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Educational Psychologist
Fife Council —Glenrothes
- £63,423 - £77,718 a year
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Bachelor's degree
- Psychology
- Organisational skills
- Employee discount

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Educational Psychologist

Fife Council -
Glenrothes

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Job details

Part-time
£63,423 - £77,718 a year

Benefits

Employee discount

Qualifications

Stakeholder collaboration
HCPC
Collaboration with schools and educational staff
Bachelor's degree
Psychology
Organisational skills

Full job description

Proposed Interview Date: Monday 7 September 2026

Closing Date: Sunday 30 August 2026

Contract Type: Temporary Until July 2027

Salary: £63,423 - £77,718 (Pro-Rata)

Working Pattern: 28 Hours per week

Location: Glenrothes or Cupar office (the service operates a blended working model with clear expectations around regular office/collegiate contact )

Selection Process

Candidates should be aware that we will be running a mandatory in-person selection process involving several elements including a discussion task and individual interview. This will require you to be available in-person for one full day within Fife. Please contact the lead recruiter (see end of advert for contact details) if you have particular support needs or queries relating to this process.

The post will be available on a maximum of 0.8 FTE basis, with a full-time salary range of £63,423 - £77,718. Candidates interested in working less than the advertised 0.8FTE but no less than 0.5FTE should contact the lead recruiter to discuss in advance of interview.

Supporting Statement

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the
How to Apply
section of our Career Site. Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV. More information is available on our Career site at
www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement
.

Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement:

How you have used your knowledge, skills and understanding of educational psychology theory and practice to bring about improvement(s)

How you have managed challenging, complex situations in your work as an EP

Evidence of effective collaborative working with EP colleagues

Your ability to build capacity in school systems, through supporting the development of others, to have an impact on our most vulnerable children and young people

Partnership working which has led to a positive impact on outcomes for children and young people.

Job Details

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated educational psychologist who is passionate about improving life chances for all, with a particular focus on those young people who are most vulnerable and at risk of poor outcomes.

As an educational psychologist in Fife, you will join a dynamic Educational Psychology Service that offers a comprehensive induction and supervision programme. There is a strong commitment to supporting the professional development of all staff and the service is currently involved in a wide range of research and development opportunities across the Education Directorate and with multi-agency partners.

These include:

A refresh of Fife Council’s ASL Strategy, building on the recommendations in the national ASL Review: All our Children and All their Potential

A Fife-wide roll-out of the Neurodevelopmental Pathway, an innovative new approach to multi-agency assessment, intervention, staff training and parental support for young people who may have neurodevelopmental differences

Our ‘Learning with Care’ project, in partnership with Social Work colleagues, committing to improve educational experiences and outcomes for Care Experienced young people

Supporting our schools to integrate the national Counselling in Schools initiative into an integrated support system for all young people who would benefit from support for their emotional wellbeing

FCEPS is a large service with a range of opportunities for distributed leadership and developing innovative professional practices. We have support systems for new entrants to the profession, several experienced supervisors on the BPS Register of Supervisors and staff familiar with the Qualification in Educational Psychology (QEP), British Psychological Society (BPS) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) processes, enabling us to support psychologists to benefit from high-quality professional supervision.

We have a clear identity and purpose as a service, a leadership style characterised by the promotion of professional autonomy within a culture of collective responsibility, as outlined in How We Work

We operate a blended approach to work within FCEPS which incorporates office working, fieldwork and home working as part of your working week. Our core team working day is a Tuesday where our staff are office based to ensure team time and internal networking opportunities are built into our work.

A link to the role profile is included at the bottom of the advert. You will find out more about the job and the type of person we are looking for.

The Person

Recent and relevant experience of Educational Psychology practice

Honours degree in psychology, conferring basis for graduate membership of the BPS, and a postgraduate qualification in educational psychology
A high level of interpersonal, organisational and consultation skills and abilities which will enable you to demonstrate professional autonomy within a culture of collective responsibility to our service and our stakeholders

The ability to work on your own initiative with appropriate assertiveness

Practice consistent with our Service’s aims and priorities

Demonstrable success in collaborative working, and success in working within agreed professional guidelines

A commitment to your own professional learning as an educational psychologist through career-long professional learning activity and to be able to show how this has impacted on your practice

You are required to be fully registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) or to be on track to complete your Qualification in Educational Psychology, which will ensure you are eligible to register with the HCPC; to model all behaviour expected of an educational psychologist in Scotland in line with the relevant Professional Standards.

Before confirming your appointment, you will be required to obtain Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme membership through Disclosure Scotland and become a member of the relevant PVG scheme.

Further Information

Role Profile - When preparing your supporting statement, review the role profile and think about how you meet the essential criteria Role Profile

How We Work Matters - Our employees are expected to display and promote certain behaviours in the workplace. See our How We Work Matters behaviour framework for more information.

Employee Benefits - Employees have access to a benefits package that offers discounts on a wide range of products and services

Directorate Information - Council Department information

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Alternative Formats - Job information can be made available in alternative formats, to make a request please email: [email protected]
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For further information please contact: Adam Brown at [email protected]

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