Position Information 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.
This role offers unique challenges and opportunities for your professional development and your ability to make an impact on the lives of children and young people. The successful candidate will be based at Chullora Public School and will engage with both primary and high school aged students.
Working as a school counsellor in a NSW public school will enable you to engage with a diversity of students like no other child and adolescent psychologist role can.
This is a chance to use your skills to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people at a critical time in their lives. School counsellors receive regular, individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and participate in group and peer supervision as a member of the broader district school counselling team.
You will collaborate with school communities and colleagues, as well as outside agencies, utilizing a full range of your skills and expertise as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team. School counsellors are provided with opportunities to participate in continuing professional development, and the NSW Department of Education will support you to maintain your registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
Other benefits include school holiday leave, travel allowances, and health and wellbeing benefits such as our Fitness Passport program.
The department will also cover your indemnity insurance as a psychologist.
Chullora Public School (CPS) has an enrolment of approximately 392 students and caters to a low socioeconomic status (SES) and high non-English-speaking background (NESB) community.
Currently, there are 3 students across K-6 who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
99% of students come from a Language Background Other Than English (LBOTE).
Extracurricular activities include PSSA, Breakfast Club, Games Room, STEM, the Arts, Reading 4 Life, Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Community Gardening, Robotics, and Coding.
There are 17 mainstream classes and a Support Unit with 3 classes for students with Autism and special needs.
With a focus on explicit teaching, a major aspiration of Chullora Public School is that all students make significant gains in Literacy and Numeracy each year.
A dedicated staff hold high expectations for teaching and learning and demonstrate this through commitment to their ongoing learning and engagement as a professional learning community.
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 those from diverse backgrounds and needs. Conditions An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement.
If you do not hold a 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. Be a registered or provisionally registered psychologist, or eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. Ability and willingness to travel between worksites. Special Notes Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning, and professional supervision. Find out more about working in the school counselling service.
Visit the Department's School Counselling Service pages to discover more about working as a school psychologist or school counsellor in NSW public schools.
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
About the NSW Department of Education The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia, responsible for 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, and people with disabilities.
If we can make adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team.
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