Locum Educational Psychologist - Stoke on Tent
Job description
Original text imported from Reed
Locum Educational Psychologist - Stoke on Tent
If you enjoy supporting students to overcome challenges and reach their full potential, don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity.
We are currently working with a client who is looking for an Educational Psychologist, for a locum role. This role is primarily completing statutory assessments for our client, this need has risen due to a shortage of staff.
This is a flexible outside IR35 role that gives you the opportunity to make your own schedule and to work how many days you can per week.
What is offered:
- Competitive pay rate (£1200 per assessment).
- Flexible working pattern.
- National access to all of Reed’s educational psychology clients.
- Opportunity to join Reed’s educational psychology forum and online events.
- Free DBS checks
- Weekly payroll
Requirements:
- Qualified in education psychology.
- Registered with the HCPC.
- Availability to complete at least one assessment per month.
- SEMH experience is desirable.
Our experienced consultants understand your needs and will always strive to ensure that the level of service provided is world class and seamless from start to finish. We care about you as an individual, and as such we want you to always get the most out of working with REED Educational Psychology.
About Reed: Reed is a pioneer specialist recruitment agency in the UK. For seven decades on, we have become the world’s largest family-run recruitment business, with offices spanning across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and East Asia.
With access to the UK’s largest candidate database and expertise across 20 specialist sectors, we are committed to ensuring that people are at the heart of everything we do to ensure we fulfil our purpose: improving lives through work.
Reed is 18% owned by the Reed Foundation, a registered charity. This means at Reed we all work one day a week for charity.
If this role sounds like something you would be interested in, please apply to this advert as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Key skills
AI-extracted from the job advert
Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Highlight your HCPC registration prominently as this is explicitly required for the role
📊 Quantify your assessment experience: 'Completed 45 statutory assessments, supporting SEN tribunal processes'
🌐 Emphasise SEMH experience as this is specifically mentioned as desirable
🎯 Showcase your flexibility and ability to work independently as this is an outside IR35 locum role
🤝 Mention any experience with Reed or similar recruitment agencies to demonstrate familiarity with locum work
Suggested CV bullets
3 bullets our AI drafted for this specific advert, mirroring its ATS keywords.
Add these 3 bullets under your most recent experience:
- •Completed 38 statutory assessments for EHCP applications across 3 local authorities, achieving 100% compliance with 20-week statutory timescales
- •Delivered psychological assessments for 85 students with SEMH needs, resulting in appropriate educational placements and intervention strategies
- •Maintained HCPC registration through continuous professional development, completing 30 hours annually across educational psychology practice areas
Free to copy — tailoring requires a 30-sec CV upload.
Your cover letter is ready
We've drafted a cover letter for Reed. Preview the opening, then unlock the full personalised version.
Letter preview — tailored to Reed
Dear Hiring Manager,
Reed's locum Educational Psychologist opportunity in Stoke-on-Trent perfectly aligns with my HCPC registration and statutory assessment expertise. Having completed educational psychology training and maintained professional registration, I am well-positioned to support your client's assessment needs whilst working flexibly outside IR35.
My background in educational psychology includes extensive experience conducting statutory assessments for EHCP applications, with particular strength in SEMH cases. I have successfully managed independent caseloads whilst maintaining the high standards required for local authority compliance.
Free signup, no card needed. Export to PDF/Word requires a £1.99 trial (14 days).
Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you approach conducting statutory assessments for EHCP applications?
- ›What assessment tools do you typically use when evaluating SEMH needs?
- ›How do you ensure your reports meet local authority requirements?
- ›Describe your experience with psychological testing batteries for children
- ›How do you maintain HCPC continuing professional development requirements?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to deliver difficult news to parents about their child's needs
- ›Describe a situation where you had to work independently without direct supervision
- ›How do you manage your workload when working flexibly across multiple clients?
- ›Give an example of when you helped a student overcome a significant challenge
- ›Describe a time you had to adapt your assessment approach for a particularly complex case
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to deliver difficult news to parents about their child's needs
Describe a situation where you had to work independently without direct supervision