School Counsellor — Student Wellbeing & Assessments

NSW Department of Education; Finley; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rural and Remote Incentives

Fitness Passport

Indemnity insurance as a psychologist

Travel allowances

School holiday leave

Job summary

NSW Department of Education is seeking a school counsellor based at Finley High School to provide counselling and psychological assessments for students across primary and high school aged communities. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, receiving supervision from the Senior Psychologist Education, and engage with families and school staff to support wellbeing and learning outcomes.

The role offers ongoing professional development and the chance to contribute to a Wellbeing Hub and

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Counselling and psychological assessment of students.
• Collaborate with school communities and external agencies to improve learning and wellbeing outcomes.
• Provide supervision and participate in group and peer supervision as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Evidence-based counselling

Psychological assessment

Stakeholder collaboration

Driver's licence

Eligibility to teach / approval to教?

Registration with Psychology Board of

Job description

NSW Department of Education is seeking a school counsellor based at Finley High School to provide counselling and psychological assessments for students across primary and high school aged communities. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, receiving supervision from the Senior Psychologist Education, and engage with families and school staff to support wellbeing and learning outcomes.

The role offers ongoing professional development and the chance to contribute to a Wellbeing Hub and