Senior Specialist Educational Psychologist

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority council in the United Kingdom is seeking a Specialist Senior Educational Psychologist to collaborate with leadership and manage schools focused on Neurodiversity. Candidates should have at least three years of experience and possess a strong motivation to improve educational outcomes for children. This role promotes a flexible working environment and offers competitive benefits including generous leave, pension contributions, and professional supervision. Closing date for applications is March 2, 2026.

Benefits

Agile working

Generous annual leave

Access to benefits and discounts

Generous pension scheme

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years' experience in educational psychology.
• Ability to improve outcomes for children, young people, and families.
• Experience working at individual, group, and system levels.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on educational psychology service delivery.
• Manage a patch of schools focused on Neurodiversity.
• Provide support within a flexible working environment.

Skills

HCPC registered

Motivated

Enthusiastic

Creative

Excellent communicator

Job description

Overview

Due to increasing demand for our traded and local authority work, Warwickshire County Council are looking to recruit more Specialist Senior Educational Psychologists.

Warwickshire Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is a community focussed service, which strives for inclusion by removing barriers. We have continued to grow and further develop our offer and have maintained our well-founded reputation for supporting settings and other services. We have developed innovative ways of delivering support to parents/carers, children/young people, schools, and other settings, increasing the use of consultation, and continue to focus on gaining positive outcomes for Warwickshire’s children, young people and families.

Specialist Senior Educational Psychologists:

We are looking for a highly skilled, enthusiastic, and creative Specialist Senior EPs with a minimum of three years’ experience to work collaboratively with our leadership team and wider partners. We are seeking to fulfil two specialist roles in the area of Neurodiversity. The post holder will also have a patch of schools.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the leadership team and wider partners on educational psychology service delivery.
• Fulfil specialist roles in Neurodiversity and manage a patch of schools.
• Contribute to strategic initiatives within the Local Authority such as Senior Mental Health Lead Training, Attachment Aware and Trauma Informed Schools Projects, and other named programs.
• Provide professional supervision and support within a flexible working environment.

About the Service

We are a large, vibrant, and strong service of over forty EPs. Each team is led by a Senior Educational Psychologist. The breadth and range of work undertaken across the service is varied. We offer a range of generic and specialist work within the 0-25 age range in all types of educational settings and support flexible working practices. EPs are issued with a Surface Pro to support this.

What We Offer

We place a high value on work-life balance and provide an established programme of professional supervision through line management and peer approaches.

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Benefits

The benefits we offer include agile working, generous annual leave entitlement, bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, access to Vivup benefits and discounts, and a generous pension scheme with employer contributions around 19 percent per month.
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Key Skills and Experience

• HCPC registered.
• Motivated, enthusiastic, creative and successful EPs able to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.
• Ability to work through individual, group, and system level activity, including research and project work.
• Reflective practitioner, resilient, solution-oriented and an excellent communicator.

Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Successful applicants will be subject to pre-engagement checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. An individual assessment will be completed if a criminal offence is declared. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 applies.

The Fluency Duty requires accurate spoken English to provide advice to the public.

For further details please contact:

Tracey Underwood – Principal Educational Psychologist 01926 742921 or [e-mail]

Closing date: 2nd March 2026 | Interview date: 9th March 2026.

If you require application forms in an alternative format, language, or adjustments during the application process, please contact [e-mail].

Equality Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and addresses areas of under-representation in its workforce.