As an Educational Psychologist for Dudley Council, you will be part of an enthusiastic team that is friendly, supportive, and well-regarded. Professional development is encouraged and time is protected for supervision and planned CPD. There are well-established links with the EP training course at The University of Birmingham and with other West Midlands local authorities. Dudley is very successful part-traded service. Trading with schools and colleges ensures early assessment and intervention to build capacity in our settings and support inclusion. Trading with other LA and Health services provides a broad range of work. We trade with services such as Virtual School, YJS, and Inclusion teams. We are commissioned for project work such as ELSA, EBSNA, WSA, nurture, and a broad funded training offer for schools. All EPs have a manageable caseload of schools, projects, statutory and special interest areas. If you’re a qualified EP looking to make a real change, who understands the true value of applied psychology in promoting positive outcomes for our most vulnerable children and families, then please get in touch. There are full time and part time positions available on a permanent basis. We welcome applications from experienced or newly qualified EPs, or EPs currently in training who are keen to explore new ways of working and fresh ideas. We look forward to working with you. EP salary is on Soulbury A Scale Points 3-8 (up to) 3 additional points for SPA. Applicants must be post-graduate qualified Educational Psychologists registered with the HCPC, or currently completing Doctoral level training in Educational Psychology. The post is full-time however, those interested in part-time will be considered. An enhanced DBS check is required for this post. If you’d like to have a chat before applying, feel free to contact the PEP, Dawn Goodall at EPSdudley.gov.uk So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application. Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough. If you require support completing an online or paper application form and or interview techniques, please contact Dudley Adult and Community Learning on 01384 818 143 or acldudley.gov.uk who can support with Digital Skills and Job Applications. If you have a disability and require assistance in making an application please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcingdudley.gov.uk If you are experiencing a problem whilst applying for a position, please follow the link below to the WM Jobs Help Page in the first instance https://help.wmjobs.co.uk/ If the WM Jobs Help Page does not resolve your issue then please contact the HR Resourcing Team via HR.Resourcingdudley.gov.uk Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness. The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so. The Council’s full Privacy and Disclaimer Statement can be accessed on the website at http://www.dudley.gov.uk/ N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications LI-DMBC2019 Attached documents Benefits List Person Spec Job Description