Job Description
School Psychologist – Coonabarabran High School (0000B9WG)
Location
Regional NSW-Tamworth & North West NSW
Number of Positions
1
Remuneration
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 859 467
School Admin: 99999999
Closing Date
20-May-2026
Job Category
School Support Staff
Organisation
School Administrative and Support
About the Role
Full Time: 1.0 FTE (Full-time equivalent)
Location: Coonabarabran High School
School psychologists are an essential part of the Department's school counselling service and work in primary and high schools. They provide counselling and psychological assessment of students, to complement and enhance the work of teachers to strengthen student learning and wellbeing outcomes, and 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 Coonabarabran High School and provided with opportunities to work across the lifespan with both primary and high school aged students. Working 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.
School psychologists receive individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and participate in group and peer supervision as a member of the broader school counselling team. They collaborate with school communities and outside agencies as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team.
Key Accountabilities
* Provides counselling and psychological services to students, individually and in groups, including appropriate short‐term therapeutic interventions undertaken within the constraints of their training, experience and supervision.
* Engages with and implements the procedures of the Professional Practice Framework for the NSW School Counselling Service.
* Works in consultation with the principal, school executive, staff and student support services to improve student learning and wellbeing outcomes and implement current departmental priorities.
* Contributes to the social, emotional, and academic development of students, and supports schools and students with complex behavioural needs.
* Administers cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural assessment of students, reports on the results of assessments and interventions and collaborates to improve 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 will support the development of student health and wellbeing outcomes.
Essential Requirements
* Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal Education Policy, the 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 clearance – WWCC must be NSW.
* Current and valid driver's licence, and ability and willingness to travel between work sites.
* Australian citizenship or permanent residency.
Benefits
School psychologists are provided with 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 a range of leave types, including recreation leave and flex leave, as well as leave loading, travel allowances and health and wellbeing benefits such as the Fitness Passport program. The department also covers indemnity insurance as a psychologist while working in our schools.
EEO Statement
The Department of Education welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of diverse ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and those who identify as LGBTQIA+. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and encourage all eligible candidates to apply.
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