Job Description
School Counsellor - Kyogle Public School (0000B8OU)
Location
Regional NSW
Advertisement Number
A900154363
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.
Role Overview
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 Kyogle Public 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 at a time 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. They will likely collaborate with school communities, colleagues, and outside agencies, expanding the full range of their skills and expertise as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team.
School counsellors receive regular opportunities for continuing professional development, and the NSW Department of Education will support completion or maintenance of 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 covers indemnity insurance as a psychologist.
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 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 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.
* Have a valid unrestricted provisional or full driver's licence and be able to drive yourself.
* Be under the Teachers award (Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2024). To be eligible, you must have an unconditional, full approval to teach, or be eligible to apply for an approval to teach. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you must commence the application process simultaneously.
Employment Terms
Applicants are encouraged to apply for either permanent full-time or permanent part-time employment. If the selected applicant prefers part-time, they will be offered their desired FTE (0.1-0.9). Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on merit selection webpage.
Equal Opportunity
The Department of Education welcomes applicants from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, neurodiverse people and people with disability. Adjustments to the recruitment/interview process can be made upon request.
Additional Information
Applicants should include details of their WWCC clearance number in their application.
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