School Counsellor - Dubbo College South Campus (0000B960)
Regional NSW
Advertisement Number: A900154774
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 that 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, strengthening student learning and wellbeing outcomes, and helping families understand and manage their children's learning and mental health needs. This is a collegiate role offering unique challenges and opportunities for professional development and for making an impact on the lives of children and young people.
Key Responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
* Provide counselling and psychological assessment to support student learning and wellbeing.
* Collaborate with teachers, families, agencies, and district teams to enhance outcomes.
* Engage with primary and high‐school age students at Dubbo College South Campus.
* Participate in individual supervision, group and peer supervision, and ongoing professional development.
* Maintain or obtain registration with the Psychology Board of Australia and support professional qualifications.
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 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.
* The 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 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.
Benefits
* School holiday leave, travel allowances, and health and wellbeing benefits such as the Fitness Passport program.
* Coverage of indemnity insurance as a psychologist.
* Continued professional development support and opportunities to maintain registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
Additional Information
Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction programme, ongoing professional learning and professional supervision.
Find out more about working in the school counselling service.
Applicants are required to provide details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application – WWCC must be NSW.
EEO Statement
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.
We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge their continued connection to their country and culture.
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