Location
Regional NSW - Tamworth & North West NSW
Advertisement Number A900152156
Number of Positions
1
Total Remuneration Package: Package valued at up to $182,461. Base salary ranges from $101,122 to $160,983, 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 $160,983 - 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.
Overview
School Counsellor – Moree Public School. The Department's School Counselling Service provides counselling and psychological assessment of students to complement and enhance the work of teachers, supporting student learning and wellbeing outcomes. The role involves working with families to understand and manage their children's learning and mental health needs and offers opportunities for professional development and impact across ages from primary to high school students.
The successful candidate will be based at Moree Public School and will have opportunities to work across the lifespan with both primary and high school aged students. This is a collaborative, multidisciplinary role with regular supervision and peer support within the district school counselling team. There are opportunities to engage with a diverse student body and school communities.
Additional benefits include continued professional development, support to maintain registration with the Psychology Board of Australia, school holiday leave, travel allowances, health and wellbeing benefits (e.g., Fitness Passport), and indemnity insurance as a psychologist.
Moree Public School, located in Northwest Rural NSW, has 452 students and a culture focused on belonging, excellence and high expectations. The school supports opportunities in Sport, Science, Technology, and the Creative and Performing Arts, with programs such as Public Speaking and Debating. For more information, please visit the Moree Public School website.
Responsibilities
* Provide counselling and psychological assessment of students to support learning and wellbeing outcomes.
* Collaborate with teachers, families, and other stakeholders to understand and address students' mental health needs.
* Engage in ongoing professional supervision, professional development, and contribute to a multidisciplinary school counselling team.
* Participate in continuing professional development and maintain or support registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
Qualifications and 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 learning and wellbeing outcomes for diverse student backgrounds and needs.
Conditions and Requirements
* Be a registered or provisionally registered psychologist, or eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
* Ability and willingness to travel between worksites.
* 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 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.
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 on the Department's School Counselling Service pages. Applicants should include their WWCC clearance number as part of the application.
This is a permanent full-time position 1.0 FTE. Rural and Remote Incentives are available for eligible school counselling positions.
About the NSW Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia, responsible for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of NSW students. The department values diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all backgrounds. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion pages.
Merit selection guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals are provided to guide applicants and selection panels. All application attachments should be submitted in PDF format. Late applications will not be accepted.
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