School Counsellor - Yanco Agricultural High School

NSW Department of Education; Yanco; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation provided

Departmental induction

Ongoing professional learning andSuper

Professional supervision

Travel allowances

School holiday leave

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

NSW Department of Education invites applications for a School Counsellor based at Yanco Agricultural High School. You will provide counselling and psychological assessment for students, collaborating across school communities and external agencies to support learning and wellbeing.

Role supports registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, includes regular supervision, induction, and ongoing professional learning. Accommodation may be available for successful applicants.

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.
• Yanco Agricultural High School can provide accommodation for a single/couple for a successful applicant to the school counsellor position.
• Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning and professional supervision.

Responsibilities

• Counselling students and providing psychological support to complement and enhance teaching.
• Conduct psychological assessments including case formulation and reporting to support student welfare and learning outcomes.
• Collaborate with school communities, colleagues, and external agencies to address diverse student needs and backgrounds.
• Engage in ongoing supervision and professional development as part of the district counsellor team.
• Travel between worksites as required and maintain appropriate licensure with the Psychology Board of Australia.

Skills

Counselling experience

Psychological assessment

Stakeholder collaboration

Registration eligibility

Willingness to travel

Education

Registered psychologist

Provisional registration

Eligibility for registration

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 Yanco Agricultural 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. Yanco Agricultural High School is a selective, co-educational, fully residential school with 300 students enrolled in 2024, including 17 Aboriginal students. Students attending the school come from primarily rural and remote New South Wales, with a number of students from interstate. The school is implementing Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) and has enjoyed success in developing positive, responsible students who value learning and demonstrate the school values of Pride, Respect and Responsibility. Located in the NSW Riverina, 12 kilometres from Leeton, the school has 280 hectares, including 180 hectares of intensive irrigation and dry land agriculture and is bordered by the Murrumbidgee River. On the school grounds students have access to tennis courts, a gymnasium, swimming pool, 10 hectares of sporting ovals, after-hours library and resource centre, as well as a host of individual and team activities at school and in the local community. The school has outstanding agricultural facilities and is a leader in agricultural education.

• 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.
• Yanco Agricultural High School can provide accommodation for a single/couple for a successful applicant to the school counsellor position.
• Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning and professional supervision.

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.

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.

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