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 [Note (2)]; (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. [Notes (4) to (6)]