Educational Psychologist

Kent County Council; England; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority educational service in the UK is looking for passionate Educational Psychologists to join their team. Located across Kent, these roles involve community-based psychological practices, training, and supporting school systems. The service offers flexible arrangements, substantial financial incentives including relocation expenses, and opportunities for professional development. If you're keen to make a difference for children and young people, we invite you to apply.

Benefits

Annual retention payment of £3000

Golden hello of £2000 for new joiners

Relocation expenses up to £8000

Flexible working arrangements

Structured induction and supervision

Qualifications

• Must be professionally qualified and registered with the HCPC.
• Experience or qualification in Educational Psychology.
• Ability to work directly with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Develop community-based Educational Psychology practices.
• Lead multi-agency emotions-based school avoidance pathway.
• Deliver training to Emotional Literacy Support Assistants.
• Support schools with neurodevelopmental pathways around autism.
• Facilitate School Based Reviews to initiate systemic change.

Skills

Communication skills

Evaluation and assessment

Team collaboration

Emotional Literacy Support

Flexibility

Education

Doctorate in Educational Psychology

Job description

Role Responsibility

Salary : £51,893 - £57,954 per annum (Soulbury Scale A 5-8

• NQ EPs will start on Point 5) | Plus up-to 3 SPA points | Plus £3000 retention payment | Plus £2000 golden hello for those new to Kent

Full-time & Part-time posts available

Work Locations across Kent

Are you interested in developing your Community-based Educational Psychology practice and providing responsive, evidence based psychological interventions across early years settings, Family Hubs, schools and with children and families across Kent?

Kent Educational Psychology Services vision is to develop a Local Authority EP service where our identity as Local Authority EPs is focused on community and relationships.

If you are an experienced Educational Psychologist, recently qualified or in your final year of Doctoral training and are passionate about making a meaningful difference for children and young people then we would like to hear from you.

Working alongside other partners in Education, Health and Social Care we provide schools with a Link Educational Psychologist who is part of a multi-agency Professional Resource Group. Together, they support a Community of Schools, offering systemic input across multiple levels.

The Service is strategically positioned within the Local Authority with our psychologists primarily delivering community focussed services, receiving their own CPD, admin and supervision for 60% of their time because we recognise that early intervention is fundamental in addressing the crises in SEN and providing more accessible support to families and schools at an earlier stage.

As a Kent Educational Psychologist you will join a service with an excellent reputation across the county. Or work includes :

• Leading the multi-agency emotion based school avoidance pathway
• Delivering training and supervising Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSAs)
• Community focused work with links to Family Hubs and Social Care, exclusions support and the Youth Justice Teams
• Supporting the neurodevelopmental pathway around autism diagnoses and support in schools
• Facilitating School Based Reviews that lead to systemic change, collaborative working, and targeted interventions

We offer a rich CPD programme where you can develop further skills in Supervision, Video Interaction Guidance, Power Threat Meaning Framework, Dynamic assessment and so much more! We are integrating the offer of coaching and further leadership training support to provide ongoing professional development and EPs have multiple opportunities to develop specialisms and leadership roles through supporting our many areas of work and our flourishing Trainee and Assistant EP programmes. We are developing our anti-racism strategy, aiming to embed anti-racist practice with psychologists encouraged to undertake regular reflective sessions relating to this issue.

Educational psychologists joining Kent EP Service are rewarded with a generous financial package that includes a golden hello of £2000 and an annual retention payment of £3000. There are also relocation expenses of up to £8000 payable for those moving to Kent. We offer flexible working arrangements supported by a laptop and smartphone, structured induction, highly regarded CPD opportunities, individual and peer group supervision and the support of an excellent dedicated administrative team.

We have opportunities available across Kent. Work base locations can be discussed at interview. If you would like to be part of a creative, innovative Service then we would welcome an application from you.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English / Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description / Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Applicants must be professionally qualified and registered with the HCPC.

This is a rolling advert and applications will be reviewed regularly. If your application is successfully shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.