Educational Psychologist

Nottingham City Council, Leicestershire County Council, East Midlands Group

Job Location:

Nottingham - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: Full or Part time applications welcome- 2 posts available

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Soulbury A Educational Psychologist Pay Scale 1-6 + up to 3 SPAs

Location:Dragon Court 1 Woolsthorpe Close NG8 3BP

Weve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity youve been looking for Read on to find out more

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme we strive to create an innovative inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

Working in Nottingham means working in a culturally vibrant and diverse city. We have a strong tradition of working collaboratively and creatively to improve the inclusion of all children in our city and this is highly regarded by our settings and the Council. Our team is warm friendly and reflective and we value a range of professional practices and contributions that help to improve childrens lives.

Our dynamic approach ensures EPs engage in traded and early intervention work as well as other commitments such as statutory duties which means colleagues engage in varied and engaging work. All members of the team have time to be involved in delivering training (such as ELSA) projects or other development work within the service and across the City and regularly work together to facilitate processes such as Circles of Adults and MAPs.

We are looking to appoint two educational psychologists to support with the growing demand for our teams services. We also welcome applications from TEPs in their second and third years of training to join our team once qualified.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

Be HCPC registered as an Educational Psychologist by the time of taking up the post.

Be enthusiastic about Inclusion and supporting this in challenging situations.

Have up to date knowledge of relevant legislation and innovative developments in EP practice.

Ability to communicate clearly and work collaboratively with a wide range of people including; parents/carers school staff local authority officers other agencies and voluntary organisations.

-A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements depending on the role including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional informationfor applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease contact Dr Becky Drew Senior Educational Psychologist by email please click here

Closing Date: 17th March 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held:26th March 2026

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DescriptionContract Type: PermanentWorking Hours: Full or Part time applications welcome- 2 posts availableWorker Type: Hybrid WorkerSalary: Soulbury A Educational Psychologist Pay Scale 1-6 + up to 3 SPAsLocation:Dragon Court 1 Woolsthorpe Close NG8 3BPWeve got an exciting opportunity available...