Educational Psychologist

Royal Borough of Greenwich; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority psychological service in London is seeking educational psychologists to join a supportive team focused on delivering consultations and innovative interventions for children and families. Candidates are expected to be registered with the HCPC, demonstrate a commitment to anti-racism, and possess the ability to work collaboratively. Opportunities for professional development and a hybrid working model are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Environmental friendly accommodation

Support from educational psychologists association

Qualifications

• Ability to apply psychology creatively in various settings.
• Experience in child and family-centred approaches.
• Commitment to professional development within a dynamic team.

Responsibilities

• Support school and setting staff with training and consultancy.
• Deliver therapeutic interventions including cognitive behavioral approaches.
• Conduct multi-family therapy groups.

Skills

Creativity in applying psychology

Relationship building

Commitment to anti-racism

Education

Registered with HCPC

Job description

The Royal Greenwich Educational Psychology & Wellbeing Service (EP&WS) has recently expanded and are offering the opportunity for reflective and resourceful educational psychologists (EPs) tosupport our hard-working, friendly andambitiousteam of EPs, assistant EPs, EPs in training, counsellors, restorative approaches facilitators and businesssupportstaff.

The EPWS is located within the Inclusion, Learning and Achievement division of the Children’s Services department, based at The Woolwich Centre in the heart of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

We offer a highly valued traded service to a range of schools, early years settings, post-16 and alternative providers, and pride ourselves on the effective working relationships that we have developed with service users.Partnership working is embedded within the culture of Royal Greenwich services for children, with the EPS playing a key role in the local partnership wellbeing strategy.The EPWS incorporates counsellors and restorative approaches facilitators and trainers, and EPs work in partnership with colleagues from CAMHS, Health and Social Care. In addition, our EPs hold dedicated specialist roles working alongside colleagues within the:

• Virtual School
• ASD Outreach Team
• Early Years Inclusion Team
• Inclusion Service
• Youth Justice Service
• Family Hubs (offering interventions tosupportparent-infant relationships).

As a partly traded service we offer both the security and benefits of working for a Local Authority alongside greater opportunities to deliver a wide range of preventive work, projects and training.This helps to ensure a satisfying balance between statutory and non-statutory duties and we are pleased to have ongoingsupport from senior management to broaden our preventative offer.

Across the service we promote a consultation model of service delivery, whilst also valuing and respecting the diversity of approaches and interests across the team. We valuechildand family-centred practices and work creatively to develop bespoke intervention plans.There are opportunities for new colleagues to become involved in a range of projects on offer within the service, including:

• Supportingthe delivery of our highly-regarded ELSA programme – both training and supervision.
• Delivering interventions including VIG, cognitive behavioural approaches, MeLSA and Emotion Coaching
• Running multi-family therapy groups.
• Developing a LA wide offer tosupportchildren and young people with ADHD.
• Delivering training, development programmes, supervision and coaching for school and setting staff.
• Providing organisational consultancy for schools and early years settings.

The EPS has good links with university training providers and a strongcommitment tosupporting Educational Psychologists in Training.

As a member of the team, you will benefit from:

• Asupportive senior leadership team who arecommittedto the wellbeing of EPs and EPiTs across the service; wish to promote a fair andinclusiveworking environment; seek and areresponsiveto feedback; and show a strongcommitmentto anti-racism.
• Excellent working relationships and regular contact across the team.
• Excellent administrativesupportfrom our PsychologySupportOfficer.
• Opportunities to work alongside Assistant Educational Psychologists whosupport service delivery.
• An annual service CPD programme which includes whole-service andindividualCPD time.
• Protected time for clinical supervision and CPD, including regular peer consultation groups.
• Separation of supervision and line management.
• Centrally located, environmentally friendly accommodation.
• Excellent transport links – including the Elizabeth Line.
• Opportunities for remote/hybrid working and IT equipment tosupportthis (including a laptop or equivalent and ‘smart’ mobile phone).
• A good range of assessment resources and access to some of your own personal assessment tools tosupportyour work.
• Free parking space and car mileage allowance as an essential car user.
• Supportfrom our Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP) rep (for AEP members).

We would like to invite applicants who:

• Are able to creatively apply psychology in a range of settings, within the context of a consultation model of service delivery.
• Value working relationships with colleagues within the team, across Children’s Services and within the settings that they work.
• Arecommittedtochildand family-centred approaches.
• Want to develop and grow as a practitioner in a dynamic and expanding team.
• Shareour servicecommitmentto anti-racist practice.

Applications are welcome from experienced EPs, recently qualified EPs and those in years 2 and 3 of training.

Applicants must be registered with the HCPC, or expect to be on completion of their training.

We are also open to conversations with locum/ associate EPs.

Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this.We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community, and particularly welcome those from people from Black and global majority backgrounds, disabled people, and people from other diverse communities who are currently under-represented within our organisation.

Royal Borough of Greenwich iscommittedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers tosharethiscommitment.

Due to the safeguarding nature of this role, references will be taken up prior to interviews (Please see attached Safeguarding Statement).

If you would like to discuss this post informally, please contact;

• Sinead Neal (Co-Principal Educational Psychologist): 073 95 25 72 89 / [e-mail]
• Rachel O’Connor (Acting Co-Principal Educational Psychologist): 075 92 38 6952 / rachel.o’[e-mail]
• Karen Freeman (PsychologySupportOfficer): 020 8921 4818 / [e-mail] (who will put you in touch with one of our current Trainees or recently joined EPs).

Closing date for applications

17th November 2025

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.