Maingrade Educational Psychologist

About us

We are a close-knit team proud of our strong, supportive culture. Together, we developed our core values: compassion, curiosity and collaboration which guide everything we do. Team members often highlight our collaborative approach and positive team relationships as key strengths that enhance wellbeing and job satisfaction.

In our team EPs lead in an area that aligns with their expertise and passion. We welcome ideas for new areas of leadership that align with your interests. Educational Psychologists (EPs) also enjoy a breadth of work including the development and delivery of training, ELSA and SENCO supervision, organisational research, traded work in schools and TEP supervision. We actively encourage innovation and ideas that improve outcomes for children, families, and schools.

As an impact-led service, we are proud of the difference we make. Last year, pupils’ target achievement rose by 96.9% and loneliness scores reduced by more than 11 points after EP involvement. One pupil told us, “She [the EP] made me feel that my dream could be possible.” For those interested, please see our latest annual impact report here.

Location, Culture & Working Environment

Based at the Town Hall in Weston‑super‑Mare, our service offers free council parking, great links to Bristol (where many of our team live), and straightforward travel across our small, well‑connected authority. North Somerset includes a mix of larger towns, villages and coastal communities, with a wide range of socio‑economic contexts that makes for rich and varied EP practice.

As a smaller team, we work through collective and distributive leadership, with decisions made collaboratively and an emphasis on ensuring everyone’s voice is heard, valued and celebrated.

We offer up to 34 days’ annual leave, flexible working, and a strong commitment to work–life balance. EPs have protected development time, including opportunities to collaborate on a project linked to your own area of interest, alongside a comprehensive, well‑resourced CPD offer.

About the job - Maingrade EP (1 FTE):

We are seeking a dedicated and forward-thinking EP to join our team, delivering high-quality support across schools within North Somerset. This role offers a genuine opportunity to combine direct practice with leadership, development, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Applying psychology through the delivery of traded services to a cluster of schools within North Somerset. We promote EPs to take autonomy and employ the evidence-based psychological practice that you feel best meets needs.
• Take on a leadership role to enhance support and make strategic developments for children in a key area of need. We are happy to work with you to identify a leadership area, and we welcome proposals in areas aligned to your expertise and interests.
• Opportunities to engage in preventative work. For example, through the delivery of supervision and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to SENCOs through our SENCO networks forum, working with the virtual school or providing support for our teams working with students at risk of exclusion.
• Undertake an allocation of statutory work.

Additional information

• All applicants must be a qualified Educational Psychologist or be in your third year of EP training, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), or, in the case of trainee EPs, expecting to have their registration confirmed following the completion of their recognised training course.
• North Somerset Council offers a range of benefits including the Cycle to Work Scheme, opportunities to receive a career mentor and a generous employee assistance programme to support health and wellbeing.

If you would like to find out more about these exciting opportunities before applying, we would welcome the chance to have a further discussion. Please contact me on the below details and let me know a convenient time that I can get back to you.

This post is exempt under the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order 1975 and is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Want to know more and apply?

For an informal discussion, please contact Dulcie Gray, Senior Educational Psychologist

Email: dulcie.gray@n-somerset.gov.uk

Visit www.n-somerset.gov.uk/my-services/jobs-training/council-jobs to download an application pack and apply online.

Anticipated interview date:Tuesday 17 March 2026

How to Apply

If you share our vision and valuesand are ready to make an impact to North Somerset, please select the apply online button below. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please submit your application by 11.59pm on the application closing date. When completing our online application form, please detail how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

Please note: We are currently only able to accept applications from candidates who have full permission to work in the UK and are unable to provide Sponsorship for this role.

Equal Opportunities

At North Somerset Council we want all our employees to feel valued and appreciated. We aim to ensure equality of opportunity and prevent discrimination irrespective of your sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief, race, age, disability, including neurodiversity, if you are married or in a civil partnership or are pregnant or currently on maternity leave. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early or extend the closing date depending on the number of applications received.