School Psychologist - Palm Avenue School (NSW Centre for Effective Reading)

NSW Government; Sydney; Presencial; AUD 104.000 - 166.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Leave loading

Fitness Passport

Indemnity insurance

Professional supervision

Descripción de la vacante

NSW Department of Education is seeking a School Psychologist for Palm Avenue School (CER) in Sydney. The role focuses on counselling, assessment, and collaboration to support student learning and wellbeing. Based at CER with opportunities to work across primary and high school settings.

The role offers full-time work, professional supervision, and a range of benefits, including leave provisions, superannuation, and support for registration and ongoing professional development.

Formación

• General or Provisional Psychology Registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance – NSW.
• Current and valid driver’s license and ability to travel between work sites.
• Australian citizenship or permanent residency.
• Aboriginal Education Policy and related diversity initiatives awareness.

Responsabilidades

• Provide counselling and psychological services to students, individually and in groups.
• Engage with the Professional Practice Framework for NSW School Counselling Service.
• Collaborate with school leaders, staff and support services to improve student outcomes.
• Support students with complex behavioural and mental health needs.
• Administer cognitive, social, and behavioural assessments and report results.
• Collaborate with families and external agencies to support student wellbeing.
• Respond to schools during incidents as part of a team.
• Refer students and families to additional services as needed.
• Utilise technology to deliver telepsychology services.

Conocimientos

Psychology registration

WWCC

Driver's license

Willingness to travel

Australian citizenship

Descripción del empleo

Job Description - School Psychologist - Palm Avenue School (NSW Centre for Effective Reading) (0000BG6T)

School Psychologist - Palm Avenue School (NSW Centre for Effective Reading) - 0000BG6T

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Location

Sydney Region

Number of Positions

1

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.

Contact Phone number 0474 859 467

Contact School Admin - 99999999

Closing Date

25-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: Palm Avenue 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 Centre for Effective Reading (CER) 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.

The NSW Centre for Effective Reading (NSW CER) is a NSW Department of Education and NSW Health initiative. NSW CER is a state-wide provision for students referred from eligible government and non-government schools. NSW CER supports primary aged, rural and remote students with complex reading difficulties who have been accepted for support. NSW CER has hubslocated in Dubbo, Wagga Wagga and Lindfield with a multidisciplinary team consisting of Speech Pathologists, Psychologists and specialist teachers to provide the best support and intervention for students.A comprehensive assessment (either face-to-face or remotely) is provided by a multidisciplinary team. These results form the personalised interventions for each student.This includes staff training in program implementation, regular monitoring and feedback, personalised learning meetings, direct intervention, targeted professional learning and class-based strategies. Reading intervention is provided for 12 months and adjustments to the intervention are made throughout in response to student progress. For more information, please visit the school website Palm Avenue School - NSW Centre for Effective Reading .

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
• Highly competent in using technology to support the delivery of telepsychology

Essential Requirements

• 1. 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
• 2. General or Provisional Psychology Registration with the Psychology Board of Australia
• 3. Valid and current Working with Children Check clearance – WWCC must be NSW
• 4. 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.
• 5. Australian citizenship or permanent residency

Palm Avenue School (NSW Centre for Effective Reading) is relocating to Lindfield College in Sydney commencing from 2027. The successful applicant will be based at the CER Lindfield site. Applicants may also request to work from the CER Wagga or Dubbo sites, an approved NSW government school or a Department of Education office, subject to operational requirements. The successful applicant must be prepared and able to travel to hubs, rural and remote schools and Sydney for Professional Learning.

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.