Trainee Educational Psychologist (Year 2 )

Grade 8 Pay Points 17-18 ( Pay Point 17 £29,096)

Considered full-time including university days

Start Date: 18 August 2025

End Date: 18 August 2027 (for Year 2 TEPs) and  18 August 2026 (for Year 3 TEPs)

Location: Predominantly Leicestershire, Leicester City and Rutland

Bases: Mowmacre Hill Primary School (Leicester), Home and NSPCC Training Centre (Leicester)

Full time will be based on 37 hours per week and Monday -Friday 09:00-17:00

We welcome applications from highly motivated and skilful trainee educational psychologists (TEPs) entering their second or third year of doctoral training in September 2024 who have a strong desire to live and work in or around Leicestershire, Leicester City and Rutland. Our EPs have considerable experience in supporting TEPs to become fully qualified educational psychologists. As a TEP with EPIC Psychology & Wellbeing Service you will experience a range of activities in a supportive environment to develop your skills including those relating to assessment, consultation, project work and training.

Our team can give you an excellent start to your career in educational psychology, with exciting opportunities to develop and progress.  This post is considered full time, incorporating university studies and attendance whilst undertaking all tasks as required of a TEP on placement.

Applicants must already be in year one, or two, of a recognised EP professional doctorate training course and be eligible for HCPC registration in the UK on completion. EPIC Psychology and Well-being Service are pleased to announce that we are expanding due to increased demand for our services and because we sit within a rapidly expanding Multi-Academy Trust with a SEND specialism. Our well-regarded service looks forward to welcoming you.

All our educational psychologists work at the heart of the community, in a cluster of schools and settings, applying creativity and psychological expertise to promote inclusion for children and young people from birth to 25 years of age.

The successful candidate will be a member of a warm and supportive service and will have:

• Regular supervision provided by a named educational psychologist
  
• A comprehensive induction programme
  
• Opportunities to participate in the service programme of professional development
  
• Opportunities to develop knowledge and skills, working alongside educational psychologists and other members of the wider Trust
  
• Opportunities to share your knowledge and research with the team
  
• You will be integral to our dynamic and close-knit team
  
• Access to a team of assistant psychologist to help support your recommendations and training
  
• Your statutory workload is capped, giving you flexibility to balance this with other casework and your academic commitments.
  

Our hybrid working model encourages connection and team relationships, with regular full team meetings, EP development meetings and EP & Speech & Language Therapy team joint development meetings and co-working.

On successful qualification as an Educational Psychologist, you will be offered a permanent contract with EPIC Psychology & Wellbeing Service should there be a vacancy

What we offer:

• Flexible working options
• Support for continuous professional development in the role
• Opportunities to visit other organisations for professional learning
• Highly committed and motivated Team
• A role which has the opportunity to make a real difference whilst having fun
• Free car parking
• Annual incremental pay increases with the pay scale range
• A defined benefit pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme - EAP
• Employee self-service portal.
• Eyecare voucher scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retail discounts
• Dental support
• Gym discount
• Be an integral member of the team in a vibrant school
• Create an outstanding learning environment for the success of all of our children
• Play a significant part in continuing to develop our school
• Be part of a wider community of Discovery Schools Trust
• Excellent opportunities for personal and career development
• A established Central Services Team who support schools and wider colleagues

We would expect the trainee’s research to be relevant to our service’s and/or schools’ priorities/areas of focus however we feel that our service offers an exceptionally broad level of input and a passion to pursue new developments that we will be open to considering all research projects.

If you would like to find out more about this vacancy, please contact Dr Paula Hopkins (Senior EP & Service Manager) or Dr Melanie Shirley (Educational Psychologist) on 0116 497 7211.  We look forward to hearing from you.  To meet us electronically in the first instance, please visit our website https://www.epicleics.com/epic/

Please note that  interviews for this position may be made earlier than the stated closing date if a suitable candidate is identified. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to submit their applications promptly. Early submission will not only ensure consideration for the position but also increase the likelihood of being invited for an interview. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to receiving your application.

While we acknowledge the advantages of AI in crafting personal statements for applications, we strongly encourage and expect applicants to personalise and tailor responses. Please note that the Trust may utilise AI checking solutions during the application review process and will be considered when shortlisting. 

Safeguarding Statement: Discovery Schools Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidate invited to interview will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring service (DBS) check and references will be sought prior to the interview taking place.