About

• Contract Type: Fixed Term (1 or 2 years depending on trainee circumstance)
• Working Hours: 37 per week
• Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
• Salary: Soulbury Trainee Educational Psychologist Scale Spine point 2- £30,619
• Location: Dragon Court, 1 Woolsthorpe Close, NG8 3BP
• Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
• In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
• * You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
• About the Role
• Working in Nottingham means working in a culturally vibrant and diverse city. We have a strong tradition of working collaboratively and creatively to improve the inclusion of all children in our city, and this is highly regarded by our settings and the Council. Our team is warm, friendly and reflective, and we value a range of professional practices and contributions that help to improve children’s lives.
• Our dynamic approach ensures EPs engage in traded and early intervention work, as well as other commitments such as statutory duties, which means trainees gain varied and engaging work experience. All members of the team have time to be involved in delivering training (such as ELSA), projects or other development work within the service and across the City and regularly work together to facilitate processes such as Circles of Adults and MAPs.
• As a Trainee EP, you will be a highly valued member of our team and be involved in all aspects of service delivery. Our trainees benefit from a bespoke programme of support and development that will help to balance the various demands of professional training and grow confident and skilled practitioners. Trainees benefit from supervision from one of our skilled EPs. Our aim is to develop TEP skills through a blend of independent and joint work with other members of the team across a range of practices.
• We are looking to appoint two TEPs from September 2026.
• About You

The ideal candidate will be

• · Currently enrolled on an accredited doctoral training course that leads to qualification as an Educational Psychologist and be entering their second or third year of training in September 2026
• · Enthusiastic about engaging in all aspects of educational psychologist practices that the service undertakes; for example, early intervention/ traded work, early years work, statutory work, critical incident support, project work.
• · A reflective practitioner who is open to development and working with multiple agencies to best support the children and young people of Nottingham city
• - A DBS enhanced check is required for this post.
• You can find the job description for this post here.
• At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. This role is for hybrid workers. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
• For informal enquiries please contact Senior Educational Psychologist Dr Becky Drew, by email here .
• Closing Date: 3rd February 2026
• Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
• Interviews will be held: 13th February 2026
• If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
• By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

• Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
• Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

• We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
• We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.