A Specialist (Education Services) I (Educational Psychology) is mainly deployed on –

• (a)providing professional assessment to students 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 specialists 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;
• (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.

Candidates should have –

• (a)a Hong Kong bachelor's degree in Psychology, or equivalent;
• (b)a certificate in education from a Hong Kong tertiary educational institution, or equivalent

• (c)a Hong Kong master's degree in Educational Psychology (Professional Practice), or equivalent;
• (d)a minimum of six-years' relevant experience after obtaining (a), of which at least three years as an educational psychologist in an educational setting after obtaining
• (c)[Notes
• (2)and (3)] ; and
• (e)met the language proficiency requirement of 'Level 2' results in the two language papers [Use of Chinese (UC) and Use of English (UE)] in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or equivalent.

• (4)to (6)]