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Job Description - School Counsellor - (0.4 FTE) - Inverell High School (0000B68U)
School Counsellor - (0.4 FTE) - Inverell High School - 0000B68U
Location
Regional NSW - Tamworth & North West NSW
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Number of Positions
1
Remuneration
Total Remuneration Package: 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 and Responsibilities
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. They help families understand and manage their children's learning and mental health needs. This role offers opportunities for professional development and to make an impact on the lives of children and young people.
The successful candidate will be based at Inverell High School and may work across the lifespan with both primary and high school aged students. Working in NSW public schools involves engaging with diverse student cohorts and school communities. There are opportunities to use and expand a broad range of skills as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team. Regular supervision and professional development are provided, with support to maintain registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. Benefits include school holiday leave, travel allowances, and health and wellbeing programs. The department also covers indemnity insurance as a psychologist.
Inverell High School is a rural, comprehensive, co-educational high school with an enrolment of 506 students. A significant number of students come from low SES backgrounds, with 29.6% identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. The school supports inclusion and wellbeing initiatives and provides diverse academic, sporting, creative and cultural opportunities. For more information, visit Inverell High School's website.
Specific Selection Criteria
* Experience in counselling using evidence-based interventions with an 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 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.
* 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 be eligible 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. Applicants are to include details of their Working With Children Check clearance number as part of this application. This is a permanent part-time position 0.4 FTE.
About the NSW Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia, delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. 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 adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion page.
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