School Psychologist - Melonba High School

NSW Police Force; Sydney; On-site; AUD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fitness Passport

Leave loading

Travel allowances

Superannuation

Job summary

NSW Department of Education invites applications for a full-time School Psychologist at Melonba High School in Sydney. You will provide counselling and psychological assessments to students, supporting learning and wellbeing in partnership with teachers and families.

The role offers professional supervision and opportunities to work across primary and high school ages. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team within a supportive environment, with access to continuing professional development

Qualifications

• Must hold General or Provisional Psychology Registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Valid WWCC clearance – NSW required.
• Current and valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel between work sites.
• Australian citizenship or permanent residency.

Responsibilities

• Provides counselling and psychological services to students, individually and in groups.
• Engages with the Professional Practice Framework for the NSW School Counselling Service.
• Works with the principal, executive, staff and support services to improve learning and wellbeing.
• Contributes to social, emotional and academic development and supports students with complex behavioural needs.
• Administers cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural assessments and reports results.
• Collaborates with parents, carers and other agencies to develop school-based support.
• Responds as part of a team to assist schools experiencing serious incidents.
• Refer students and families to external agencies for health and wellbeing support.

Skills

Counselling

Psychological assessment

Collaboration

Education

General or Provisional Psychology Registration

Tools

Driver's licence

Job description

Job Description - School Psychologist - Melonba High School (0000BFHG)

School Psychologist - Melonba High School - 0000BFHG

Location

Sydney Region-Sydney - Greater West

Number of Positions

1

Contact Information

Contact Phone number 0474 859 467

Contact School Admin - 99999999

Closing Date

11-Nov-2026, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

School Support Staff

Organisation

School Administrative and Support

About the Role

Full Time 1.0 FTE (Full time equivalent)

Location: Melonba High School

School psychologists are an essential part of the Department’s school counselling service and work in primary and high schools. They provide counselling and psychological assessment of students, to complement and enhance the work of teachers to strengthen student learning and wellbeing outcomes, and 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 Melonba High School and provided with opportunities to work across the lifespan with both primary and high school aged students. Working 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 psychologists receive individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and participate in group and peer supervision as a member of the broader 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 psychologists are provided with 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 access to a range of leave types, including recreation leave and flex leave, as well as leave loading, travel allowances and health and wellbeing benefits such as our Fitness Passport program. The department will also cover your indemnity insurance as a psychologist while working in our schools.

Find out more about working as a school psychologist on the school counselling service pages of the NSW Department of Education website.

Melonba High School is a school located in the new suburb of Melonba near Marsden Park. It opened in temporary premises at the start of 2024 with Years 7 and 8 students and is now our permanent premises from the beginning of 2025, now with students in Years 7, 8, 9 and 10. 2027 will see our first Year 11 cohort.

We are experiencing rapid growth enrolment with 1137 students currently and projected to be 1450 students in 2027. When completed, the school will have capacity for 2000 students. Our first HSC cohort will be in 2028.

The school incorporates an innovative and future focused educational model, reflective of agile teaching and learning areas while also supporting the welfare needs of students. For more information, please visit the school website Melonba High School.

Key Accountabilities

• Provides counselling and psychological services to students, individually and in groups, including appropriate short term therapeutic interventions undertaken within the constraints of their training, experience and supervision
• Engages with and implements the procedures of the Professional Practice Framework for the NSW School Counselling Service
• Works in consultation with the principal, school executive, staff and student support services to improve student learning and wellbeing outcomes and implement current departmental priorities
• Contributes to the social, emotional, and academic development of students, and supports schools and students with complex behavioural needs
• Administers cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural assessment of students, reports on the results of assessments and interventions and collaborates to improve learning, wellbeing and mental health outcomes
• Works collaboratively with learning and support teams, parents and carers, and other agencies, to develop appropriate school based support for students
• Responds as part of a team to assist schools experiencing serious incidents
• Refers students and/or their families and carers to other agencies that will support the development of student health and wellbeing outcome

Essential Requirements

• Knowledge of and commitment to the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy , Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG Inc. and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy
• General or Provisional Psychology Registration with the Psychology Board of Australia
• Valid and current Working with Children Check clearance – WWCC must be NSW
• Current and valid driver’s licence and ability and willingness to travel between work sites. Must have a valid unrestricted provisional or full driver’s licence with the ability to drive oneself.
• Australian citizenship or permanent residency

Total Remuneration Package

Package valued up to $187,933 + incentives (where applicable). Base salary ranges from $104,156 - $165,812* plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available dependent on professional experience.
*Note there is no automatic progression to the $165,812 SPAC salary level.
Access to SPAC is available once a school psychologist has progressed through all salary steps and upon successful application for Advanced Certification level against the NSW School Counselling Service Professional Practice Framework .

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 all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage .

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