一級專責教育主任(教育心理)主要負責： (a) 為在學習、情緒和行為上有問題的兒童提供專業評估服務，以及向該等兒童的家長和教師提供諮詢服務； (b) 為學生輔導人員、學校發展主任、其他專責人員及教職員等提供專業意見； (c) 在照顧學生差異方面為學校提供支援並協助其發展； (d) 支援學校處理危機及緊急事件； (e) 督導其他初級人員，包括二級專責教育主任、督學和助理督學，並向他們提供專業意見；以及 (f) 協助進行公營中小學和特殊學校教育心理服務的策劃、訂立基準和質素保證工作，以及領導有關上述服務的研究和發展工作。

A Specialist (Education Services) I (Educational Psychology) is mainly deployed on – (a) providing professional assessment to children with learning emotional and behavioural problems and giving consultation to parents and teachers; (b) providing professional advice to student guidance personnel, school development officers, other specialist and staff of the teaching force; (c) supporting and developing schools to cater for student differences; (d) supporting schools in managing crises and critical incidents; and (e) providing supervision and professional advice to other junior officers, including Specialist (Education Services) IIs, Inspectors, Assistant Inspectors; and (f) assisting in planning, benchmarking and quality assurance and leading the research and development of educational psychology service for public sector primary, secondary and special schools.