Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025 - 19/12/2025
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health
Reference: 1459438
Job posted: 17/12/2024
Closes: 14/01/2025
Location Profile Berwick College is a Year 7-12 coeducational school with a student population of over 1700 students. The College is located on Bunurong Country, in the beautiful eastern suburb of Berwick. It is only a 35 minute drive from the centre of Melbourne.
Berwick College delivers a rigorous curriculum with a huge range of individualised pathways so that our students become critical and creative thinkers. We place great emphasis on our exceptional co-curricular program in order to connect students to our school and to develop collaborative problem solvers.
Selection Criteria Ability to implement a range of small group and whole-school mental health prevention and promotion activities aimed at improving student mental health and wellbeing. Demonstrated ability to input into the development, implementation and evaluation of processes and strategies aimed at enhancing mental health and wellbeing prevention, promotion and early intervention. Demonstrated experience in assessing, conceptualising and analysing wellbeing issues, and providing evidence-based direct counselling support to clients with a range of mental health needs. Demonstrated experience in coordinating supports for young people with complex needs including referrals to a range of specialist services as appropriate. Highly developed communication, networking and interpersonal skills including the ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of people. Clear understanding of legislative requirements regarding privacy of health information. Role The Mental Health Practitioners (MHP) initiative was announced by the Minister for Education in late 2018 to expand mental health and wellbeing support in government schools. This role has the following functions:
Enhancing mental health prevention and promotion activities in the school by contributing to whole-school health and wellbeing plans. Providing early intervention services for individual students and groups identified as at-risk. Coordinating supports for students with complex needs both within and external to the school. The successful applicant will be an experienced professional who will carry out their duties with a high level of autonomy. The successful applicant will be responsible for the development and implementation of professional support programs within an educational environment, including guidance to other professional staff.
Who May Apply Applicants must be qualified as a psychologist, social worker, mental health nurse, occupational therapist or counsellor of a prescribed class. Demonstrated direct counselling experience. A current Working With Children Check. EEO AND OHS Commitment The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms.
Child Safe Standards Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students.
Conditions of Employment All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements. Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check. To apply for this role, you will be redirected to the Schools (Government) job application system.
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