Assistant Psychologist
Salary: £25,731 (actual salary) | £30,000 (52wk FTE)
Permanent, Full Time, Term Time Only (39 weeks)
40 hours per week Monday to Friday
To start in September 2026
This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to help nurture and shape the lives of our pupils at
Wilds Lodge School. We are currently looking to appoint an inspiring and dedicated Assistant
Psychologist to join our successful team.
Job role
Working alongside the Educational Psychologist, the appointed candidate will deliver psychological
support as part of a multi-disciplinary team comprising Speech and Language Therapists,
Occupational Therapists and Creative Therapists. This post would be ideal for someone hoping to
develop a range of experience and skills in preparation for training as an Educational Psychologist.
This position would be ideal for a dynamic and enthusiastic psychology graduate to support the
development and delivery of our therapeutic service.
Main responsibilities include:
- To assist the Educational Psychologist in the provision of psychological assessments and
interventions.
- Work with the Educational Psychologist to develop the content of bespoke intervention with
individual children or groups, drawing on psychological principles.
- To liaise with our Senior Leadership Team and Behaviour and Welfare Team to arrange
planned interventions with learners
- Work directly with school staff, parents and pupils to implement psychological interventions
and advice.
- To measure the impact of delivered interventions and record results in formal written impact
reports.
- To complete classroom observations to inform understanding of needs and develop
classroom practice.
- To use a coaching model to share your understanding of behavioural presentations in school
from a psychological perspective and support staff in meeting a range of special educational
needs as part of their graduated approach.
- To contribute to effective data collection, analysis and evaluation.
- To assist in the planning and implementation of research and project work.
- Provide support to the Educational Psychologist to deliver training workshops.
Essential Requirements:
- At least a 2:1 Honours Degree in Psychology providing a graduate basis for registration with
the British Psychological Society
- Experience working with children, young people and parents, for example, experience of
teaching, youth work, mentoring or mental health support
- Excellent interpersonal skills, particularly confidence in building rapport quickly and
establishing trusting relationships with children/young people and school staff.
- Driving license and car essential.
