Deputy Principal Educational Psychologist

Luton’s Child and Educational Psychology Service is a dynamic and responsive service in the heart of our community. As well as providing statutory functions for the local authority, the service has been successfully trading with educational settings and local authority partners (e.g., Virtual School, Social Care, Youth services) over a number of years, with a focus on providing early, targeted support. We are excited to be building on this to provide greater access to children and young people and their families through increasing our community support, alongside multi-disciplinary innovative projects and training initiatives.
The team is located within the Education Service of the Children, Families and Education Directorate and maintains strong relationships with local area partners, which means we are well placed to support local area multi-disciplinary prevention, and early intervention initiatives. We are a diverse, friendly and creative team who are highly regarded by our council, schools and community partners.
Luton is a vibrant, multi-cultural town. Schools are inclusive and there is a strong emphasis on providing local provision for all Luton’s children. The Service supports trainees, provides opportunities for Educational Psychologists to develop specialist interests, protects supervision, and continued professional development time.
About the job
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Principal Educational Psychologist to join our friendly, forward-thinking Senior Leadership Team and contribute to the vision and strategic development of Luton’s Child and Educational Psychology Service.
The role includes all aspects of managing a team of Educational Psychologists (EPs), supported by Senior EPs and holding responsibilities for service related areas. This includes supporting the Principal Educational Psychologist in designing and developing a responsive and community-driven service to children, young people and their families in Luton. The role will continue positive multiagency partnerships with our colleagues in Education, Health and Social Care and brings exciting opportunities to develop new initiatives in collaboration with other organisations as part of the Luton Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) and Inclusion Strategy. This will include taking on specific functions as determined by the PEP.
About you
We would love to hear from you if you have the following experiences and interests:
Experience of working with children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability and a comprehensive knowledge of research informed interventions and approaches that prevent and meet SEN.
An interest in service delivery models and equity and access to educational and child psychological services.
Experience of managing staff, including supervision, implementing performance and quality assurance frameworks.
Experience of leading and managing projects and service initiatives
Experience of leading or co-designing action research projects
Applications for this Deputy Principal post are invited from experienced EPs who are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and have a professional qualification in Educational Psychology recognised by the British Psychological Society.

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