Job summary
- Main area
- Psychologist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: 0.4 WTE
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 083-7873308-WW
- Employer
- Sirona care & health CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Osprey Court
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Educational Psychologist (Band 8a)
NHS AfC: Band 8a
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Job overview
We are looking for an Educational Psychologist to join this developing team and help shape a new way of supporting neurodivergent children and young people!
The Neurodiversity Support Team is a multidisciplinary clinical service working in partnership with education settings to deliver high-quality Neurodivergent Needs Analyses. The team provides expert guidance, consultation and quality assurance to ensure needs profiles are consistent, meaningful and impactful.
As part of a system-wide programme, the service is introducing Neurodivergent Needs Analysis across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). The team works closely with schools across the region, providing training, consultation and practical support to help them better understand and respond to the needs of neurodivergent children and young people.
The service champions early intervention and a needs-led approach, focusing on each child or young person’s strengths and challenges rather than diagnostic labels.
Available hours:
- 15 hours per week, permanent (minimum and maximum contracted hours)
Main duties of the job
As the Educational Psychologist, you will oversee the educational psychology aspects of the service, while also contributing to Needs Analysis activities, and helping schools understand and apply strengths and needs based strategies.
You will play a key role in helping education settings to interpret presenting information and consider potential contributing factors. You will work with colleagues within the team to ensure that Needs Analyses and accompanying strategies are informed by educational psychologist knowledge.
Key responsibilities include:
- Oversight of the psychological aspects of the service.
- Supporting education and health professionals in providing needs assessments for children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences.
- To support practitioners in the provision of educational psychology- informed advice/suggested strategies for education and health professionals, to meet CYP neurodivergent needs .
- To provide advice around supporting emotional regulation, mental health and other areas relating to neurodivergent needs, in school-based settings.
Working for our organisation
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training Required
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate doctoral level training (or equivalent) in educational psychology. Eligible for Chartered Status with the British Psychological Society.
Skills, Experience and Knowledge Required
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working with children with a range of complex neurodivergent needs, presenting with a wide range of psychological problems, in health and other settings.
- Evidence of developing own interests and skills in one or two specialist areas (relevant to working with neurodivergent children and young people).
- Evidence of supporting and/or leading on an area of service development.
- A thorough understanding of legislative and best practice frameworks that impact on health care for neurodivergent children.
- Ability to present complex and sensitive information in accessible forms to professionals, service users, carers and organisations.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebeccah Alderson-Love
- Job title
- Neurodiversity and Improvement Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
- To ensure a fair and anonymous shortlisting process, we are unable to consider any information about your experience or motivation submitted by email. Please include all relevant details within your application form.Please note that the available working hours are within the above job description.This is primarily an in‑person community role. Occasional home working may be possible depending on service needs, but not on fixed days.
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