Immediate Start: School Counsellor

Job Description - School Counsellor - Canowindra High School (0000B2S0)

Location

Regional NSW-Bathurst & Central West NSW

Advertisement Number A900148953

Number of Positions

1

Remuneration

Total 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.

Closing Date

29-Oct-2025, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

TCH Other

Organisation

Teaching Service

Overview

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, and they help families understand and manage their children’s learning and mental health needs. This is a truly collegiate role offering unique challenges and opportunities – both in your professional development and your ability to make an impact on the lives of children and young people.

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 most likely be collaborating with a number of school communities and colleagues, as well as outside agencies, with the opportunity to use and expand the full range of your skills and expertise as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team.

School counsellors are provided with regular opportunities to participate in continuing professional development and the NSW Department of Education will support you to complete or 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.

School Context

Canowindra High School is located in the Central West of NSW on the Lands of the Wiradjuri people. Currently there are 265 students enrolled, 13% of whom identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. The school has a long history of educational excellence and pride themselves on being able to provide diverse curriculum offerings, sporting experiences and extra‑curricular activities. As a small school with big opportunities, Canowindra High excels in fostering a supportive and inclusive approach to student wellbeing. This promotes an underlying philosophy of mutual respect, responsibility and trust. The student‑centred learning environment is supported through an ongoing focus on literacy and numeracy, personalised learning and the utilisation of data to improve learning outcomes.
Visit the school website Canowindra High School

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.

This position commences 27 January 2026.

Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning and professional supervision.

Application Requirements

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 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 some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better 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.

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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