Educational Psychologist

Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service (LEPS) offers the opportunity to undertake diverse, meaningful and innovative work within a highly supportive team. Our purpose is to bring high-quality psychological practice to a wide range of partners, helping to improve outcomes for children, young people and families across our local communities.

As our service continues to grow, we are looking for Educational Psychologists to join us and play a key role in shaping and strengthening our offer in line with the ambitions of the SEND reforms. We welcome applications from qualified and HCPC-registered Educational Psychologists, as well as trainees in Year 2 or Year 3 of doctoral training.

Every commissioning school in Leicestershire benefits from a named EP who becomes a valued part of its school community, offering a broad range of psychological support tailored to local need. We work within a structured time-allocation model that enables EPs to manage their workload effectively while maintaining a healthy balance across responsibilities. We know that this balance is essential for professional well-being, sustained motivation and continued professional growth.

We are a partially traded service, with demand for our commissioned work growing year on year. Our offer currently includes:

• Service level agreements with individual schools, including specialist provisions
• Statutory work undertaken for the SENA Service
• A traded training offer to support inclusive practice in schools
• Accredited ELSA training and ELSA supervision
• Whole School Approach project work in partnership with Public Health
• Critical Incident Response Team offer for all schools
• Barriers to Education - EBSNA consultation pathway

In 2026 our offer will also include:

• A key role in the development and delivery of Leicestershire’s “Experts at Hand” offer, to include a focus on locality-based, multi-professional & needs-led support

As an Educational Psychologist in LEPS you will:

• Provide a commissioned service to your own patch of schools, with the freedom to apply a range of psychology at all levels to support the learning, development and well-being of pupils and the wider school community
• Provide support to our SENA service through the delivery of high-quality statutory advice, and through contributing to SENA multi-agency decision making panels
• Contribute to a range of research, project and development work within the service, the LA and in partnership with others (e.g. EBSNA, Enhanced Resource Bases, Public Health, Social Care and the Virtual School)
• Provide training to schools and partners with a clear focus on supporting inclusive practice across a range of settings through the application of psychological thinking
• Continue to develop your own skills and knowledge through participation in the process of supervision; contributing to the induction of new staff; supervising trainee educational psychologists and undertaking further training and continuing professional development

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

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About You

To apply for this post, you must be able to evidence in your application how you meet the following criteria:

• Professional postgraduate qualification in Educational Psychology, and HCPC registration as a Practitioner Psychologist. Appointed trainees will be expected to hold HCPC registration at the point of taking up post.
• Experience as an Educational Psychologist or Trainee EP in an LA environment, with experience in applying psychological skills at child, group, and systems levels.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Dr Helen Tyson, Principal Educational Psychologist

Telephone: 0116 305 5100

Email: Helen.Tyson@leics.gov.uk