Head of Counselling

Caulfield Grammar School; Melbourne; Sur place; AUD 110 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary with 13% superannua

Professional development

Modern facilities

Health and wellbeing focus

Employee Assistance Program

BENY benefits app access

ISV resources & networks

Résumé du poste

Caulfield Grammar School is seeking a Head of Counselling at the Wheelers Hill Campus Secondary School on a permanent, full-time basis, commencing January 2027. You will lead a team of psychologists supporting students' academic success, psychological health, and social and emotional wellbeing.

You will coordinate counselling services, develop protocols with campus management, and engage with parents and staff to ensure best practices in student wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering psychological and counselling services in a school setting.
• Demonstrated leadership or experience coordinating counselling services.
• Develop protocols for the counselling service with campus management.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder communication skills.
• Ability to manage administrative and financial resources.

Responsabilités

• Coordinate the counselling service to ensure a consistent approach.
• Provide counselling to students and consult with parents on educational, social, behavioural, and emotional needs.
• Prioritise student access to service based on assessment and need.
• Monitor caseload allocations to psychologists.
• Provide referrals to external agencies when required.
• Prioritise and manage educational assessments; write reports and liaise with staff and parents.
• Model Caulfield Grammar School values and behaviours.

Connaissances

School counselling leadership

Interpersonal communication

Team coordination

Policy development

Admin & resources management

Formation

AHPRA registered Psychologist

Working With Children Check

Description du poste

Caulfield Grammar School is aninternationally recognised, independent, co-educational schoolcommitted to providing exceptional educational opportunities fromEarly Learning through to Year 12. With over 3700 students across 5campuses and our Student Experience Programs in Yarra Junction andKakadu, Caulfield Grammar passionately strives to deliverinnovative specialist educational programs enabling qualitylearning every day, in every experience, for every learner, forlife.

TheRole

An exciting opportunity exists for aHead of Counselling to join our Wheelers Hill Campus SecondarySchool Campus on a permanent, full-time capacity, commencing inJanuary 2027.

Reporting to the Deputy Principal –Head of Wheelers Hill Campus, you will lead a team of psychologistswho draw on their psychological and educational expertise tosupport students’ academic success, psychological health, andsocial and emotionalwellbeing.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the counsellingservice in order to ensure a consistent approach is taken byteam members
• Provide counselling to students,and consult with parents in the management of educational,social, behavioural and emotionaldifficulties
• Prioritise student access toservice based on assessment andneed
• Monitor the allocations ofcaseload to psychologists
• Provide referral to and liaisewith external agencies and specialists asrequired
• Prioritise and manageeducational assessments; write reports and liaise with staffand parents
• Model and live the CaulfieldGrammar School values andbehaviours

Skills andExperience:

• Demonstrated experienceproviding psychological and counselling services within aschool setting, with a strong understanding of studentwellbeing, child and adolescent development, and collaborationwith families and educators.
• Demonstrated leadershipcapability or experience leading a team and coordinatingcounselling services to ensure a consistent, collaborativeapproach to student wellbeing.
• Develop protocols for thecounselling service in conjunction with campusmanagement
• Confidence in modelling bestpractice, excellent interpersonal and communication skills andthe ability to work well with differentstakeholders
• The ability to comply withadministrative and organisational requirements including themanagement of financial resources
• Be registered as a Psychologistwith the Psychology Board of Australia(AHPRA)
• Hold or willing to obtain anEmployment Working With ChildrenCheck.

For further information pleasesee Position Description.

Why Caulfield GrammarSchool

Our culture is defined by the fivevalues: Pursuing Excellence, Inspiring Creativity, ThrivingTogether, Embracing Diversity, and Living Wholeheartedly. Thesevalues guide the way we work together with passion and authenticitybased on our guiding principle of a Mind forLife.

For more information about pursuing acareer of excellence at Caulfield Grammar School, please visitour Careers Page .

• Competitive salary packages with13% superannuation
• Continuous professionaldevelopment and learningopportunities
• State-of-the-art facilities andinnovative resources
• A year‑round focus on health,wellbeing and balance
• Employee Assistance Program(EAP) for confidential support
• Exclusive employee perks throughthe BENY benefits app
• Access to ISV resources andprofessional networks

Enquiries: [e-mail]

ApplicationsClose: 1 November2026at 11:00pm