Description Senior Educational Psychologist: Ref: CH02326 £61,721- £70, 265 (Scale B 4-10 including up to 3 SPA points) Contract: Full time, permanent "Walsall is a service where you feel known, supported, and trusted, with space to grow, innovate, and shape your own professional interests. I’m genuinely excited about the direction the service is heading and feel very proud to be a part of it." (Walsall EP) Are you a qualified HCPC-registered EP seeking to expand your leadership skills? Are you ready for a change or looking to take the next step in your career? Walsall Educational Psychology Service is seeking to recruit a Senior Educational Psychologist to join and support the leadership of our values-driven service. Our practice and service development is grounded in the following values : Meaningful: We have a positive impact by being meaningful and purposeful in what we do. Collaborative and Facilitate change: We work in collaboration with stakeholders to facilitate change and promote positive outcomes. Anti-oppressive practice: We work in an anti-oppressive way to promote equity. Creative and Innovative: We are creative and innovative in our application of psychology, which we apply in a diverse range of ways. Child-centred: Everything we do is done with the child/young person’s best interests in mind. We work with children/young people to generate a holistic understanding including the child/young person’s views and strengths. Supportive: We are supportive and compassionate with each other and with the individuals and communities we work with. We work to foster supportive systems that enables individuals, teams and communities to flourish. Successful candidates will join the existing senior leadership team to support our enthusiastic and creative team of specialist seniors, main grades and assistant psychologists and TEPs. We are seeking to appoint a Senior EP who will support transformational practice in response to the national SEND reforms and strengthen the capacity of the EPS to build creative, innovative, and psychologically driven solutions to support our communities, schools, families and young people. As a senior EP, the successful candidate will contribute to the development of a framework for practice as part of our Experts at Hand offer, focusing on systemic and organisational change, whole school strategic support for inclusion, and our offer at the Targeted and Specialist tiers, through the creative application of psychology. We are also seeking to a recruit a candidate who can also take a strategic lead in the following areas: Team development: Lead on the development of CPD activities, supervision systems and support the professional growth of service members, in order to enable our service to flourish and have a positive impact. Service-link to University training providers: Lead the co-ordination of and oversee Trainee placements in Walsall working in collaboration with university course providers. Digital innovation: Develop and expand our creative use of digital tools to support professional practice and engagement with our schools and partners. Supervision: Contribute to the supervision and line management of service members. About us Walsall EPS plays a key role in delivering the LA’s SEND and Inclusion strategy. We have strong relationships with teams across Children’s Services including the Virtual School and Youth Justice, as well as with Health and Social Care. Walsall EPS delivers statutory work, critical incident support, and substantial LA projects, alongside our current traded services to schools, where demand for the service remains high. We are a consultation-led service and have recently invested in refreshing our delivery model of consultation and are looking forward to further development and CPD in this area. The EPS provides central training offers to settings which include, ELSA, SCERTs, and EBSA guidance and training. We are also delivering LA commissioned projects focused on embedding inclusive practice, supporting transitions from primary to secondary school, and ensuring successful re-integration following exclusion. We would be interested in hearing from qualified EPs who want to develop skills in leadership and management and have some experience of supervising, and in leading or supporting project work in their current roles. What do we offer? Working for Walsall EPS has many benefits including: Regular opportunities for formal and peer supervision, which is protected within our allocation model. A program of in-house and externally commissioned CPD. Service members have the equivalent of 12 days of CPD (1.0 FTE) within their allocation. A generous annual leave entitlement. Service members have up to 35 days of annual leave (1.0 FTE). A flexitime system and agile working. A central office base which includes an on-site café, excellent IT support and equipment, a variety of open-plan working spaces, bookable room spaces and access to free parking. Access to administrative support teams. All applicants must hold the relevant professional qualification and be registered with the HCPC. For an informal discussion please contact Sam Samra, Principal Educational Psychologist (sam.samra@walsall.gov.uk) or Dipak Choudhury, Senior EP (dipak.choudhury@walsall.gov.uk). A full UK driving license is required for this role. View Job Description & Employee Specification Closing date: 14 th June. Interview date: provisionally 19 th June 2026. This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English. Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children, young people and vulnerable adults entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children, young people and vulnerable adults. Note: Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas. Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information. We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting agency applications or referrals at this time. At Walsall Council, we appreciate that AI can be a useful tool for ideas or guidance. However, we encourage you to make sure your application reflects your own voice and experiences. Over-reliance on AI can make responses feel less personal, and we really want to understand what makes you unique. Your experiences, skills, and perspective are what set you apart, so please ensure your application as a whole – particularly your ‘Supporting Information’ – reflects your own voice. Walsall Council’s Children’s Services are the only Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ local authority in the Black Country. During a visit in May 2025, Inspectors described Walsall Council as a place where children were at the heart of. The council’s journey of continuous improvement started in 2017 and has since transformed into a service with a clear vision, clear priorities and a clear plan, all informed by the views of our staff and children. Staff are at the core of delivering great outcomes for children and young people in Walsall, which is underpinned by our Walsall Right 4 Children vision. The latest Ofsted inspection demonstrated that staff in children’s services are proud to work for Walsall Council and feel supported to do great work.