Assistant Educational Psychologist (Educational Psychology)

Location: Romford, United Kingdom; regular work in Havering schools and educational settings with a balance of home and flexible working.

Salary: £38,607–£43,115 per year, plus £2,600 London Outer Allowance.

Company

hirify.global provides local authority services and supports children, young people, families, schools, and educational settings across Havering.

What you will do

• Apply psychology to promote positive outcomes for children, young people, and families in collaboration with schools and educational settings.
• Work within the Experts at Hand model to help schools and settings build their capacity to meet children’s and young people’s needs.
• Embed guidance and deliver training on emotionally based school avoidance.
• Assist in evaluating the impact of interventions and projects focused on outcomes for children and young people.
• Support the scaling of initiatives across schools to ensure consistency and sustainability.

Requirements

• Degree in psychology and an interest in a career in educational psychology.
• Experience working with children and young people with special educational needs.
• Experience leading or taking a high level of responsibility for planning, delivering, and evaluating projects or research focused on outcomes for children or young people.
• Experience of project management or research.
• Experience delivering training to schools.
• Experience promoting inclusive practice in schools.
• Interest in supporting pupils with literacy difficulties and emotional-based attendance difficulties.
• Recent experience working in schools, ideally across both primary and secondary sectors.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and independent working skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully staffed, expanding educational psychology service with a supportive team of close to twenty Senior, Maingrade, Trainee, and Assistant EPs.
• Excellent induction package and dedicated business support.
• Regular individual professional and group practice supervision.
• Protected continuing professional development time and links with training providers and universities.
• Flexible home working balanced with time together as a team, accessible workspaces, and high-quality IT equipment with responsive support.
• Excellent transport links to London, Essex, Hertfordshire, and surrounding areas.

Hiring process

• Submit a supporting statement of no more than two A4 pages explaining how the criteria are met.
• Applications are anonymised and uploaded documents should contain no personal information.
• Interview date to be confirmed; a DBS check may apply because the role involves children and young people.