 50009779
Directorate: Children's Services | Service: Education, Early Start & Prevention
Salary: £49,789 - £59,807 (plus up to 3 SPA points) pro rata Plus laptop
Working Arrangements: Agile Working
Hours per week: 1 x Full Time, 2 x Part Time (0.8 fte)
Contract type: Permanent
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
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Closing date: 02/05/2025 at 23:59
The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.
This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check
If you are currently living overseas or have lived overseas in the last five years please be aware, if you are the preferred candidate for the post, you will be required to apply for an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in. If you experience difficulty in obtaining an overseas criminal record check please email dbs@barnsley.gov.uk
When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker.
Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.
At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to people’s lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.
We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
There’s so much happening in our thriving borough, and now’s the perfect time to join our excellent Education, Early Start & Prevention team as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- We’re an award-winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough supporting around 243,000 people.
- Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
- If you join the team you’ll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we’ll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
- We’ll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
- There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- Key to our success is working with our residents, partners, businesses and organisations and building these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.
About the Post:
The Educational Psychologist role:
Barnsley Educational, Child and Community Psychology Service (BECCPS) are a highly regarded forward thinking team, with a shared commitment to working collaboratively with others to build capacity and bring about positive change for children and young people. We are a high-profile service within the local authority and play a key role in informing and delivering strategic outcomes to promote positive change for children and young people with SEN. We are a non-traded service and practice within the full range of settings across Barnsley and also provide a psychology service to the Youth Justice Team and Virtual school.
BECCPS sits within the Education Inclusion Service (EIS) with the Principal Educational Psychologists managing the Social Communication and Interaction Service, the Portage Service and the Sensory Service. As an Educational Psychologist in Barnsley, you would be working within a robust, needs-led service model that supports a graduated approach with a focus on building capacity at SEN support. We value joint working and development work, and you would have the opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues to deliver whole school training, centralised training and drive forward LA SEND agendas through task and finish working party groups. We are a service that values leadership at all levels working collaboratively as a team to create opportunities for staff to shape and develop our service.
Consultation approaches are at the heart of our service model, and you would be able to further develop your consultation skills to facilitate collaborative working and strengthen existing inclusive practice across Barnsley. As a team we are committed to working with children, young people, parents/carers and other professionals through person centred, strength-based approaches that are outcome focused.
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent services, and taking pride in what we do. Relational approaches are fundamental to how we work. We support well-being through structured and informal peer support alongside professional development opportunities. We are a service committed to and place a high value on supervision offering a range that includes individual supervision, peer group support, and group problem solving sessions.
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic, creative colleagues to join a dedicated and innovative team of professionals to play a key role in shaping future approaches to inclusion at a local authority level. We offer excellent town centre office space, remote working, flexible working and promote a good work life balance. We offer a full induction from a welcoming and supportive team.
If you are interested in joining a forward thinking, enthusiastic and committed team with opportunities for varied work we look forward to hearing from you. We welcome applications from trainees in year 2 or 3 of the training course, newly qualified and experienced Educational Psychologists.
All candidates must be professionally qualified and registered with the HCPC or be currently in training.
As part of this role, you will be required to travel to schools and settings out in the community.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post
Apply
Please contact Dr Naomi Robinson or Jo Patterson (Principal Educational Psychologists) if you would like to learn more about the posts at naomirobinson@barnsley.gov.uk or joannepatterson@barnsley.gov.uk .
Closing date for applications: 2nd May 2025
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: Educational Psychologist Job Profile.pdf
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile LOW.pdf
Help with your application form
Please ensure you view the job profile for this role, as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.
We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to address any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including as a result of caring responsibilities.
We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued and everyone truly feels able to be themselves. If you have any support needs during the recruitment process, please let us know.
CV's are not accepted for this role.
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