Job Description
Educational Psychologist\n
Chatham, Kent | Hybrid Working
\n Permanent | Full-Time or Part-Time (Minimum 3 Days per Week)
\n Salary: Soulbury A3-8 (£49,215-£59,809) plus up to 3 SPA points (maximum salary £65,423)
Why Join This Service?\n
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing Educational Psychology Service that genuinely invests in its people. Alongside a varied and rewarding caseload, you'll benefit from excellent support, flexibility, and opportunities to develop your career.
Benefits\n
\n - Salary: Soulbury A3-8 (£49,215-£59,809) plus up to 3 SPA points (maximum salary £65,423)
\n - Recently qualified Educational Psychologists start from Soulbury A5
\n - Permanent full-time or part-time contracts (minimum three days per week)
\n - Flexible hybrid working between home and the office
\n - Manageable patches
\n - High-quality supervision and peer support
\n - Additional supervision for psychologists at the beginning of their careers
\n - Dedicated business support to reduce administrative workload
\n - Opportunities to develop specialist interests and lead projects
\n - Excellent CPD, training, and career progression
\n - Strong links with doctoral training programmes through teaching, research, and trainee placements
\n - Regular reflective practice and service development days
\n - Essential user allowance and mileage reimbursement
\n - Excellent transport links, with London approximately 40 minutes away by high-speed rail
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About the Role - Educational Psychologist\n
Working with children and young people aged 0-25, you'll apply psychology across individual, group, and whole-system approaches, helping to improve outcomes and promote inclusion.
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You'll work alongside children, young people, families, schools, and partner agencies, providing:
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\n - Consultation
\n - Psychological assessments
\n - Intervention and therapeutic support
\n - Training
\n - Education, Health and Care Needs Assessments (EHCNAs)
\n - Systemic and project work
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Each school and academy has a named Educational Psychologist, allowing you to develop meaningful relationships with education settings while supporting SEND services and wider psychological practice.
Areas of Practice\n
The role offers a varied and rewarding caseload, including:
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\n - Consultation and statutory assessment work
\n - Early intervention
\n - Therapeutic approaches
\n - Emotional Based School Avoidance (EBSA)
\n - ELSA and MeLSA programmes
\n - Video Interaction Guidance (VIG)
\n - Public health projects
\n - Support for vulnerable learners and the Virtual School
\n - Service development and innovative psychology projects
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About You\n
Applications are welcomed from:
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\n - HCPC-registered Educational Psychologists
\n - Final-year Trainee Educational Psychologists expecting HCPC registration upon successful qualification
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You'll be someone who:
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\n - Places children, young people, and families at the centre of your practice.
\n - Is passionate about inclusion and improving outcomes.
\n - Applies psychology creatively and effectively.
\n - Builds strong relationships with schools, families, and professionals.
\n - Values reflective practice, supervision, and continuous learning.
\n - Brings initiative, flexibility, and a solution-focused approach.
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Location\n
The role is based in Chatham, Kent, operating under a flexible hybrid-working model, combining home working with office-based days. The location offers easy access to London, the Kent countryside, and the coast.
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If you're looking for a role where your expertise is valued, your professional development is supported, and your work has a lasting impact on children, young people, and families, please do not hesitate to apply.