Advert East Renfrewshire is looking to appoint a Depute Principal Educational Psychologist who will work with the Principal Educational Psychologist to lead and manage a motivated and dynamic Educational Psychology Service. The service is highly valued within the Education Department and contributes to the delivery of a range of outcomes within strategic priorities such as equality and inclusion, teacher professionalism, nurture, children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing, prevention and early intervention and GIRFEC. The successful candidate will lead specific areas of the service’s strategic work within the authority and will have generic responsibility for a group of educational establishments. She or he will also contribute to the provision of an excellent and equitable educational psychology service for East Renfrewshire Council, in accordance with statutory duties, relevant legislation and local authority policy and the standards of conduct, performance and ethics of the HCPC. Candidates must have an honours degree in psychology and post graduate training in educational psychology and be registered as an educational psychologist with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). Candidates should be able to demonstrate a proven track record and experience of leading aspects of educational psychology practice and strategic development initiatives within Education and Children’s Service. They should be fully committed to applying psychology to improve outcomes for the most vulnerable children and young people. This post is considered Regulated Work with Children, under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. It is an offence therefore to apply if you are barred from working with children. In addition to this, if you have lived or worked in any country outside the UK in the past 10 years, there may be a requirement for an overseas police check. Please note – all applicants will be asked to provide proof of their right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment will be conditional upon verifying documentary evidence before employment commences. Further information can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/prove-right-to-work Please note - East Renfrewshire Council does not provide Visa sponsorship. References – during your application form completion you must provide details of a minimum of 2 referees, 1 of which should be your most recent or current employer. It is also a requirement that the referees are your previous/current managers and are not the details of work colleagues operating at the same level as you or personal referees. Please note only work email addresses for referees will be accepted. Please contact hrdirect@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk with any questions. Additional Information Please click on the attachments below for full details of this post.