Educational Psychologist

Keys; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Job summary

Keys Group is seeking an HCPC registered Educational Psychologist to join a regional cluster and lead educational psychology services for independent special schools. You will deliver consultation, direct work with young people and staff training, while supervising colleagues and contributing to local and national initiatives.

The role supports trauma-informed, relational approaches, with hybrid working combining home-based and in-person activities, and opportunities for CPD and research within

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualification in Educational Psychology — a Master’s for those qualifying before 2007, or a completed/in-progress Doctorate for later qualifiers.
• Understanding of the UK educational system and relevant legislation.
• Experience in providing consultation, training, support and supervision.
• Ability to assess and manage risk and make complex risk judgments.
• Desirable: experience with independent special schools.

Responsibilities

• Deliver educational psychology support across independent special schools, combining consultation, direct work with young people and staff training.
• Provide supervision to colleagues and contribute to local and national initiatives.
• Support the regional cluster and collaborate with other therapists within the team.
• Engage in CPD and research opportunities and contribute to developing the clinical service.

Skills

Consultation

Staff training

Supervision

Risk assessment

Education

Master's degree in Educational Psychology

Doctorate (completed or in-progress)

Tools

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Job description

Educational Psychologist
Salary - up to £63,000 PA DOE
Car Allowance - £3,600 PA
Location - Home based with travel required to schools within your region.
Ideal locations - Sheffield
Hours - Ideally 5 days but will consider 4 days

Join our forward‑thinking multi-disciplinary team and help empower young people through trauma‑informed and relational approaches. Working within a regional cluster, you’ll collaborate with an Occupational Therapist, a Speech and Language Therapist, and an Assistant EP,supported by a Principal Educational Psychologist.

You’ll deliver educational psychology support across independent special schools combiningconsultation, direct work with young people, and staff training to embed meaningful, lasting change. We offer strong opportunities for CPD and research, with space to grow your interests within Keys Group.

This is a chance to shape our developing clinical service, contribute to local and national initiatives, andprovide supervision to colleagues. You’ll join a friendly, inclusive team committed to making a real difference. This is a hybrid role, blending home working with in-person and remote support.

About you
As a HCPC registered Educational Psychologist, you will share our view that all children and young people deserve to be fully included and thrive within their educational setting. You will ideally have experience and knowledge of working in creative and innovative ways to support education teams in delivering relational approaches and meeting a wide variety of needs including SEMH.

This is a flexible and varied role that will appeal to Educational Psychologists who enjoy working systemically including developing and delivering training and using consultation to bring about positive change for young people.

Role requirements:

• Essential: Postgraduate qualification in Educational Psychology — a minimum of a Master's degree if qualified before 2007, or a completed or in-progress Doctorate for those qualifying after.
• Essential: An understanding of the UK educational system and of legislation, national guidelines
• Essential: Experience of providing consultation, training, support and supervision
• Essential: Ability to assess and manage risk and make complex judgements about risk issues
• Desirable: Previous experience of working with independent special schools.

Due to the nature of the role, it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken (DBS).

Keys are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.