Job Overview
School Counsellor – (0.2 FTE) – Canobolas Rural Technology High School (0000B83V). The role is based at Canobolas Rural Technology High School, a comprehensive high school located in Orange, Regional NSW. The school enrolls 617 students, including approximately 46% Aboriginal students.
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 Canobolas Rural Technology High School and will work with both primary and high school aged students. 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 collaborate with a number of school communities and colleagues, as well as outside agencies, and will have opportunities to use and expand the full range of their skills and expertise as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
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.
Qualifications
* 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 the learning and wellbeing outcomes of children and young people, including students from diverse backgrounds and needs.
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. Must have a valid unrestricted provisional or full driver's licence with the ability to drive oneself.
* 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.
* Applicants are required to provide details of their WWCC clearance number as part of the application – WWCC must be NSW.
Benefits
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. Access to the NSW School Counselling Service PPF Advanced Certification level is available once a school counsellor has progressed through all salary steps and upon successful application. Other benefits include school holiday leave, travel allowances, health and wellbeing benefits such as the Fitness Passport program, and indemnity insurance as a psychologist.
Employment
This is a permanent part time position 0.2 FTE (Full-time equivalent).
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Number of Positions
1
EEO Statement
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. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above.
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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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