Darlington Educational Psychology Service is a highly regarded, creative and forward-thinking team of Educational Psychologists. We are excited at the prospect of you coming to join us at such an exciting time for the profession, as we begin to further strengthen our capacity in order to develop an innovative and effective Experts at Hand offer.
Alongside new models of working in response to educational reforms, you’ll play a key role in delivery of our thriving traded service. Our schools value psychology and embrace working collaboratively with their EPs through consultation and supervision, professional development workshops, individual assessment, interventions and the creation of specialist guidance and resources. As you’ll expect, you’ll also be writing high quality statutory advice for the Local Authority and supporting schools and parents / carers to implement provision and enable the best outcomes for children and young people. There are ample opportunities to be involved in EPS projects and wider strategic initiatives, all focused on promoting inclusion through relational practices and evidence-based approaches.
You will have access to professional supervision as well as the support of the team, who you’ll see regularly at our office base. Whilst you might sometimes work from home, you’ll be an EP that is seeking the proximity and support of a team and values all the benefits that working together brings.
You’ll be proactive, organised and keen to get to grips with new challenges and ideas. Your written and verbal communication skills will be excellent, and you’ll be comfortable with high expectations and autonomy.
This posts are full time, permanent positions, although we would be happy to hear from those seeking part-time employment. Applications are welcome from experienced Educational Psychologists, those at the beginning of their careers and those entering the final year of their training in September 2026. Applicants will need to be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
The rewards for working at Darlington Borough Council go beyond the salary you will receive; we have numerous additional benefits such as:
- 32 days Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays, with option to purchase additional Annual Leave (pro-rata for part time working)
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme with option to make Additional Voluntary Contributions
- Flexi-time scheme
- Flexible working
- Generous Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave schemes
- Staff equality forums
- Green Car Leasing Scheme
- Access to a wide range of training, learning and development
- Physiotherapy service
- Confidential counselling service
- Great wellbeing offer
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Dolphin Centre Fit for Life Discounts
- Local and National retailer discounts
- Vivup employee benefit app and Lifestyle Savings
- Arriva Employee Travel Club
For the full range of benefits we offer, please see our Why work for us internet page, which also includes our Total Reward Booklet and Employee Benefit Video.
https://www.darlington.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/why-work-for-us/
Find out further information about us and what it’s like to work for our great team by visiting the Jobs and Careers home page.
https://www.darlington.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/
For detailed information on this role, please refer to the Role Profile and Person Specification.
Provisional Interview dates for this post will be week commencing 20th July 2026.
General Information for Applicants:
For a further informal discussion and any queries around the role profile and jobs itself please contact Dr Sarah Tighe, Principal Educational Psychologist on [email protected].
If you have any further questions regarding applying for this role or the questions , please contact the HR Support team on 01325 403217 or [email protected].
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We are an equal opportunities' employer. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. We aim to interview any applicant who declares a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job
