School Counsellor - Narrabri West Public School

NSW Government; Narrabri; On-site; AUD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fitness Passport

Indemnity insurance as psychologist

Travel allowances

Job summary

NSW Department of Education is seeking a School Counsellor for Narrabri West Public School. The role focuses on counselling and psychological assessment to support student wellbeing and learning outcomes within a collaborative, multidisciplinary team.

You will engage with families and school communities, with opportunities for professional supervision, development, and involvement across multiple schools in regional NSW.

Qualifications

• Experience in counselling using evidence-based interventions for children and young people.
• Experience in psychological assessment, case formulation and report writing.
• Ability to collaborate with key stakeholders to support student wellbeing and learning.

Responsibilities

• Provide counselling and psychological assessments for students.
• Collaborate with teachers, families and other agencies to support wellbeing and learning outcomes.
• Support students across primary and high school ages as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in supervision and ongoing professional development.

Skills

Counselling

Psychological assessment

Stakeholder collaboration

Driver's licence

Education

Registered psychologist

Provisionally registered / eligibility

Job description

Job Description - School Counsellor - Narrabri West Public School (0000BFRY)

School Counsellor - Narrabri West Public School - 0000BFRY

Location

Regional NSW

Number of Positions

1

Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at up to $187,933.00. Base salary ranges from $104,156.00 to $165,812.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.

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 Narrabri West Public 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.

Narrabri West Public School is a Pre School to Year 6 learning community. We have 232 students attending, 32% being of Aboriginal background. Narrabri is a rural town with its student base coming from a range of social and economic backgrounds. Narrabri West Public School is a collaborative and supportive workplace with a positive culture that is committed to the ongoing learning of individuals and teams. We focus on a commitment to personalised and differentiated learning and support for every student to succeed. Our effective teaching practices are consistent, explicit, and based on current research and ensure that teaching is relevant and reflective of a complex, changing world. Our committed and professional staff team reflects a balance of ages and experiences. Narrabri West strives to be recognised as a school that sets the standard in educational and professional excellence. For more information, please visit the school website Narrabri West Public 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.

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.

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.

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. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.

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