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 learners at
Wilds Lodge School. We are currently looking to appoint an inspiring and dedicated Assistant
Educational Psychologist to join our successful team.
Job role
Our therapy/Counselling service is widely used and available to all learners. The successful candidate
will provide therapeutic support to children/young people exhibiting emotional and/or behavioural
problems, or who are at risk of developing such problems. You will hold and manage a caseload of
learners for one to one counselling sessions and group work and will contribute to the promotion of
a therapeutic understanding within the wider community of the school amongst the whole staff
team.
Main responsibilities include:
- To provide both individual and group counselling sessions, supporting learners where there
are concerns about their emotional wellbeing.
- To manage your own case load of approximately 24 hours of clinical work per week, taking
referrals from the school SENCo and Multi Disciplinary Team.
- To be able to work with a diverse range of needs including bereavement and loss, eating
disorders and self-harm, suicidal ideation, depression, substance abuse, sexual issues, anger
management and erratic behaviour, abuse of any kind, anxiety (including that related to
exams) and fears.
- To assist in assessing learners' needs and advise staff on strategies to support learners
experiencing difficulties as part of the universal, targeted and specialist offer.
Essential Requirements:
- 1st or 2:1 Bachelor’s degree in psychology or an equivalent qualification recognised by the
British Psychological Society (BPS).
- Sound knowledge of applied psychology as relevant to working with children and young
people, within the context of school systems and the legislative framework for SEND.
- Practical experience of working in education settings with children and young people (at
least one year of paid or voluntary work).
- Experience of planning, leading, and delivering targeted individual and group interventions
for children and young people.
- 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.
