School Counsellor - Wee Waa High School

NSW Department of Education; Wee Waa; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rural incentives

WWCC support

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

NSW Department of Education in Wee Waa, NSW, is seeking a school counsellor to provide counselling and psychological assessment to support students’ learning and wellbeing. You will work within a collegiate, multidisciplinary team and engage with diverse school communities.

Based at Wee Waa High School, you will have opportunities to work across primary and high school ages, travel between worksites, and participate in supervision with the Senior Psychologist.

Qualifications

• Registered or provisionally registered psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Experience in counselling using evidence-based interventions.
• Experience in the psychological assessment of children and young people.
• Ability to travel between worksites and engage with diverse school communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide counselling and psychological assessment to students to support learning and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with teachers, families and external agencies to improve student outcomes.
• Participate in supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and in district team activities.
• Engage with multiple school communities, across primary and high school ages.

Skills

Counselling

Psychological assessment

Stakeholder collaboration

Registration (Psychology Board of AU)

Job description

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 Wee Waa 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.

This position is under the Teachers award ( Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2024 ).

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

Key Responsibilities and Requirements

• 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.
• 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.
• Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application – WWCC must be NSW

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.