Student Wellbeing & Guidance Counselor (School)

Brisbane Catholic Education; Jimboomba; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Flexible work arrangements

Salary packaging

Fitness Passport access

Job summary

Emmaus College in Jimboomba is seeking an experienced Guidance Counsellor to support student wellbeing and learning within a faith-informed, community-focused school.

The role focuses on holistic development, mental health, psycho-educational assessments and safeguarding, with supervision and collaboration across the school community. A strong commitment to student protection and teamwork is essential.

Qualifications

• Successful experience as a Guidance Counsellor in an educational setting with a focus on prevention, intervention and student learning.
• Experience in addressing academic and life career development of students.
• Experience in administration, interpretation and reporting for psycho-educational assessments.
• Experience providing leadership in response to student protection, critical incidents and risk management.
• Collaboration skills and the ability to work in a team.
• Not required to be Catholic.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate proactive and preventative practices and initiatives for the holistic development, mental health and wellbeing of students
• Manage counselling and consulting services for students
• Provide psycho-educational and other assessments
• Ensure BCE protocols and quality processes are implemented
• Maintain standards of practice
• Apply guidance counselling skills through direct and indirect processes and through systemic, whole-school, and individual interventions
• Participate in regular individual and group supervision and mentoring activities for clinical and technical supervision.

Skills

Guidance counselling

Student wellbeing

Psycho-educational assessments

Risk management

Collaboration

Education

Masters in School Guidance and Counselling

QCT Teacher Registration

AHPRA Psychologist Registration

Job description

Emmaus College in Jimboomba is seeking an experienced Guidance Counsellor to support student wellbeing and learning within a faith-informed, community-focused school.

The role focuses on holistic development, mental health, psycho-educational assessments and safeguarding, with supervision and collaboration across the school community. A strong commitment to student protection and teamwork is essential.