Student Services (Education & Training)
Government - State (Government & Defence)
Senior Professional Officer 1 - Remuneration Package $150,506 - $167,941
Student Wellbeing and Inclusion Programs and Services – Clients Services
Darwin
Ongoing vacancy is available in Darwin
Are you a psychologist who is passionate about providing services with a focus on supporting students?
About the team:
Be part of a multidisciplinary allied health and special education professional team creating positive change and strengthening the link between wellbeing, inclusion and engagement to support our kids.
About the role:
Senior Psychologists work and provide professional leadership in a Multi-Tiered System of Support framework and utilise psychological expertise in education to build capacity of educators to facilitate access, participation and to maximise educational outcomes for students.
Consultation, comprehensive assessment, treatment planning and short-term therapeutic interventions are provided to students with complex and challenging behaviour concerns that are having a direct impact on educational outcomes.
Minimum Requirements:
To be successful you will need a degree in psychology and registration as a psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
What you'll get in return:
Attractive salary package + 6 weeks recreational leave, 3 weeks personal leave and recreational leave loading allowance.
Study and professional learning opportunities to develop your career and professional practice.
Work with a dynamic multidisciplinary team including social workers, psychologists, special education teachers, occupational therapists and speech pathologists.
Real opportunities for long term employment and career progression with the Northern Territory Government.
Relocation allowance for suitable intrastate and interstate candidates for ongoing positions.
Flexible work arrangements can be negotiated.
Attraction and retention incentives based on certain conditions and eligibility.
Corporate-based conditions apply to this position.
The applicant must hold or be able to obtain a Working with Children Notice Clearance and an NT driver's licence.
Visits to remote schools may necessitate travel by four-wheel drive vehicle on unsealed roads or light aircraft and include overnight stays in remote communities of up to four days.
Four-wheel drive training will be provided by the NT Department of Education.
For further information about this vacancy please contact: Jessica Nowak
Applications should consist of a one page summary sheet, resume / CV and copies of relevant qualifications.
Your application will include the following questions:
Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
How many years' experience do you have as a psychologist?
Do you have a current Working With Children (WWC) Check?
Do you have a current Australian driver's licence?
The Department of Education provides education to young Territorians from the early years to adulthood.
It has a range of strategic policy, regulatory, delivery and support responsibilities including:
ensuring quality early learning and development programs delivering high quality education services to maximise student learning providing pathways for school-aged students aligned with their further education, and work or career aspirations providing a regulatory function over the operation of early childhood services and non-government schools supporting Northern Territory (NT) institutions delivering tertiary education Vocational Education and Training in Schools (VETiS).
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