Package Description

Educational Psychologist

Salary - up to £63,000 FTE (DOE)

Location - Home based with travel required to schools within your region.

Ideal postholder locations – Birmingham, Stafford

Hours - 2.5 days per week

Join a collaborative and progressive team of Educational Psychologists (EP) and Assistant Educational Psychologists (AEP) dedicated to empowering young people and those who support them. We are passionate about helping children thrive through approaches grounded in an understanding of trauma and strong relationships, ensuring every learner feels supported, included, and truly understood.

You’ll provide psychological services to local schools through consultation, direct work, and staff training supporting meaningful, lasting change. At Keys, we value professional development and offer regular CPD and opportunities to pursue your interests.

This is a great opportunity to shape and grow our service, working alongside our Principal EP, AP’s, and clinical colleagues such as SaLTs and OTs. You’ll also have the chance to contribute to local and national service development, supervision, and collaborative multi-disciplinary work.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide specialist input on assessment, teaching, and special educational needs.
• Monitor progress and adapt interventions to ensure effectiveness
• Support schools in identifying and addressing systemic needs, including safeguarding concerns, following legal procedures
• Offer psychological support during critical incidents.
• Deliver and embed training on trauma-informed approaches.
• Provide consultation and advice on psychological assessments, interventions, and trauma-informed practices across services.
• Supervise and support assistant psychologists and other team members, including peer supervision and reflective supervision for Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs).
• Contribute a psychological perspective to service development and project planning.
• Advise on addressing psychological needs and implementing systemic changes.
• Maintain effective communication and collaboration with local authorities, NHS services, and other agencies.

About you

• Essential: HCPC Registered
• Essential: Postgraduate qualification in Educational Psychology — a minimum of a Master's degree if qualified before 2007, or a completed or in-progress Doctorate for those qualifying after.
• Essential: An understanding of the UK educational system and of legislation, national guidelines
• Essential: Experience of providing consultation, training, support and supervision
• Essential: Ability to assess and manage risk and make complex judgements about risk issues
• Desirable: Previous experience of working with independent special schools.

The Perks

• Competitive salary of up to £63,000 Pro rata
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Blue Light Card, enjoy discounts nationwide
• Festive gift to show our appreciation
• Free flu vaccine
• BHSF Health Cash Plan
• DBS check fully funded (including renewals!)
• EPIC Awards & recognition programme
• Long service awards
• £500 referral bonus
• Nest pension scheme
• Ongoing career development opportunities
   
   

Due to the nature of the role, it is necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken (DBS).

Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.

As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for. If you feel that you meet the criteria for this, please ensure that you have your military experience detailed on your CV for one of our resourcing team to get in touch.

Keys Group