Senior Educational Psychologist

Join to apply for the Senior Educational Psychologist role at London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Are you a qualified and experienced Educational Psychologist keen to deliver a high‑quality psychological service to children and young people?

About the Schools and Community Psychology Service (SCPS): The Schools and Community Psychology Service (SCPS) is a team of Psychologists, Trainee Psychologists and Primary Mental Health Workers (PMHWs). As part of Wandsworth Council, you will join a key service contributing to work that aims to improve educational, social and mental health outcomes for children and young people living and being educated in Wandsworth.

About The Role: As a Senior Educational Psychologist, you will include a small amount of schoolwork with both commissioned and statutory casework, supervision of qualified EPs and TEPs (if needed), various strategic roles within the team, as well as the wider Children’s Services department.

Our Offer:

• Balanced and efficient workload: work within a team that maintains no EHCNA backlog and ensures statutory time remains at a manageable 30% of your overall allocation.
• Strong professional development and support: benefit from regular 1:1 and peer supervision, access to CPD and engagement in reflective practice, all within a psychologically informed department.
• Innovative and respected environment: part of a dynamic, forward‑thinking team with a great reputation, contributing to innovative practice and strategic work within Children’s Services.

Priority Areas:

• Anti‑racism and inclusion: actively promoting diversity, reducing societal barriers, and integrating anti‑racist practice into reflective spaces.
• Consultation‑driven service delivery: prioritising collaborative approaches with schools and refining report writing to increase meaningful face‑to‑face engagement.
• Values‑led practice and team wellbeing: embedding shared values in work with schools, fostering team collaboration, and ensuring wellbeing through annual surveys and a dedicated working group.
• Professional development and specialisation: supporting EPs in individual areas of interest, offering protected CPD time, and maintaining high‑quality psychological supervision.
• Balanced and strategic psychological work: ensuring a mix of statutory, commissioned, and project work while championing psychology at all levels of strategic influence.

Essential Qualifications, Skills And Knowledge:

• Qualified and HCPC registered Educational Psychologist with proven experience of practice post EP qualification.
• Creative thinking and ideas for further developing and supporting a dynamic and multi‑talented team.
• Interest in strategic thinking and contribution to cross‑departmental partnership work, including strategic thinking in early years and developing quality statutory processes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in offering psychological supervision and commitment in developing professional skills and distributed leadership in others.
• Interest in applying psychology in team leadership within the context of a wider organisation.
• Interest in Early Years and the key role EPs can play in delivering support for families and practitioners working with children 0‑5 years.

If you meet the above criteria and want to join a creative, friendly and supportive multi‑disciplinary team and help shape our innovative practice, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Theodora Theodoratou (Principal Educational Psychologist).

Application Details:

• Closing Date: Sunday 25 January 2026
• Shortlisting Date: Monday 26 January 2026
• Interview Date: w/c 2 February 2026

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.