A developing educational psychology service work-allocation model. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marsh, Alan J.; Higgins, Andrea
• Is Part Of: Educational psychology in practice. Volume 34:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 208
• Page End: 221
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Educational psychologist -- traded services -- work-allocation model -- local government – England -- local government – Wales; Educational psychology -- Periodicals; 370.1505
• DOI: 10.1080/02667363.2018.1424621
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0266-7363

Abstract

Abstract: As UK governments continue with the economic policy of deficit reduction from 2010, many Local Authorities' (LAs) Educational Psychology Services (EPSs) have begun to develop "traded" models of service delivery in order to maintain jobs and secure services. Nevertheless, EPSs still provide a core service delivery to schools, settings and geographical patches for statutory and pre-statutory work, which needs to be equitably distributed within the team to apportion demands and workloads. This article will discuss how a work-allocation model has developed in recent years, with reference to case studies from three diverse LAs.