Senior Educational Psychologists

Role Responsibility

Full-time & Part-time posts available 

Location of base negotiable.

We are seeking Senior Educational Psychologists to join our innovative and creative educational psychology service and to play a key leadership and strategic role as part of the service management team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal part in the future development and shape of the service. If you have a strategic outlook, have a passion for developing evidence based, creative innovate practice to deliver great outcomes for children and young people and want to inspire and lead others then we would like to hear from you. 

In return we offer a generous financial package which includes a £2000 “golden hello” and a £3000 a year market retention payment.  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. 

You will be taking the lead for specific parts of service delivery both on an area and county basis and provide leadership, management support and supervision to educational psychologists, trainee educational psychologists and support officers. You will also undertake a range of core, traded and statutory work and be able to develop your own area of specific interest. 

Kent is a large diverse county with wonderful coast lines, and a unique mixture of rural and urban settings. It benefits from the UK’s only high-speed train with excellent links to London and the continent. Above all the Kent Educational Psychology Service (KEPS) is a busy, friendly team of highly supportive colleagues.

For more information regarding the service, please click here.

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

Interviews to be arranged at a mutually convenient time some time week beginning Monday 26^th April 2021.

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact Daniel Jones (Interim Principal Educational Psychologist) on 03000 415112.

About the Company

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.