Educational Psychologist

Job Description

Due to increased traded requests, we have exciting opportunities for Main-Grade Educational Psychologists to join our dynamic, friendly and supportive team that is dedicated to providing a high-quality service to children and young people.

We operate within a consultation model with an emphasis on solution-focused, person-centred and trauma‑informed thinking. We have a history of multi‑agency working and offer a range of diverse opportunities to develop specialist areas of interest or work within existing projects such as Virtual School; REACH;
Youth Justice Service;
Alternative Provision Taskforce; WISE (Critical Incident Post‑vention) Training;
Nurture Project; EBSA; ELSA;
Trauma Informed Training & VIG.

Successful candidates will join a creative and highly skilled team that is well‑regarded and valued by schools and services across Barnet. You will benefit from a supportive leadership team committed to promoting the wellbeing of staff, work‑life balance, ongoing training and development and practising in ways that are equitable, anti‑racist and culturally responsive. We have strong links with doctoral training courses and are committed to supporting trainee educational psychologists on placement.

We would love to hear from candidates who enjoy the challenge of applying psychology creatively in a range of settings and are committed to improving the educational and wellbeing outcomes for the children and young people in Barnet. We welcome applications from both experienced educational psychologists and newly qualified educational psychologists (for the educational psychology posts) expecting to qualify in September 2026.

Applicants must be professionally qualified and registered with the HCPC (or eligible for registration).

For an informal discussion about the posts, please contact:
Amanda Ryzman, Principal Educational Psychologist (Joint) – email:  or phone: 020 8359 7660.

For senior EPs:
Dr Janchai King – email:  or phone: 0208 359 2894.

For assistance, please email the HR Team:

Closing date for applications:
Monday 26th January 2026, 5 pm. Interviews:
Monday 9th February 2026.

Barnet Education and Learning Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS with barred list check is required for all successful applicants. If this post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations, the successful applicant will be required to declare.

We are committed to practising in ways that are equitable, anti‑racist and culturally responsive and welcome candidates who share this commitment. We have an equity and anti‑racism policy detailing our values and actions, including ongoing CPD and support for our school community.

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