Educational Psychologist

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA

Salary: Soulbury Salary Scale A 6-8 plus up to 3 SPAs (£57,730 - £67,779) per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date 29th November 2026

Interview Date(s): 11th December
2026

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.

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 committed to supporting the development of the profession and we enjoy strong links to the EP doctoral training programmes. A member of our team currently holds a secondment post as Professional Practice Tutor at the University of Nottingham.

Leicestershire EPs have access to:

• Excellent whole-service and individual CPD opportunities
• Structured time-allocation model promoting well-being and a balance of work
• Regular and high-quality individual supervision sessions and access to peer supervision
• Well-appointed central office base and first-class facilities within County Hall, Glenfield
• Up-to-date ICT equipment to support you to undertake your role.
• Flexible, family friendly working arrangements
• Social events organised by team members to promote connectedness

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

• 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
• Psychology led implementation support for LA commissioned Inclusion Bases
• Support to our Family Hubs, including direct input on targeted parenting programmes and workforce development and support

• 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…