Educational Psychologist

Job Introduction

Our Story:

Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.

Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.

We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.  

Our Team:

Help Shape the Future of Inclusion

Halton Borough Council and NHS partners are seeking innovative, passionate and highly skilled professionals to join our new Experts at Hand Team, an ambitious and transformative service designed to strengthen inclusion, build capacity within mainstream settings and improve outcomes for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

This is a unique opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside the other EPs in service, that brings specialist expertise directly into schools, early years settings and colleges, ensuring that the right support is available at the right time.

Through coaching, modelling, consultation and practical intervention, our EPs as Experts at Hand will help educational settings develop the confidence, skills and knowledge needed to meet a diverse range of needs.

Hours: 37 hours per week

Your Contributions:

Apply psychology to promote positive change for children and young people within the context of children/young people and adults, in schools /settings and families through consultation, training and overall service delivery – available to schools, settings and families through core time, Experts at Hand and traded models.

Promote Inclusion, Educational achievement / attainment, and Social and Emotional development.

To contribute, through the application of psychology, to the social, emotional and mental health of Halton residents, delivering on the Boroughs commitment and strategy.

To develop a specialist practitioner role in line with Halton Borough Council key priorities and EP interests.

To work within the SEND guidance supporting the EHC process

 Our Offer:

Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:

• A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service with the option to purchase an additional four-days of unpaid leave for our Annual Christmas Closedown
• Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
• 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
• Investment in your personal development 
• Free Car Parking at HBC sites 
• Flexible working arrangements
• Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme.

 Next Steps:

At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Rhona Hobson, Principal Educational Psychologist, rhona.hobson@halton.gov.uk or 07788 415 304

Interviews will take place on 05 November 2026

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.

We look forward to receiving your application!