Educational Psychologist

Stockport Council; Stockport; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Stockport Council is seeking an enthusiastic Educational Psychologist to join a supportive team at Stopford House. The role offers flexible hours from 0.6 to 1.0 FTE and a Soulbury scale salary pro rata, with a permanent contract.

Applicants may include Year 3 Trainees due to qualify in September 2027. The service focuses on preventative work, consultation, and capacity building, with regular supervision and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, reflective and skilled Educational Psychologist to join our friendly and supportive team.
• Applications from current Year 3 Trainee EPs who are due to qualify in September 2027 are also welcomed.

Responsibilities

• Work on the Expert at Hand delivery and capacity building with schools.
• Benefit from reduced administrative tasks to maximise EP capacity for direct work with children and families.
• Engage in training, supervision and school-based projects to develop service delivery.

Job description

Educational Psychologist
Soulbury Scale A2-7 (£48,739 - £59,846 pro rata) plus up to 3 SPAs
Full Time & Part Time hours available (from 0.6 FTE to 1.0 FTE)
Permanent
Stopford House

Application Deadline: 11:59pm 25th October 2026
Shortlisting Date: 28th October 2026
Interview Date: 3rd November 2026
Interview Type: In person

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Your Role

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, reflective and skilled Educational Psychologist to join our friendly and supportive team.

Applications from current Year 3 Trainee EPs who are due to qualify in September 2027 are also welcomed.

This is a great opportunity to join Stockport EPS as we develop our preventative, consultation-led and capacity building ‘Expert at Hand‘ offer.

EPs will have a balance of work, with increased capacity to focus on Expert at Hand delivery and the type of work many psychologists came into the profession to do. Stockport EPs will have reduced administrative responsibilities/ report writing to maximise EP capacity for schools, plus ring-fenced time for psychological intervention (including therapeutic intervention), training, projects and service development.

About Us

As an Educational Psychologist in Stockport, you will have opportunities to contribute to a rich and developing offer, including:

• Expert at Hand: preventative, consultative and capacity-building work with schools and settings, focused on early help, inclusion and strengthening mainstream provision
• Close partnership with other services, including the Neurodevelopmental Team, Jigsaw (Emotional Wellbeing Team), Inclusion, Parenting Team, Portage and Children’s Therapy Services
• Opportunities to contribute to and expand on our existing centralised training and projects (e.g. Emotionally Based School Avoidance, Critical Incident, ELSA, Early Years ELSA, MeLSA, Better Playtimes and Lego Based Therapy, Mindfulness)
• Co-facilitate ELSA supervision groups, ensuring you have oversight of the work of ELSA intervention in your link schools
• SENCO group consultation for SENCOs in your link schools, providing protected space for collaborative problem-solving, reflection and continuing professional development.
• Opportunity to develop professional practice alongside experienced psychology practitioners (members of our team are trained in EMDR, Hypnosis, Narrative Therapy, Personal Construct Psychology etc).
• Monthly Information and advice sessions for parents and carers, delivered in conjunction with colleagues from the Neurodevelopmental Team and Jigsaw.
• High-quality statutory psychological advice within a new service delivery model designed to protect EP capacity for earlier intervention and broader systems work.

We offer a warm, friendly, supportive and ambitious service with an established team of highly skilled and experienced EPs. You will have regular management and peer supervision, opportunities to shape areas of work linked to your professional interests and the priorities of the service and LA. Dedicated office space with meeting rooms for direct work with children and families, agile working arrangements, good IT support.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

For an informal discussion, please contact Dr Martin Powell, Principal Educational Psychologist, on 0161 474 3870 or email: [e-mail]

The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application. Please also email [e-mail].

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