Cambridgeshire County Council - Educational Psychologists

We’re recruiting Educational Psychologists (EPs) to welcome to our pioneering service across Cambridgeshire. 

We are a friendly, creative, enthusiastic and solution focused team, which is highly valued in the local authority and well regarded by local schools and communities.

We welcome applications from experienced EPs, those recently qualified, or Year 2 or 3 TEPs, looking for either part-time or full-time opportunities. We would also welcome applications from locum EPs who are looking to explore opportunities to re-join an LA team.

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
Applicants must be professionally qualified and registered with the HCPC

So why join us? 

• We’re a warm, supportive, passionate team that lift each other up.
• We offer a flexible approach to working with a great level of autonomy.
• We lead on ‘cutting edge’ research.
• We will provide you with protected time to pursue your interests.
• We deliver an interesting and diverse range of non-statutory work at individual, group, system and community levels.

More about our work in Cambridgeshire
What makes us unique and a great place to work is the great people we work alongside and the variety of work we do. Please see our page here Educational Psychologists Jobs | Cambridgeshire County Council to hear about some of the brilliant work we are doing here in Cambridgeshire. You can also read feedback from our colleagues and those who access our service here Testimonials | Cambridgeshire County Council

• You will be part of a team of fun, friendly and supportive EPs. We care about your wellbeing and promote positive work life balance and family friendly working policies.
• We have maintained a model of service delivery which is free to our schools and enables us to work creatively, build up strong relationships with our schools and offer early intervention.
• You will have the opportunity to engage in community and systems work, and pursue your interests.
• We have dedicated time for therapeutic support including Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) and exciting project work, such as Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) training, developing Enhanced Resourced Bases (ERBs) in primary schools, and developing an Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) toolkit.
• We are the Eastern Region Autism Education Trust (AET) Hub for schools and post 16 settings.
• We work with the Virtual School to deliver an innovative trauma-informed tiered training package called Recovery Through Relationships. This program was co-produced in Cambridgeshire by Educational Psychologists, Advisors in the Virtual School and colleagues in the SEND Service.
• We are committed to providing excellent evidence-based resources to schools, settings and the wider community. We are seen as a centre of excellence in our field. Please take a look at the links for some of the work we have been involved in: Battle over dyslexia Warwickshire Staffordshire The fight over dyslexia podcast
• We are committed to providing excellent opportunities for continuous professional development.
• EPs receive high quality regular individual and peer supervision.

Please follow the link to apply to find out more.