Location
London

Hours
Full-time and part-time opportunities available

Salary
£50,627 - £61,848 per annum

About the Role
Are you excited about applying psychology to meet the needs of vulnerable children and young people? Does the sound of joining a supportive and friendly team that provides excellent opportunities for career and professional development appeal to you? If yes, then we encourage you to apply to our Educational Psychologist roles. Our Educational Psychology Service is seeking highly motivated and skilled Educational Psychologists to join the team and play a key role in delivering high-quality services to children, young people, and families across Southwark. Southwark’s Educational Psychology Service is committed to improving life chances. If appointed, you will deliver evidence-informed, high-quality psychological services to children, young people, and families. You will work closely with schools, early years, and further education settings to ensure that interventions are delivered to high standards for maximum impact. You will share our commitment to integrated working and constant innovation.

About the Team
You will be joining a supportive and friendly team that provides excellent opportunities for career and professional development. The team has strong links to a number of doctoral training courses and is engaged in dynamic and innovative practice at organisational, group, and individual levels, including joint working with the Virtual School, opportunities to train in VIG, SCERTS, PATHs, emotion coaching, and dynamic assessment, a parent consultation service, and delivery of ELSA training.

About Southwark
Southwark is a large, ambitious, and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. Southwark is a great place to live and work. Diverse and vibrant, it is home to The Shard, Tate Modern, Borough Market, Dulwich Picture Gallery, and Tower Bridge, with excellent transport links including London Bridge and projects such as the redevelopment of Elephant and Castle delivering new homes, parks, and leisure facilities.

Experience
We invite applications from fully qualified Educational Psychologists as well as Trainee Educational Psychologists who are expected to complete their training in 2026 or 2027. We are looking for enthusiastic and collaborative educational psychologists with a background in applying psychology to meet the needs of vulnerable children and young people. This will have equipped you with strong skills in psychological consultation, assessment, intervention, research, team working, and the delivery of training.

About you
Good communication skills, knowledge of appropriate legislation, guidance, and policies, and the ability to balance an unpredictable workload will be essential. Southwark is renowned for its cultural, ethnic, and linguistic diversity, and applicants are required to demonstrate competence in working within a diverse context.

Qualifications
No specific qualifications are mentioned, but a background in psychology and relevant experience is essential.