Principal Educational Psychologist
| Posting date: | 15 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | B16-18, £76,154 to £ 78,900 per annum plus up to three SPA points (existing points will be honoured) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 October 2025 |
| Location: | Newport, Isle Of Wight |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Isle of Wight Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2024_1028 |
Summary
37 hours per week
Do you want to make the difference to the lives of children and young people across the Isle of Wight?
Do you want to have a once in a career opportunity to set up a brand-new educational psychology department within the new Children’s Services Directorate at the Isle of Wight Council.
This is an exciting role over a range of services, linking them together to benefit children and young people on the Island. You will also lead our inclusion service across the Island. Joining up services to ensure children’s needs are better met. Our inclusion service operates a wide and interesting portfolio such as:
Inclusion support, including a traded offer
Attendance
Statutory attendance and exclusion
Elective Home Education
Child licensing
What will you be doing?
Set up and manage the Educational Psychology Service including management and supervision of staff.
Have oversight of strategic projects within the Educational Psychology and Inclusion Service.
Take responsibility for developing and monitoring service planning, including KPI’s and statutory timeframes.
Take responsibility for developing a traded service for Inclusion and Education Psychology.
Represent the Inclusion and Education Psychology Service within the various meetings and partnerships.
Work with senior colleagues to drive forward the Education Strategy.
Work with senior colleagues to improve SEN provision across the Island and contribute towards our Safety Valve work.
Work with senior colleagues to contribute towards our Area SEND preparation.
Improve the outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
About you:
A qualified Educational Psychologist with significant leadership experience
Able to work as part of a team, taking responsibility for areas they lead on.
Ability to access face to face meetings locally.
High quality verbal and written communication skills.
A commitment to ensuring children and young people across the Isle of Wight achieve their best outcomes and develop into independent adults.
As a new department we are building our reputation and relationships with schools and across the council.
We are ready to embark on a journey of development and growth and we are looking for enthusiastic and creative people to join a Senior Leadership Team which supports an ethos of distributed leadership across the Service, and who will help all our colleagues to be the best they can be.
We look forward to hearing from applicants who have:
A commitment to creativity and innovation.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
A passion for improving the life chances of others, and particularly those from vulnerable and/or marginalised groups.
An ability to work collaboratively with different professionals Applicants will need to be professionally qualified and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Do you want to make the difference to the lives of children and young people across the Isle of Wight?
Do you want to have a once in a career opportunity to set up a brand-new educational psychology department within the new Children’s Services Directorate at the Isle of Wight Council.
This is an exciting role over a range of services, linking them together to benefit children and young people on the Island. You will also lead our inclusion service across the Island. Joining up services to ensure children’s needs are better met. Our inclusion service operates a wide and interesting portfolio such as:
Inclusion support, including a traded offer
Attendance
Statutory attendance and exclusion
Elective Home Education
Child licensing
What will you be doing?
Set up and manage the Educational Psychology Service including management and supervision of staff.
Have oversight of strategic projects within the Educational Psychology and Inclusion Service.
Take responsibility for developing and monitoring service planning, including KPI’s and statutory timeframes.
Take responsibility for developing a traded service for Inclusion and Education Psychology.
Represent the Inclusion and Education Psychology Service within the various meetings and partnerships.
Work with senior colleagues to drive forward the Education Strategy.
Work with senior colleagues to improve SEN provision across the Island and contribute towards our Safety Valve work.
Work with senior colleagues to contribute towards our Area SEND preparation.
Improve the outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
About you:
A qualified Educational Psychologist with significant leadership experience
Able to work as part of a team, taking responsibility for areas they lead on.
Ability to access face to face meetings locally.
High quality verbal and written communication skills.
A commitment to ensuring children and young people across the Isle of Wight achieve their best outcomes and develop into independent adults.
As a new department we are building our reputation and relationships with schools and across the council.
We are ready to embark on a journey of development and growth and we are looking for enthusiastic and creative people to join a Senior Leadership Team which supports an ethos of distributed leadership across the Service, and who will help all our colleagues to be the best they can be.
We look forward to hearing from applicants who have:
A commitment to creativity and innovation.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
A passion for improving the life chances of others, and particularly those from vulnerable and/or marginalised groups.
An ability to work collaboratively with different professionals Applicants will need to be professionally qualified and registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
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