Location
Sydney Region - West
Number of Positions
1
Closing Date
13 May 2026
Total Remuneration Package
Package valued 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.
Job Category
School Support Staff
Organisation
School Administrative and Support
About the Role
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, complementing and enhancing 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.
Position: 0.6 Full Time Equivalent (Part Time). Location: Sarah Redfern Public School. Commencing: 20 July 2026.
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 outcome.
Essential Requirements
* Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal Education Policy, 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.
Eligibility & Benefits
School psychologists receive individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist, education and participation in group and peer supervision as part of the school counselling team. Opportunities to participate in continuing professional development and the NSW Department of Education will support completion or maintenance of registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. Benefits include access to a range of leave types, including recreation leave and flex leave, leave loading, travel allowances and health and wellbeing benefits such as the Fitness Passport program. The department covers psychologist indemnity insurance while working in schools.
School Information
Sarah Redfern Public School is a P‐6 school located on the custodial lands of the Dharawal people, with a student population of approximately 316. The school has a preschool for 80 children, eleven mainstream classes, and five inclusive education classes serving students from Kindergarten through Year 6. Over 11% of students identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 75% come from English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) backgrounds.
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.
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