School Counsellor

Job Description - School Counsellor - Walgett Community College - Primary School (0000B2UP)

School Counsellor - Walgett Community College - Primary School - 0000B2UP

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Location

Regional NSW-Dubbo & West NSW

Advertisement Number: A900149009

Number of Positions

1

Remuneration Package: Package valued at 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. *Note there is no automatic progression to $160,983 - SCAC. Access to SCAC is available once a school counsellor has progressed through all salary steps and upon successful application for Advanced Certification level against the NSW School Counselling Service PPF.

School Name: Walgett Community College - Primary School

The role involves providing counselling and psychological assessment of students to complement and enhance the work of teachers, strengthening student learning and wellbeing outcomes, and supporting families in managing children’s learning and mental health needs. This is a collegiate role offering unique challenges and opportunities for professional development and impact on the lives of children and young people.

The successful candidate will be based at Walgett Community College - Primary School and will work across the lifespan 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 and school communities in a setting unlike any other child and adolescent psychologist role can. This is a chance to use your skills to make a real difference at a critical time in children’s lives.

School counsellors receive regular, individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist and participate in group and peer supervision as part of the broader district school counselling team. The role involves collaborating with school communities, colleagues, and external agencies, using and expanding the full range of skills and expertise within a supportive, multidisciplinary team.

Professional development is supported by the NSW Department of Education to maintain registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. Other benefits include school holiday leave, travel allowances and health and wellbeing benefits such as the Fitness Passport program, and indemnity insurance coverage for psychologists.

Walgett Community College Primary School (WCCPS) is a P‑6 school with an enrolment of approximately 120 students, 99% Aboriginal, up to 20 children per session in preschool. It is situated in a remote rural context about 280 km north of Dubbo, near the Namoi and Barwon rivers. The school is part of the Connected Communities strategy, delivering a high‑quality education for all students through a diverse, relevant curriculum focused on literacy, numeracy and community engagement.

Specific 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 students from diverse backgrounds and needs.

Conditions

- Be a registered or provisionally registered psychologist, or eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.

- Ability and willingness to travel between worksites.

- This position is under the Teachers award (Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2024). To be eligible to apply, you must have an unconditional, full approval to teach or have eligibility to apply for an approval to teach. 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.

Successful applicants will receive a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning, and professional supervision.

Applicants must include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of the application.

This is a permanent full‑time position (1.0 FTE).

About the NSW Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility 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 disability. If we can make adjustments to the recruitment/interview process to enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion.

New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.

Note: Applications must be lodged electronically. No paper‑based application will be accepted.

We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge their continued connection to their country and culture.

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