School Counsellor – Walgett Community College – High School ($20K Recruitment Bonus)

Mobile; Nice (CA); Vor Ort; USD 72.000 - 115.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Recruitment bonus

Zusammenfassung

Walgett Community College–High School is seeking a qualified school counsellor to provide counselling and psychological assessment for students within the NSW public education system. The role offers opportunities to work across the lifespan with students and engage with diverse school communities.

The successful candidate will be based at Walgett Community College–High School, receive regular supervision, and benefit from professional development and a recruitment incentive of $20,000.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in counselling using evidence-based interventions.
• Experience in psychological assessment of children and young people, including case formulation and report writing.
• Ability to collaborate with key stakeholders to improve learning and wellbeing outcomes.
• Be a registered or provisionally registered psychologist, or eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Ability and willingness to travel between worksites. Must have a valid unrestricted driver’s licence.
• This position requires teaching approval or eligibility to apply for approval to teach.

Aufgaben

• Counselling and psychological assessment of students to support learning and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with teachers, families and external agencies to support student outcomes.
• Provide supervision and professional development within the school counselling service.
• Work across Walgett Community College–High School and with a range of school communities to support students.

Kenntnisse

Counselling experience

Psychological assessment

Stakeholder collaboration

Driver's licence

Teaching eligibility

Travel willingness

Ausbildung

Registered psychologist

Eligible for Psychology Board registration

Jobbeschreibung

School Counsellor – Walgett Community College – High School ($20K Recruitment Bonus) – 0000BEQI.

Location

Regional NSW Advertisement Number A900159487

Number of Positions

1 Total Remuneration Package: Package valued at up to $187,933. Base salary ranges from $104,156 to $165,812, plus leave loading and employer’s contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience. *Note there is no automatic progression to $165,812 – SCAC. Access to SCAC is available once a school counsellor has progressed through all salary steps and upon successful application for Advanced Certification level against the NSW School Counselling Service PPF. School Name Walgett Community College – High School Principal Network Connected Communities Team 1 Staffing Area Bourke FTE 1.000 Contact Name Melissa Moss Contact Phone number 0474 859 467 Contact School Admin – 99999999

Closing Date

28-Oct-2026, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

TCH Other

Organisation

Teaching Service Position Information School counsellors are an essential part of the department’s School Counselling Service.

They provide counselling and psychological assessment of students to complement and enhance the work of teachers to strengthen student learning and wellbeing outcomes, and they 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 Walgett Community College-High School and provided with opportunities to work across the lifespan with both primary and high school aged students. Working as a school counsellor 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 counsellors receive regular, individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and participate in group and peer supervision as a member of the broader district 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 counsellors are provided with regular 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 school holiday leave, travel allowances and health and wellbeing benefits such as our Fitness Passport program. The department will also cover your indemnity insurance as a psychologist.

Walgett Community College-High School is located approximately 280km north of Dubbo. Walgett has a population of approximately 2300 and is situated in a remote, rural context. Student enrolment Year 7-12 is 138 students, including approximately 97% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. 21% of students have a language background other than English. The school is part of the Connected Communities strategy and is committed to providing a broad, high quality education for all students through a diverse, relevant curriculum with a focus on student and community engagement. The school is well resourced including two trade training centres. There is a strong focus on improving literacy and numeracy outcomes. Active partnerships are established between the school and the community. For more information, please visit the school website Walgett Community College-High School.

Specific Selection Criteria

• Experience in counselling using evidence-based interventions with a demonstrated understanding of the mental health needs of children and young people.
• Experience in the psychological assessment of children and young people, including case formulation and report writing.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with key stakeholders to improve the learning and wellbeing outcomes of children and young people including students from diverse backgrounds and needs. Conditions
• Be a registered or provisionally registered psychologist, or eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
• Ability and willingness to travel between worksites. Must have a valid unrestricted provisional or full driver’s licence with the ability to drive oneself.
• This position is under the Teachers award (Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2024). To be eligible to apply, you must have an unconditional, full approval to teach or have eligibility to apply for an approval to teach. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
• Special Notes Applicants seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.

Rural and Remote Incentives are available for eligible school counselling positions.

The successful applicant may be eligible to receive a one-off recruitment payment of $20,000 (conditions apply). Where the successful candidate is seeking ongoing part time employment this payment will be pro-rata.

Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning and professional supervision.

Find out more about working in the school counselling service. Visit the Department’s School Counselling Service pages to discover more about working as a school psychologist or school counsellor in NSW public schools.

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application — WWCC must be NSW.

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 people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.

To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.

For technical support in applying for the role please contact School Recruitment Support at 1300 863 694.