Trainee Educational Psychologist

Lancashire County Council; Lancashire; Hybride; GBP 31 000 - 38 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Excellent ICT support

Flexible working options

Supportive leadership

Résumé du poste

Lancashire County Council's Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is seeking a 3rd year Trainee Educational Psychologist on the Soulbury scale. You must be on a Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology and due to qualify in Summer 2027.

You will be allocated a district of schools, develop workshops with colleagues, and deliver psychological services to promote educational outcomes and emotional well-being, including potential ELSA training and regional partnership work.

Qualifications

• You will need to utilise your consultation skills to support settings to review practice and consider implementation of new approaches.
• You will be allocated a district of schools and develop workshops with colleagues on topics relevant to the needs of your district.

Responsabilités

• Develop workshops with colleagues on topics relevant to district needs.
• Provide psychological services to promote educational outcomes and emotional well-being.
• Potential delivery of Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) training.
• Engage with the Virtual School Team and Family Hubs to support Best Start in Life initiatives.
• Support inclusion for neurodiverse young people in secondary schools.

Connaissances

Consultation skills

Group work skills

Formation

Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology

Description du poste

Job Description

Salary £34,817 per annum | Trainee Educational Psychologist

International Sponsorship

This role is not open to international sponsorship.

Trainee Educational Psychologist (TEP)

(Soulbury 'Trainee Educational Psychologists' Scale: Point 2 in the 2nd Year of the Doctorate and Point 3 in the 3rd Year)

Lancashire County Council's (LCC's) Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is looking to recruit a 3rd year Trainee Educational Psychologist (TEP) with a current place on a Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology course, due to qualify in Summer 2027.

We comprise of three dynamic, friendly and supportive teams of educational psychologists, who are committed to optimising outcomes for children and young people and providing support and help to those who need it. The successful candidate would be able to express a preference for the team in which they would like to be based, which is likely to be advantageous to applicants, given the large geographical area of Lancashire.

We are looking for TEPs who are passionate about applying psychology across a range of contexts. We have a new, exciting and evolving Service offer which has a community psychology lens and a focus on group consultation-led reflection to support systemic change.

All EPs, including TEPs, are allocated a district of schools, whereby you will be creative in developing workshops with colleagues on topics relevant to the needs of your district. You will need to utilise your consultation skills to support settings to review practice and consider implementation of new approaches.

You will also be responsible for providing psychological services which promote educational outcomes and emotional well-being, which may include delivery of emotional literacy support assistant training (ELSA). The EPS work with the Virtual School Team, where EPs use psychological frameworks to facilitate problem solving discussions and are developing an offer within Family Hubs to support the Best Start in Life agenda working with children and their families during those formative years. As we increase service capacity, the EPS is in the process of developing packages of support with schools and other partners, with opportunities to develop our barriers to education support as well as work with secondary schools to support inclusion for neurodiverse young people. EPs and TEPs are able to engage in areas of work that are of particular interest to them and are able to utilise/develop specialist knowledge within such areas. Our working groups enable EPs to utilise their wide range of research interests, e.g. communication and technology, post 16, and social, emotional and mental health. These working groups also support wider local authority priorities.

CPD

• Individual and peer reflective supervision
• Monthly CPD Service Days in which all three EP teams come together with a focus on supporting the CPD needs of the EPS as a whole and also on service development
• The opportunity to become involved in the internal CPD planning group
• The opportunity to become a member of the North-West EP CPD Conference steering group which plans the annual North-West EP CPD Conference that is successfully hosted by in Lancashire.

Benefits

• Excellent ICT support to enable remote/hybrid working
• Flexible working options and our commitment to supporting health and well-being
• A supportive and caring leadership team

Closing date and interview

Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 15 th November 2026 and interviews will be held on Thursday 26 th November 2026.

Recruitment Process

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.

Car Requirement

You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.

Other Benefits

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

Other Notes

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.