Guidance Officer - Mackay North State High School Education (Organisation site: )
Central Queensland Region, Early Childhood and State Schools Division
The Guidance Officer works as part of a dynamic student services team in partnership with another guidance officer, leading youth support workers, chaplain, school-based nurse, and community education counsellor.
Job Details Position Status: Fixed Term Temporary
Position Type: Full-time
Occupational Group: Education & Training
Classification: Stream 2 / HO1
Workplace Location: Mackay region
Job Ad Reference: QLD/CQR593823/24T
Closing Date: 10-Oct-2024
Yearly Salary: $141088 - $143582
Fortnightly Salary: $5407.90 - $5503.50
Job Duration: From 23 January 2025 until 12 December 2025
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection.
About Mackay North State High School Mackay North State High School is a high-performing school with a proven record of academic, cultural, sporting, and citizenship excellence. Students have the opportunity to excel across various areas and participate in rewarding extra-curricular activities.
About the Role You will have responsibility for leading the following activities and delivery of the following key tasks:
Advocate, provide counselling, psychoeducational assessment, and individual student support, recommendations, and advice to students, teachers, and parents concerning educational, behavioural, career development, mental health, and family issues. Work as part of a multidisciplinary team and facilitate effective working relationships and partnerships with parents, school personnel, and external support agencies. Provide a counselling and referral service to assist students in decision-making about critical educational, personal, social, emotional, and career development. Conduct activities such as student observation and psychoeducational assessment to determine the nature of student learning difficulties. Assist schools in the implementation of student protection, gifted and talented education, behaviour support policies, and risk management processes. Provide specific support in secondary schools that may include involvement in the process of Senior Education and Training (SET) planning. Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested? To Apply: Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees. Attach a 2-page response to the How you will/may be assessed section of the attached role description. We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment, an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card).
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
Documents Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below:
CQR593823_24T - Role Description (PDF, 270KB) Candidate Information Fact Sheet (PDF, 728KB) #J-18808-Ljbffr
