Job Description
School Psychologist – Kyogle High School (0000B93C)
Location
Central & North Coasts – Newcastle & Hunter Valley, Lismore & Far North Coast.
Number of Positions
1
Salary
Package valued up to $182,461 + incentives (where applicable). Base salary ranges from $101,122 – $160,983*, 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 $160,983 SPAC salary level.
Contact
Phone: 0474 859 467School Admin: 99999999
Closing Date
06-May-2026, 6:00:00 AM
Job Category
School Support Staff
Organisation
School Administrative and Support
About the Role
Full Time 1.0 FTE. The School Psychologist will provide counselling and psychological assessment to students, complementing teachers' work to strengthen learning and wellbeing outcomes. The successful candidate will base at Kyogle High School, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, and work with both primary and high school aged students. School psychologists receive individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and participate in group and peer supervision as part of the broader school counselling team. Additional benefits include access to leave types such as recreation, flex, travel allowances, health and wellbeing benefits such as the Fitness Passport program, and indemnity insurance coverage.
Key Accountabilities
* Provides counselling and psychological services to students individually and in groups, including short-term therapeutic interventions within training and supervision constraints.
* Engages with and implements procedures of the Professional Practice Framework for the NSW School Counselling Service.
* Works with the principal, school executive, staff and student support services to improve student learning and wellbeing outcomes and implement departmental priorities.
* Contributes to the social, emotional, and academic development of students, supporting schools and students with complex behavioural needs.
* Administers cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural assessments of students, reports on results, and collaborates to enhance 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 support the development of student health and wellbeing outcomes.
Essential Requirements
* Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal Education Policy, Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG Inc. and the Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
* General or Provisional Psychology Registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
* Valid and current Working with Children Check (WWCC) clearance – NSW.
* Current and valid driver's licence with the ability and willingness to travel between work sites; unrestricted provisional or full licence required.
* Australian citizenship or permanent residency.
Total Remuneration Package
Package valued up to $182,461 + incentives (where applicable). Base salary ranges from $101,122 – $160,983* 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 $160,983 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.
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