School Psychologist: Student Wellbeing & Intervention Lead

Victorian Government; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hallam Primary School, in the Melbourne southern suburbs, seeks a Range 4 Health and Allied Health professional to lead school health and wellbeing initiatives and provide early intervention services. The role supports the leadership team and liaises with the Department and external providers to ensure high quality wellbeing programs.

Responsibilities include implementing whole-school health plans, delivering short-term counselling, coordinating complex-need supports, and ensuring external

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Enhance mental health prevention and promotion activities in the school by contributing to whole-school health and wellbeing plans, building staff capability to address student mental health and wellbeing.
• Provide early intervention services (including short-term counselling) for at-risk students and groups.
• Coordinate supports for students with complex needs with regions, local mental health service providers and other health professionals to engage further support.
• Manage the delivery of support services to students, teachers, parents and other school clients.
• Ensure all external providers deliver the required service.

Skills

Mental health promotion

Counselling

Stakeholder liaison

Communication skills

Privacy compliance

Job description

Hallam Primary School, in the Melbourne southern suburbs, seeks a Range 4 Health and Allied Health professional to lead school health and wellbeing initiatives and provide early intervention services. The role supports the leadership team and liaises with the Department and external providers to ensure high quality wellbeing programs.

Responsibilities include implementing whole-school health plans, delivering short-term counselling, coordinating complex-need supports, and ensuring external