Specialists (Education Services) I (Educational Psychology) are mainly deployed on the following types of duties: (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 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 Specialists (Education Services) II, Inspectors and 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) Hong Kong bachelor's degree in Psychology, or equivalent [General Note (b)] ; (b) a certificate in education from a Hong Kong tertiary educational institution, or equivalent [Note (1)]; (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 (1) - (2)]; and (e) met the language proficiency requirements of 'Level 2' results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or equivalent [Notes (3) - (5)]. For candidates holding qualifications obtained from academic institutions outside Hong Kong, please attach to their application copies of diplomas/certificates, transcripts of studies and official documents issued by the relevant academic institutions stating the mode of delivery (e.g. full time/part time, on campus/distance learning, etc.) of the study programmes. To facilitate the assessment of the qualifications, candidates should provide the above documents for all other relevant qualifications obtained as far as possible. For candidates holding local qualifications, please also attach copies of the documents stating the major and minor subjects studied in their degree courses.