Job Introduction
Educational Psychologist - 2 full-time positions
Salary- Soulbury Range 4 – 9, £49,789 - £59,807 (plus 3 SPA points)
(Pay Award Pending)
Closing date: Sunday 7th September 2025
Interview date: Monday 15th September 2025
We are growing our EP Team in BCP Council!
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council Educational Psychology Service provides a highly rated and well-valued service to children and young people within the LA and with strategic partners who value the distinctive contribution of the Educational Psychology Team and its positive person-centred ethos.
We are delighted to be able to appoint a number of Educational Psychologists to our supportive and friendly team and seek innovative and creative practitioners who are passionate about using psychology to influence systemic change within educational settings and the community.
Educational Psychologists in BCP can practice psychology in a range of ways including traded work with schools and contributions to area-wide and multi-agency funded projects and training. All team members able to develop a Lead EP Role in an area of special interest. Examples of projects and lead roles include:
- Emotional Literacy Support Assistant Training and development
- Emotional Based School Avoidance
- Critical Incident support
- Neurodiversity
- Mediated Learning Support Approach
More details about the range of work our service offers can be found within our attached service brochure and via this link: Educational Psychology Service (EPS).
We are committed to early intervention and passionate about inclusion and the implementation of the Graduated Response across BCP. We have strong links with universities and training providers in the region and use these connections to support our evidence-based practice. We have two secondments within our team to tutor roles within the EP training course at Southampton University.
Wellbeing, person-centredness and co-production are central priorities, both within the EPS team and across BCP Council. In addition to benefitting from regular opportunities for connection, collaboration, support and supervision (both individually and as part of a peer group), our team enjoy excellent and dedicated administrative support, a laptop and smartphone, and access to a wide set of tools, resources and CPD opportunities. BCP offers flexible working arrangements and hybrid virtual working options for remote working where practical. Schools can be matched to provide optimal efficiency for travel and there is accessible reduced-price city-centre parking.
You may be able to access a significant relocation package of up to £8,000. As a team we prioritise our well-being and regularly arrange social events such as BBQs on the beach, bowling and karaoke.
As a coastal unitary authority, we enjoy the best of a modern urban area as well as some of Europe’s best beaches, stunning countryside and close proximity to the New Forest.
We would welcome applications from professionally qualified, HCPC registered educational psychologists and from those who will be in their 2nd or 3rd year of training by September 2025 on an accredited educational psychology doctoral course - who will be eligible for HCPC registration once qualified. Those in other circumstances, perhaps returning to the profession or interested in working part time will also be considered.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Joanna Bispham (Senior EP): joanna.bispham@bcpcouncil.gov.uk or Karen Chester – (Interim Head of SEND Strategic) karen.chester@bcpcouncil.gov.uk to arrange.
More information about our team can be found here: Meet the team - Educational Psychology Service
About BCP Council
BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.
Our Benefits
We offer an excellent benefits package to colleagues. Find out more on our website
As a result of the creation of BCP Council in 2019, we are working on simplifying our terms and conditions of service and will be creating a single pay structure which is to be applicable for all employees. It is important to us that we offer benefits that our colleagues value as part of their total employment package and we are reviewing these to make sure we have it right. We have been in a process of collective bargaining since 2019 and have positively worked forward to reach an agreed position with the unions for the new contractual offer. This has taken longer than we hoped and therefore we are having to consider all alternative avenues available to enable us to remove inequality in the organisation as a result of bringing together 3 councils.
We are in the process of establishing a timescale for implementation, and all colleagues joining us will be included in these changes. We want to reassure everyone that whichever route is taken to reach the new terms and conditions, we can honour continuous service. If you have any questions at all about this process, please feel free to raise this with the hiring manager.
DBS
BCP Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the community and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Applicants to this post will be required to complete the appropriate level of Disclosure & Barring Service Check. Please refer to the Job Description or Role Profile for more details.
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