Educational Psychologist
CompanyCornwall Council
Location
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Employment TypeFull-time
Posted At6/11/2026
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Description
Job Description
This is an exciting time for Educational Psychologists, and we are looking to recruit a number of permanent main-grade EPs to join our innovative, talented, and supportive team working across our beautiful county. These posts offer an opportunity to be part of the current SEND reform developments and to help shape Cornwall’s response by strengthening an enhanced offer to schools, with a clear emphasis on early intervention and building capacity across educational settings.
The Service & Team
Roles within the service also include working with children and families in the earliest years, alongside colleagues in the Early Years Inclusion Service and Health Visiting Service and specialist parent infant relationship service, supporting the 1001 Days agenda around the promotion and development of secure parent–infant relationships.
You will work with a patch of schools and settings, delivering a blend of statutory duties and early intervention practice through consultation, training, and systemic work. This includes developing co-production and person-centred planning approaches, contributing to EP-led initiatives such as MeLSA, ELSA, and Video Interaction Guidance (VIG), and supporting inclusive practice and early intervention. You will also join our skilled and knowledgeable team to provide bereavement and critical incident support and contribute to the development of our Trainee EPs and Assistant Educational Psychologists.
The Role
You will join our highly skilled and dedicated team of Educational Psychologists, whose aim is to apply psychology to enable positive change and improve outcomes for all children and young people. With strong leadership, we offer a wide range of evidence-based psychological services, using our skills and experience to promote learning, social inclusion, and emotional health and wellbeing within schools and settings.
Educational Psychologists actively contribute to strategic developments within Cornwall and promote inclusion through consultation and trauma informed approaches. This includes facilitating group supervision for well-being practitioners and Designated Teachers, provision of a weekly adviceline, contributing to locality meetings and SENDCO/initial teacher training.
All our Educational Psychologists work collaboratively with colleagues in education, health, social care, SEND Support Services, and the Virtual School. Senior Educational Psychologists also lead the highly regarded Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) Service and Autism in Schools Team. Many of our EPs are skilled VIG practitioners, working with parents and carers and their children, and delivering VIG-based interventions in schools. We provide opportunities for all EPs to develop their leadership skills and interests through our yearly, county-wide Team Improvement Project (TIP) work.
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
Working Pattern
This is an exciting time for Educational Psychologists, and we are looking to recruit a number of permanent main-grade EPs to join our innovative, talented, and supportive team working across our beautiful county. These posts offer an opportunity to be part of the current SEND reform developments and to help shape Cornwall’s response by strengthening an enhanced offer to schools, with a clear emphasis on early intervention and building capacity across educational settings.
The Service & Team
Roles within the service also include working with children and families in the earliest years, alongside colleagues in the Early Years Inclusion Service and Health Visiting Service and specialist parent infant relationship service, supporting the 1001 Days agenda around the promotion and development of secure parent–infant relationships.
You will work with a patch of schools and settings, delivering a blend of statutory duties and early intervention practice through consultation, training, and systemic work. This includes developing co-production and person-centred planning approaches, contributing to EP-led initiatives such as MeLSA, ELSA, and Video Interaction Guidance (VIG), and supporting inclusive practice and early intervention. You will also join our skilled and knowledgeable team to provide bereavement and critical incident support and contribute to the development of our Trainee EPs and Assistant Educational Psychologists.
The Role
You will join our highly skilled and dedicated team of Educational Psychologists, whose aim is to apply psychology to enable positive change and improve outcomes for all children and young people. With strong leadership, we offer a wide range of evidence-based psychological services, using our skills and experience to promote learning, social inclusion, and emotional health and wellbeing within schools and settings.
Educational Psychologists actively contribute to strategic developments within Cornwall and promote inclusion through consultation and trauma informed approaches. This includes facilitating group supervision for well-being practitioners and Designated Teachers, provision of a weekly adviceline, contributing to locality meetings and SENDCO/initial teacher training.
All our Educational Psychologists work collaboratively with colleagues in education, health, social care, SEND Support Services, and the Virtual School. Senior Educational Psychologists also lead the highly regarded Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) Service and Autism in Schools Team. Many of our EPs are skilled VIG practitioners, working with parents and carers and their children, and delivering VIG-based interventions in schools. We provide opportunities for all EPs to develop their leadership skills and interests through our yearly, county-wide Team Improvement Project (TIP) work.
This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
Working Pattern
37 hours, permanent.
What You'll Need To Succeed
Applications are invited from highly motivated and skilled Educational Psychologists who are HCPC registered, passionate about preventative work, and able to work collaboratively with schools, settings, and partners.
Current Year 2 and 3 Trainee Educational Psychologists are welcome to apply.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What You'll Get In Return
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
You will also benefit from a defined benefit pension scheme, generous annual leave (with the option to purchase additional leave), a national award-winning health and wellbeing programme, and access to a wide range of employee discounts.
Additional Information
Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.
The full role profile is attached here
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Kate Horrill (SEP) at: kate.horrill@cornwall.gov.uk
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
Application Process
What You'll Need To Succeed
Applications are invited from highly motivated and skilled Educational Psychologists who are HCPC registered, passionate about preventative work, and able to work collaboratively with schools, settings, and partners.
Current Year 2 and 3 Trainee Educational Psychologists are welcome to apply.
Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert
What You'll Get In Return
Cornwall Council’s ambition is to be an employer of choice, a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract, motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.
- A £2,000 welcome bonus on arrival and a further one off payment of £1,000 after two years’ service (for EPs employed by Cornwall Council for the first time)
- Eligible candidates will be entitled to a relocation package of up to £8,000
- Paid HCPC and AVIG-UK fees
- A comprehensive induction programme
- High quality support and supervision
- Ongoing professional development
You will also benefit from a defined benefit pension scheme, generous annual leave (with the option to purchase additional leave), a national award-winning health and wellbeing programme, and access to a wide range of employee discounts.
Additional Information
Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.
The full role profile is attached here
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Kate Horrill (SEP) at: kate.horrill@cornwall.gov.uk
We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.
Application Process
Please attach a supporting statement to your application, you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points marked as ‘Application’ on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience, which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here – The application process .
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
About Us
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options .
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.
Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted, please contact careers@cornwall.gov.uk if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.
Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.
About Us
Cornwall Council deliver services to more than half a million local people and over five million visitors a year. Working here - Cornwall Council
We are happy to talk about flexible working options such as part-time or compressed hours. More examples of our flexible working opportunities can be found here - flexible working options .
Fairness and inclusion are at the heart of our vision for Cornwall. In order to best serve our communities, we are striving to achieve a diverse workforce that is inclusive of all backgrounds, cultures and identities; e.g., race, disability, sex, gender reassignment status, age, religion and sexual orientation. We are an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer, and we will assess applicants on their merits.
Cornwall Council is committed to safeguarding and following safer recruitment principles to help make sure our staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children, young people and adults at risk. It’s a vital part of creating a safe and positive environment and making a commitment to keeping all service users safe from harm.