Date: 8 Jul 2026
Location: Taunton, GB, TA1 4DY
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Company: Somerset Council
Closing date: 26th July 2026
Salary: Soulbury 2-3 – Assistant Educational Psychologist scale
Fixed Term Contract for 2 years ** with a possibility of a 1 Year extension.
Inclusion Somerset Educational Psychology Service are seeking Assistant Educational Psychologists who are planning future careers as Educational Psychologists. The posts will have a generic job description with opportunities to develop specialist knowledge in a particular area of SEND.
There is a current focus on developing a local community model of working within our schools and settings alongside a commitment to developing a strong and varied traded offer.
All Educational Psychologists have specialist time available to them, and we have strong University linked with tutors from the Doctorate in Educational Psychology courses at the Universities of Exeter, Bristol and Cardiff working within the Somerset team.
It is an exciting time to be joining Somerset Educational Psychology service, as we are embedding new systems and processes.
Role summary:
As an Assistant Education Psychologist, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, efficient services to our communities by providing professional, proactive support within a dynamic council environment. Working collaboratively with colleagues, partners, and stakeholders, you will contribute to the successful delivery of priorities, ensuring excellent customer outcomes and continuous improvement. This role will make a real difference at Somerset Council, where your expertise, initiative, and commitment will help shape services that support our residents and communities every day.
What you’ll do - key responsibilities:
Undertaking observations and assessments, delivering interventions, and gathering views of children, young people and their families
Working jointly with Educational Psychologists and other advisory teams, supporting a range of work related to SEND.
Supporting with contribution towards Education, Health and Care Plans and Annual Reviews.
Delivering small group and individual interventions in settings.
Developing project work to carry out small scale research
Maintaining a high standard of professional expertise through professional training, reading, and the pursuit of specialist topics of interest.
Supporting the delivery of traded services
Supporting the development of large commissions and co-lead on the evaluation of these.
What we’re looking for – knowledge, experience & skills:
A comprehensive programme of induction and training will be provided, offering excellent preparation for applying to professional post graduate educational psychology training programmes.
We welcome applications from individuals with a Psychology degree (2.1 or above) or equivalent which makes you eligible for Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership of the British Psychological Society and at least 2-years’ experience and interest in working with children, young people aged 0-25 and their families in educational or community settings.
We serve a wonderfully diverse county, and we want our team to reflect the children and families we support. We warmly welcome those bringing different perspectives, lived experiences and cultural backgrounds.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required to work as an Assistant Educational Psychologist in the UK.
Additional Information:
Fixed Term Contract for 2 years ** with a possibility of a 1 Year extension.
Hybrid Working, with the opportunity for home working.
30 Days Annual Leave, additional to Bank Holidays.
Regretfully, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. We are only able to proceed with candidates who already have the right to work in the UK without the need for visa sponsorship.
For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Sam Hutton, Senior Educational Psychologist,
[email protected] or Anna Winch, Senior Educational Psychologist,
[email protected]
**This role is currently a 2-year fixed term contract, ending 31st August 2027, with the possibility of a 1-year extension. The reason for the fixed term nature of the post is related to our policy around creating opportunities for individuals to develop skills and gain the required experience for acceptance on the name of doctorate course to increase capacity in the profession. Should you be unsuccessful in your third year with us, your contract will not be extended at the end of the fixed term, and your employment will cease.
Deadline for submission of application form: w/c 3rd August 2026
Interviews will take place in person: 28th July 2026
Start date: September 2026
If you have everything you need, just hit the apply button. We can’t wait to hear from you!
If you currently work for Somerset Council, please apply via the internal SuccessFactors careers page.
A full job description can be found here: Assistant Educational Psychologist - Job Description - 1104 AB
