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What Schools Can Expect From The Service
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Tameside Educational Psychology Service is an evidence based consultation service.
This means that our work starts with collaborative and empowering conversations in the hope of bringing about positive change for children, young people, school staff and families.
Tameside Educational Psychology Service was co-produced with children and young people across Tameside therefore what is important to children and young people is at the forefront of our service delivery model. We currently provide services online and face-to-face where appropriate.
The exact nature and time required for our work will be determined at the planning meeting. Possible ways in which schools often use Educational Psychology time include:
Useful Documents
- Request for Involvement Form
- Service Level Agreement
- EPS Brochure
- Parent/Carer Educational Psychology Information Leaflet
Statutory Services
The Local Authority will provide statutory services to schools, settings and partner agencies. There will be no charge for these statutory services which include:- The provision of Psychological Advice as part of the Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) assessment process, when requested by the Local Authority SEN Team.
- Updated advice for pupils with EHCPs, when requested by the SEN Team.
- Other work commissioned by the Local Authority via the SEN panel.
- Critical Incident Support Service.
Traded Services
In addition to the above Statutory services, schools, settings and partner agencies now have the opportunity to purchase a wide range of additional packages of support through a service level agreement (SLA), as ‘traded services’. These can either be chosen from the brochure or can be specifically designed to meet your individual requirements.Services may be purchased by an individual school or a cluster of schools. Working in close partnership with schools provides greater opportunity for sustainable, positive outcomes for children. We also offer reduced rates for schools wishing to purchase higher numbers of hours. The charges are as follows:
Cost for Educational Psychologist to School:
Up to 20 hours is available at a cost of £100 per hour
21 to 40 hours is available at a cost of £90 per hour
Over 40 hours is available at a cost of £80 per hour
Half a day per week 8K TTO (excluding the first and final weeks of the year/ 3 hr sessions)
Cost for Assistant Educational Psychologist to School:
Up to 20 hours is available at a cost of £60 per hour
21 – 40 hours is available at a cost of £50 per hour
Over 40 hours is available at a cost of £40 per hour
Half a day a week 4K TTO (excluding the first and final weeks of the year/ 3 hrs sessions)
Please note: When multiple sessions are purchased these will usually be equally spread throughout the year in agreement with the school, setting or partner agency. When larger contracts are commissioned in advance costs can be further reduced.
Assistant Educational Psychologists
The service has begun an initiative to enhance our offer to schools through the recruitment of Assistant Educational Psychologists. These professionals have the prerequisites to apply for the doctoral training in Educational Psychology. They assist the service through conducting and supporting many of the functions of an Educational Psychologist including basic assessment work, information gathering, group work, individual intervention and training. Your named Educational Psychologist will advise you of activities that might be better supported or delivered by an Assistant. This will help to meet the needs of schools whilst also being cost effective.
Types of work that can be completed
The time can be used for prioritised casework which can take between 6 and 12 hours per case. The EPS work in a consultation model of service delivery which means all cases will require initial and review consultation with key adults, parents and child where appropriate. Assessment work would occur as part of this process where there is a clear purpose. All commissions have to include administrative time.The Educational Psychology Service can also offer a range of projects/research, training and interventions for your general population and/ or your SEN support population. It is expected that larger contracts will commission a range of activities within their hours.
Invoicing Arrangements
Invoices will be sent out at two points in the year, Spring term and Summer term depending on the amount of commissioned time/hours you have received from your Educational Psychologist. (This may be subject to change).Any additional charges will be discussed and agreed with the school before the service is undertaken.
Fees for ad hoc services will be charged immediately following delivery of the service.