Rob Green

Qualifications

Role

Professional Tutor

Contact details

Direct line: 0117 331 0621

Email: mhxrg@bristol.ac.uk

Biography

• Assessment, Learning and Intervention
• Psychological Dimensions of Interpersonal Communication
• Dimensions of Social and Emotional Development
• Multi-Agency working

He has acted as a personal tutor to trainees in Years 1, and 2 of the programme. This has included tutorial sessions at the university and visits to the work/field placements to support and monitor the development of trainees’ learning. He has also contributed to many of the broader dimensions of the programme, including training days for fieldwork supervisors, interviewing prospective trainees and also, many of the planning, advisory and monitoring aspects of the course.

Within The Somerset Educational Psychology Service, he works as as a Specialist Senior Educational Psychologist, leading the work of The Service in relation to Children in Care. This includes input into the Local Authority Children’s Residential Units, The Somerset Leaving Care Service, The Somerset Adoption Support Service, and The Somerset Consultation Service for Children in Care and Adoptive Families. The Service also leads on training and development activities across the authority, in relation to Attachment and Resilience.

Previous Appointments 

Specialist Senior Educational Psychologist, Social Inclusion, Somerset Educational Psychology Service (September 2002 – August 2006)

This role included individual input into The Somerset Youth Offending Team (0.4), leading the work of the Service in relation to children and young people out of school (0.4) and generic work (0.2). The quality of the work with The Somerset Youth Offending Team was recognised in an external inspection in 2005.This comprised direct work with young offenders, training and consultation with colleagues. His work with The Somerset Youth Offending Team was followed up by the DfES commissioned research from Farrell et al (2004) – ‘A review of the functions and contribution of Educational Psychologists in England and Wales in light of ‘Every child Matters: Change for Children.’ The work of The Service with children and young people out of school, included direct work, consultation, training and systemic intervention to the Local Authority’s Pupil Referral Units. It also included leading strategic work and research for the Local Authority in relation to the education of children and young people out of school.

Educational Psychologist, BristolEducational Psychology Service (September 1998 – August 2002).

This work comprised generic work in schools in deprived areas of the city, and from September 2001 – August 2002, work with The Bristol On Track Project, aimed at reducing youth crime in Southmead. This included direct work with children and families, training for parents and coaching for teachers.

Professional Membership

• Association of Educational Psychologists

Major Achievements, Research and Publications

• Bristol On Track Project (2001 – 2002)
• Somerset Youth Offending Team (2002-2006)
• Social Inclusion, Somerset Educational Psychology Service (2002-06)
• ‘Preventing Permanent Exclusion: Learning the Lessons from other Local Authorities’, Somerset Educational Psychology Service, Somerset Local Authority (2005)
• Somerset Pupil Referral Service Emotional Health and Wellbeing of Staff, Somerset Educational Psychology Service (2006)
• CWDC Practitioner Led Research with The Somerset Leaving Care Service (2007-8)
• Doctoral Professional Training Programme in Educational Psychology, University of Bristol (2006-)
• Current CWDC Research Projects (led by Hampshire EPS and ExeterUniversity) into current professional practice of Somerset EPS in relation to Fostering, Adoption and Children in Care.