School Counsellor - Leeton High School

NSW Government; Leeton; Presencial; AUD 104.000 - 166.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Rural incentives

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Fitness Passport program

Descripción de la vacante

NSW Department of Education is seeking a School Counsellor at Leeton High School to provide counselling and psychological assessment for students, supporting learning and wellbeing. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, engage with families, and contribute to school strategies.

The role offers regular professional supervision, opportunities across primary and high school ages, and access to professional development and rural incentives.

Formación

• Experience in counselling using evidence-based interventions for children and young people.
• Experience in psychological assessment of children and young people, including case formulation and reporting.
• Ability to collaborate with schools, families and external agencies to support learning and wellbeing.

Responsabilidades

• Provide counselling and psychological assessment to support student learning and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with teachers and families to interpret findings and plan interventions.
• Engage with multiple school communities, with supervision and professional development.

Conocimientos

Counselling experience

Psychological assessment

Stakeholder collaboration

Educación

Registered psychologist or eligible for registration (Australia)

Descripción del empleo

Job Description - School Counsellor - Leeton High School (0000BFQV)

School Counsellor - Leeton High School - 0000BFQV

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Location

Regional NSW

Advertisement Number A900160365

Number of Positions

1

Total Remuneration Package: Package valued at up to $187,933. Base salary ranges from $104,156 to $165,812, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience. *Note there is no automatic progression to $165,812 - SCAC. Access to SCAC is available once a school counsellor has progressed through all salary steps and upon successful application for Advanced Certification level against the NSW School Counselling Service PPF.

School counsellors are an essential part of the department’s School Counselling Service.

They provide counselling and psychological assessment of students to complement and enhance the work of teachers to strengthen student learning and wellbeing outcomes, and they help families understand and manage their children’s learning and mental health needs. This is a truly collegiate role offering unique challenges and opportunities – both in your professional development and your ability to make an impact on the lives of children and young people.

The successful candidate will be based at Leeton High School and provided with opportunities to work across the lifespan with both primary and high school aged students. Working as a school counsellor in a NSW public school will enable you to engage with a diversity of students (and school communities) like no other child and adolescent psychologist role can. This is a chance to use your skills to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people at a time in their lives when it matters most.

School counsellors receive regular, individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and participate in group and peer supervision as a member of the broader district school counselling team. You will most likely be collaborating with a number of school communities and colleagues, as well as outside agencies, with the opportunity to use and expand the full range of your skills and expertise as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team.

School counsellors are provided with regular opportunities to participate in continuing professional development and the NSW Department of Education will support you to complete or maintain your registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. Other benefits include school holiday leave, travel allowances and health and wellbeing benefits such as our Fitness Passport program. The department will also cover your indemnity insurance as a psychologist.

Leeton High School, located on Wiradjuri land, has an enrolment of 460 students, with 19% identifying as Aboriginal and a growing number of EAL/D learners. The school is well-resourced and set on attractive, spacious grounds, offering a diverse curriculum designed to prepare students for successful futures.

Leeton High School takes pride in providing a wide range of academic, sporting, cultural, and vocational opportunities, including outstanding creative and performing arts programs accessible to all students. As a Positive Behaviour for Learning school, it promotes core values of respect, responsibility, and active learning.

The School Excellence Plan reflects a strong commitment to student growth and achievement, high-quality teaching practices, collaboration, and enhancing student wellbeing and engagement. Leeton High values its collaborative partnerships with the wider community and is a proud member of the Leeton Community of Public Schools.

For more information, please visit the school website Leeton High School .

Specific Selection Criteria

• Experience in counselling using evidence-based interventions with a demonstrated understanding of the mental health needs of children and young people.
• Experience in the psychological assessment of children and young people, including case formulation and report writing.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with key stakeholders to improve the learning and wellbeing outcomes of children and young people including students from diverse backgrounds and needs.

Conditions

• Be a registered or provisionally registered psychologist, or eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Ability and willingness to travel between worksites. Must have a valid unrestricted provisional or full driver’s licence with the ability to drive oneself.
• This position is under the Teachers award ( Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2024 ). To be eligible to apply, you must have an unconditional, full approval to teach or have eligibility to apply for an approval to teach. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.

Rural and Remote Incentives are available for eligible school counselling positions.

Applicants seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.

Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning and professional supervision. Find out more about working in the school counselling service. Visit the Department’s School Counselling Service pages to discover more about working as a school psychologist or school counsellor in NSW public schools.

About the NSW Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge their continued connection to their country and culture.