North Somerset Council · England
This is a live UK-based role at North Somerset Council, a UK Skilled Worker sponsor tracked by Sponsorly AI against the Home Office register. Posted 24 September 2026. Listed as open until 29 October 2026.
About the team North Somerset Educational Psychology Service is a small, supportive and close team. We look out for each other and we're passionate about what we do. Our service values are compassion, curiosity and collaboration, and they shape how we work with children, families, schools and each other. We work across statutory, preventative and traded functions, and we're at the centre of North Somerset's SEND reforms. Our Principal EP leads the Experts at Hand programme, and our EPs are shaping how it works from the ground up. The Role We're looking for an educational psychologist to join us on a permanent contract. You'll have your own group of link schools and work with children and young people aged 0 to 25, their families and the adults around them. Our aim is to ensure that no more than 50% of your allocation will be statutory work. The rest covers Experts at Hand, traded work with schools, early years, and wider service work that can include the virtual school and children in care, and our library of EP-developed training. In North Somerset, Experts at Hand will have three tiers. Tier 1 is what every school provides for children with additional needs, backed by our SEND Provision Expectations and EP-developed training and resources. Tier 2 is the heart of the programme. Multidisciplinary locality teams of EPs, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, advisory teachers and parent experts work alongside school staff through consultation, coaching, supervision, modelling and training, and schools can access this support without a referral. Tier 3, coordinated by our Senior EP, offers individual assessment and formulation, including person-centred approaches such as PATH and MAP, where Tier 2 support is in place and a question remains. This is a chance to use the full range of your psychology, work systemically with schools and families, and help shape a new way of working across North Somerset. The traded service continues alongside it, so you keep variety in your practice. The team includes an Impact Analyst who runs our data systems and supports admin, so more of your time is spent on delivering face-to-face support Key responsibilities: Provide a consultation-based EP service to a group of link schools Work in a multidisciplinary Experts at Hand locality team, building school capacity through consultation, coaching, supervision and training Carry out individual assessment, formulation and intervention where needed Provide psychological advice for Education, Health and Care needs assessments, and contribute to reviews and tribunals where needed Deliver training and traded work, and contribute to service development and evaluation This position is exempt under the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order 1975 and is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Valid driving licence and own transport, or be able to provide alternative, suitable method …
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