Job Description - School Counsellor - Chatham Public School (0000B8AN)
Location
Regional NSW
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.
Responsibilities
* Provide counselling and psychological assessment of students to complement and enhance the work of teachers, strengthening student learning and wellbeing outcomes.
* Collaborate with students, families, teachers, and external agencies to support the mental health and learning needs of children and young people.
* Participate in individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and group/peer supervision as part of the district school counselling team.
* Engage with a diverse lifespan of primary and high school aged students across the community.
* Assist in continuing professional development and support completion or maintenance of registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
* Contribute to the district school counselling service, leveraging multidisciplinary teamwork.
Specific 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 the 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.
* 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 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 must commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
* Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application – WWCC must be NSW.
Benefits
Regular opportunities for professional supervision and continuing development. NSW Department of Education supports 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 the Fitness Passport program. The department will cover your indemnity insurance as a psychologist.
Employment Status
Applicants seeking either permanent full-time or permanent part-time employment are encouraged to apply. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part-time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept.
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.
Other Information
Chatham Public School is a welcoming and inclusive K–6 primary school located in the Taree community. For more information, please visit the school website.
Traditional Custodians
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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