Assistant Educational Psychologist

Salary or Hourly Rate: Scale 2 - £37,265.

Type of vacancy: Fixed Term.

Work pattern: Full Time.

Duration (Months): 12.

Hours per week: 37.

Work Base: Meadow House, Littleworth, NG18 2TA.

Working Arrangements: Hybrid.

Number of posts: 1.

Interview date: 05/05/26 – 1st round interviews, 13/05/26 – 2nd round Interviews.

Closing Date: 12 April 2026 23:55.

The Children and Families Department takes a strengths-based approach to working with each other, children, young people and families, and our partner agencies. We call this ‘Our Nottinghamshire Approach’.

Due to the success of our existing Assistant Educational Psychologists securing places on the doctoral course, Nottinghamshire Educational Psychology Service (EPS) is seeking a number of new Assistant Educational Psychologists to join our team. We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic psychology graduates to support the development and delivery of our work in schools across Nottinghamshire. The successful candidates will be part of the Educational Psychology Service and will also have opportunities to shadow and be involved in the full range of educational psychology activities, in addition to their work on training and projects.

We are keen to encourage people from a range of backgrounds to apply, especially people currently under‑represented in the EP profession e.g. black and minority ethnic groups, LGBTQ+, male, consider yourself to have a disability and from a low socioeconomic background.

Nottinghamshire EPS uses a strength‑based, collaborative and consultative service delivery model. Our work is guided by a desire to promote social inclusion and social justice for all Nottinghamshire children and young people, but especially for those in the most vulnerable situations. We also deliver training, research and project work to promote early intervention and high‑quality support and CPD across a range of education and social care settings.

What We Are Looking For

Please check the essential criteria. At the point of application, you must have completed a degree in psychology (2:1 or above), or have completed an approved conversion course or a Master’s degree and be eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC) with the British Psychological Society (BPS) (Check the accreditation status of your degree).

Role

You will be supervised by a Senior EP and these are the essential things we are looking for in the role:

• Supporting and delivering project work within the EPS including Nottinghamshire Virtual School, NottAlone.co.uk, Senior Mental Health Lead training and Strengths‑Based Practice projects.
• Supporting a range of work within our EP teams including information gathering, delivering school‑based interventions and supporting group consultation meetings e.g. PATH.
• Supporting the development of training packages and resources including illustrating, proof reading and editing documents to a high standard.
• Supporting the delivery of training sessions including virtual and in‑person meeting technical support and co‑delivery of training with a qualified EP.
• Co‑ordinating advertising and booking systems for training events and projects.
• Maintaining online and social media content for the EPS e.g. social media posting, maintaining online resource libraries and publishing EPS resources online.
• Data collection, collation and analysis (e.g. project summary reports).

What We Can Offer You

• Regular psychological supervision from a Senior EP.
• Opportunities to attend the full range of training delivered and accessed by the EPS.
• Opportunities to join working groups on various projects across the EPS.
• Peer support from TEPs and EPs within locality team.
• Opportunities to shadow and co‑work on a range of EP individual children and young people tasks in schools.

Contact zoe.brown@nottscc.gov.uk to discuss or ask questions about the post. Please check to see if your questions are answered on our FAQs, including essential criteria or could be found by visiting our website – www.em-edsupport.org.uk/eps.

This post is also available as a secondment opportunity to existing Nottinghamshire County Council employees. You must seek approval from your line manager before applying.

Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.

Under the Disability Confident scheme (formerly known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme) we would like to ensure applicants with disabilities are offered an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. Please let us know if this is something you would like to be considered for.

A job share scheme is available for all full‑time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.

Nottinghamshire County Council strongly encourages applications from all candidates from different walks of life, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.