Assistant Educational Psychologist

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.

Our Team:

Halton EPS is a vibrant, flourishing EPS who deliver psychological support to children, their families and to school staff across the borough. We believe in opening and changing minds through the application of applied psychology with a can do, creative, growth based mindset. Assistant EPs have been a new addition to our workforce and we provide assistants with full and varied experiences towards applying for the professional doctorate in Educational Psychology.

Hours: 37 hours per week

Your Contributions:

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a team of Educational Psychologists. You will assist Halton Borough Council Educational Psychology Service in the delivery of psychological intervention and monitoring for vulnerable children and young people.

This work will involve assisting in the development and delivery of a range of services and interventions including:

• Working with children and their families across all school settings from nursery to college
• Training and development work
• Group work with children and young people
• 1:1 mentoring/therapeutic work with children and young people and families
• Evaluation of service delivery
• Auditing of files
• Preparation of training and support materials
• Information gathering on behalf of a Psychologist to support SEN processes
• Administration
• Other project work during the academic year 2025-2026 may be required.

Requirements of the post:

• Registered with the British Psychological Society (Graduate basis for registration or Chartership (GBR/GBC) ;
• Psychology Degree - at least Upper Second class honours - 2:1;
• Relevant experience of working with children in family homes, educational / clinical or community settings to promote children’s well-being and progress
• Evidence of working within education settings
• Evidence of using Psychological understanding and approaches to support practice
• Subject to an Enhanced DBS Check
• Driving Licence and own transport

Applications are invited from candidates who wish to embark on the professional doctorate and qualify in an applied Psychologist discipline.

Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites
• Flexible working arrangements
• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.

Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Dr Rhona Hobson at 01515118736 or Rhona.Hobson@Halton.gov.uk

Interviews will take place on 14.10.25 or 21.10.25

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!