Educational Psychologist

Haringey Council; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Local Government Pension Scheme

Job summary

Haringey Council is seeking a qualified Educational Psychologist to join the Haringey Educational Psychology Service in London. The role focuses on improving the social, emotional and educational lives of children and young people through evidence-based practice and collaborative work with schools and families.

The service emphasises professional development, supervision and close links with university courses and CAMHS, supporting practitioners to develop within a dynamic, multi‑agency

Qualifications

• Deliver a psychological service (including statutory and non-statutory work) across a range of settings to support children, young people, schools and families.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop effective relationships with children, parents, schools and other professionals.
• Professional, well organised and reflective approach.
• Skills in facilitating and implementing change across complex systems.
• Will make a positive contribution to the service and Local Authority.

Responsibilities

• Provide a wide range of psychological input across settings to support children and young people.
• Contribute to service development and professional training.
• Engage in consultation, assessment, intervention, research and evaluation.
• Collaborate with CAMHS and partner services to support well-being.

Job description

Job Description

Contract Terms

Grade: Soulbury Scale A, 6-11

Salary: (Scale 6 £57,680 – Scale 11 £63,394) inclusive of inner London weighting and up to 3 SPA points

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 13th September 2026

Interview Dates: Week Commencing 21st September 2026

If you would like to find out more about the role or our service, please contact Carolyn Graham, Senior Educational Psychologist ([e-mail]) or Sanchita Chowdhury, Senior Educational Psychologist ([e-mail]) or [e-mail] or by telephone on 0208 489 3004/07971 964238

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change‑makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About The Role

We are looking to appoint suitably qualified, motivated and innovative practitioners who are passionate about improving the social, emotional and educational lives of children and young people through working collaboratively as part of our team. We are a friendly and supportive team whose primary aim is to use high quality, evidence-based, applied psychology to enable all children and young people to achieve their maximum potential and become confident and emotionally healthy individuals.

As a member of the team, you will be encouraged to develop and build on your skills, knowledge and interests in order to contribute to the service offer and strategic development. The service has a strong commitment to professional development and supports team members with ongoing training. The EPS has close links with university courses and excellent relationships with educational settings and partner services across Children’s Services and with CAMHS and other well-being and mental health services.

About The Team

Haringey Educational Psychology Service

Our Vision – Children and young people at the centre of everything we do

Our Mission – Using psychology to enable positive changes for children and young people

Our Core Values – Child-centred; Collaborative; Strengths-based; Inclusive; Empowering

Haringey Educational Psychology Service is a highly qualified dynamic team who offer effective applied psychology to children, young people and those who support them. Our service is part-traded, with commissions from schools and a number of partner agencies, including Public Health and the Virtual School Team. We are part of the GEMHS Mental Health Support Team partnership alongside mental health professionals from CAMHS, the voluntary sector, Deep Black, and Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, to support the emotional wellbeing of children, young people and their parents across a range of schools in Haringey. Our EP practice incorporates consultation, assessment, intervention, research and evaluation, training and systemic work with settings. There are many opportunities to innovate and deliver psychological input into project work including: parenting and family work (e.g. termly Webster-Stratton, monthly parent consultations); VIG; Early Years and School age ELSA training and half-termly supervision, a ‘waiting well’ offer in partnership with CAMHS; therapeutic interventions (including CBT, ACT, mindfulness); and sleep consultations. The EPS has been commissioned to be part of the multi-agency Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforce project aimed at keeping children and young people in school and reducing crime. We are also working with the Resettlement Team who support refugee, migrant and asylum seeker families newly arrived to Haringey. We are looking to grow our team and develop our local Experts at Hand Offer as we move forward with the 2026 SEND reforms.

About You

We are seeking qualified educational psychologists:

• who can deliver a psychological service (including statutory and non-statutory work) across a range of settings to support children, young people, schools and families.
• with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop effective relationships with children, parents, schools and other professionals
• with a professional, well organised and reflective approach
• with skills in facilitating and implementing change across complex systems
• who will make a positive contribution to the service and Local Authority

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

We reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications.

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