Educational Psychologist

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

Job summary

Keys Group is seeking an Educational Psychologist to work across a cluster of independent special schools. The role blends home-based work with travel to schools in your region, supporting students, staff, and school teams.

You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary colleagues and contribute to trauma-informed approaches. As an HCPC registered EP with postgraduate training, you will lead consultations, deliver training, and supervise colleagues while advancing professional development and

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Educational Psychologist.
• Postgraduate qualification in Educational Psychology.
• Understanding of the UK educational system and legislation.
• Experience of providing consultation, training, support and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Deliver educational psychology support across independent special schools.
• Provide consultation, direct work with young people, and staff training.
• Support CPD and research, and develop/lead local initiatives.
• Provide supervision to colleagues and contribute to service development.

Skills

Consultation

Training delivery

Staff supervision

Risk assessment

Systemic working

Education

Postgraduate qualification in Educational Psychology

Master's degree (before 2007)

Doctorate (after qualification)

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.

As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for.