Educational Psychologists

Role Responsibility

If you are an experienced Educational Psychologist, recently qualified or in your final year of Doctoral training and are passionate about making a difference for children and young people then we would like to hear from you. 

Educational Psychologists joining Kent EP Service are rewarded with a generous financial package that includes a “golden hello” of £2000 and an annual retention payment of £3000. There are also relocation expenses of up to £8000 payable for those moving to Kent.  

We offer flexible working arrangements supported by a laptop and smartphone, structured induction, highly regarded CPD opportunities, individual and peer group supervision and the support of an excellent dedicated administrative team. 

We are a partially traded service, which is open and responsive to new ideas and contributions from all members of the service. We are an effective, creative, friendly team of highly supportive colleagues, who will make you feel welcome.  Educational Psychologists joining Kent EP Service have opportunities to engage in a range of innovative, evidence-based work with schools e.g. video interactive guidance, ELSA training, webinars as well as providing statutory Educational Psychology advice for the local authority. 

We are passionate about finding new ways of delivering our training, traded and statutory work which provides a better experience for children and young people, parents/carers and professionals. We are proud to have developed several innovative interventions and to have published associated research undertaken by members of the Service.  You will have the opportunity to undertake a range of core, traded and statutory work and be able to develop your practice with a focus on gaining specialisms and expertise to support career development and positive outcomes for our children and young people.

We have vacancies for Educational Psychologists across Kent from Gravesend in the North, to Tunbridge Wells in the West, Whitstable in the East and Ashford/Dover in the South. There are excellent road links to the wider county which has beautiful countryside and a wonderful coast. It also benefits from the UK’s only high-speed train with excellent links to London and the continent. If you would like to be part of a creative, innovative Service then we would welcome an application from you. 

For more information regarding the Service, please click here.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. 

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Interviews to be arranged at a mutually convenient time some time week beginning Monday 29^th November 2021.

Contact Details

Should you require any further information, please contact Alison Farmer (Principal Educational Psychologist) on 03000 422698

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.