Salary: £57,954 to £65,432 per annum
Grade: Soulbury B Scale 2- 5 plus SPA £59,846 - £65,929 (Plus SPA up to £69,957)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 per week (Job shares would be considered)
Location: Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Note – the roles involve working countywide
Are you interested in a role which offers focussed strategic/systemic time, alongside time allocated to a group of local schools for cluster and casework?
Are you keen to work in a dynamic, growing, forward-thinking service and actively be part of the Experts at Hand offer?
As part of building our offer for Experts at Hand, North Yorkshire Council is seeking two Specialist Senior Educational Psychologiststo lead the development and delivery of inclusive, evidence-based psychological services through the following two roles:
Communication and Interaction - 1.0fte
SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) - 0.5fte
About the Service
Our team has grown significantly in the last two years and given us the opportunity to work creatively, and systemically, across a number of agendas including: Trauma-Informed approaches, working in the Best Start in Life strategy, within the PINS project, around barriers to engagement (EBSA), with military families and transitions work.
We have dedicated Task and Finish group time and CPD aligned with our vision of practice. Our vision, is to develop a creative educational psychology offer, underpinned by consultation, empowering others, and sustainability. While we do work in a large LA, we are extremely connected, across our whole team and local area teams.
About the roles
Alongside our SSEPs for the Virtual School and for Early Years, you will be responsible for developing and leading early intervention offers as part of the ‘Experts at Hand’ approach.
We are looking for EPs who:
· Work collaboratively as part of a creative team and can influence both strategy and practice in these areas.
· Are values-based practitioners who prioritise the voice of children and young people.
· Will develop and lead evidence-based projects focused on early intervention within their area of specialism, linking with key partners across the system.
· Will contribute to service planning, support the development of our service approach and individual practice, including through supervision and workforce development.
· Place psychology at the heart of reforms and strategic transformation, fostering collaboration and integrated working across agencies.
Applications are welcomed from candidates who have a master’s or doctorate level qualification in Educational Psychology and are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC.
You should be creative and forward thinking with the knowledge, skills, enthusiasm, and willingness to use psychological frameworks to facilitate positive change.
If you want the opportunity to promote psychology that makes a difference, we’d like to hear from you!
It is an exciting time in Children and Young Peoples Services in North Yorkshire as we plan our approach in respect of the Families First Partnership Programme and how we will be responding to the social care reforms. Work is underway to plan our approach and implementations for 2027. As a result of this, some realignment may happen with job roles in the future, we want to be transparent about this in respect of this role.
For full details of the role and to help with your application please see Job description
To find out more about what we offer please see Total rewards
For an informal discussion about the role then please contact Dr Ed Sugden - Interim Principal Educational Psychologist at ed.sugden@northyorks.gov.uk
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Key dates:
Closing date: 15th November 2026
Interview date: w/c 23rd November 2026.
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is a required for appointment to this post.
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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