School Mental Health Practitioner

Government schools; Barwon Downs; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Mortlake P-12 College in rural Victoria is recruiting a Mental Health Practitioner to support whole‑school wellbeing and student mental health across a diverse P‑12 setting.

The role involves delivering prevention programs, providing short-term counselling, coordinating supports for students with complex needs, and collaborating with families, staff and external services to improve student outcomes.

Qualifications

• Ability to implement a range of small group and whole-school mental health prevention and promotion activities.
• Demonstrated ability to input into the development, implementation and evaluation of processes and strategies aimed at enhancing mental health and wellbeing prevention, promotion and early intervention.
• Demonstrated experience in assessing, conceptualising and analysing wellbeing issues, and providing evidence-based direct counselling support to clients with a range of mental health needs.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating supports for young people with complex needs including referrals to a range of specialist services as appropriate.
• Highly developed communication, networking and interpersonal skills including the ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of people.
• Clear understanding of legislative requirements regarding privacy of health information.

Responsibilities

• Providing advice and professional learning to others, including teachers and other school wellbeing staff, to build the capacity of schools to improve students wellbeing, learning and developmental outcomes.
• Delivering professional support services in a school, including mental health prevention and promotion activities and early intervention activities for students with a range of mental health needs.
• Planning and implementing evidence-based intervention strategies for students with complex needs including collaborating with families and other professionals.
• Working collaboratively with the school to enhance mental health prevention and promotion across the school by contributing to policies and operational practices.
• Liaising with other department areas and external service providers to provide appropriate support to students.
• Maintaining professional competence and continued professional development and meeting policy requirements related to student health information.

Skills

Mental health programs

Communication skills

Collaboration

Privacy compliance

Education

Psychologist

Social worker

Mental health nurse

Occupational therapist

Counsellor

Job description

Mortlake P-12 College in rural Victoria is recruiting a Mental Health Practitioner to support whole‑school wellbeing and student mental health across a diverse P‑12 setting.

The role involves delivering prevention programs, providing short-term counselling, coordinating supports for students with complex needs, and collaborating with families, staff and external services to improve student outcomes.