Only 24h Left: Psychologist

Applications close Tuesday 24 June 2025 at 11.59PM

Overview

Overview

Work type: Part time Salary: Salary not specified Grade: Ed Support Level 1-Range 5 Occupation: Health and Allied Health Location: Ballarat Reference: 1478676

Selection Criteria

- Demonstrated experience delivering intensive therapeutic support to individuals and groups of students.
- Ability to provide professional learning that informs and influences the work of others involved in the engagement and wellbeing of students, such as other wellbeing support staff and teachers.
- Demonstrated experience in evaluating student wellbeing needs that translate to interventions at a multi-tiered level.
- Highly developed communication, networking and interpersonal skills enablingeffective liaison with a range of people in the education community and beyond.
- Demonstrated experience in providing services with a trauma-informed approach within disadvantaged communities and school settings.

Role

[Attendance requirement for this position - NIL]

Yuille Park Community College recognises the vital role of the School Psychologist in supporting student mental health, learning and wellbeing. This role is essential in providing psychological services to students, ensuring they have the support needed to succeed academically, socially and emotionally. The School Psychologist will work closely with students, families and staff to assess and address learning, emotional and behavioural challenges. They will play a key role in fostering a supportive and inclusive school environment, developing tailored wellbeing strategies, and guiding staff on best practices for student support. Collaboration with school leaders, external specialists and support services will be essential in ensuring a proactive approach to student wellbeing.

The successful candidate will be a psychologist registered with AHPRA with experience in supporting students from the ages of 3 to adulthood. A strong understanding of school-based psychological interventions and inclusive education is essential. This position offers the opportunity to shape and enhance student wellbeing practices at Yuille Park Community College, ensuring all students feel supported and empowered to reach their full potential.

An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee's position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.

Responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the position may include, but is not limited to:

- Providing recommendations and evidence for Disability Inclusion Profiles.
- Providing advice and professional learning programs to others, including teachers and other school wellbeing staff, to build capacity and improve students' wellbeing, learning and developmental outcomes.
- Deliver and facilitate professional support services within the school, including mental health prevention and early intervention practices (including short-term counselling) that promote student social, emotional and educational development and the mental health and wellbeing of students.
- Planning and implementing evidence-based intervention strategies for students with complex needs including collaborating with families, other professionals and agencies when appropriate to effectively manage risk.
- Facilitating effective working relationships and partnerships with parents, school staff and external support agencies, involving a multidisciplinary approach to prove comprehensive support, case management and a referral service that optimises students' access to and engagement in educational programs. Undertaking necessary prioritisation and triage of referrals and service requests.
- Collaborating with staff to develop intervention strategies that enhance student learning, behaviour and mental health outcomes.
- Working collaboratively to enhance mental health prevention and promotion across the school by ensuring policy and procedures for student protection, educating students with disabilities, behaviour support, the containment of critical incidents and mandatory record keeping are implemented. This may include the development, monitoring and review of individual student plans with teachers, staff and families.
- Providing leadership and support in response to student protection issues and complex mental health incidents and emergencies, including the development and implementation of responsive programs for school and student needs. For example: anxiety and stress management, grief and loss, incident responding, risk management and behaviour support planning for students.
- Assessing presenting issues and conduct activities such as intakes, student observation and psychoeducational assessment to determine the nature of student learning difficulties, disability, developmental levels, or psychological and emotional status to make recommendations for educational adjustments and interventions.
- Balancing the ethical issues of consent, privacy and confidentiality for each student with appropriateness of sharing information with others and maintain a comprehensive and professional record-keeping system that complies with policy and the legal requirements for access to these official records.
- Meeting relevant policies and legislative requirements in relation to student health information, privacy, consent, inclusion and Child Safety Standards.
- Maintaining professional competence through continued participation in regular professional supervision sessions and relevant professional development.

EEO AND OHS Commitment

Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.

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 - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department.The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces.It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (seeWorkplace adjustment guidelines ).

Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via marrung@education.vic.gov.au

Child Safe Standards

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:

The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees,including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

- 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.
- A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided.

Please ensure that your application includes:

- Aresume including relevant experience as well as personal details (name, address and contact numbers, business and home)
- Asection addressing the selection criteria and the requirements for application under the Who May Apply section
- Names and contact numbers (telephone and email if possible) of two referees who are able to attest to the claims made in your application.

Please note that the selection panel may seek additional referees beyond those you name. Consistent with policy, we shall advise you if we will take this action.

Location Profile

Yuille Park Community College is a multi-campus college providing an innovative curriculum based around an inquiry approach to learning. Our school values are: Belonging, Effort, Empathy and Respect.

Students work in learning communities in multi-age groups, building relationships and participating in a range of programs designed to provide collaborative learning opportunities. Yuille Park Community College provides a rich and nurturing learning environment that engages students to develop Lifelong Learning skills in an atmosphere of cooperation, challenge and respect.

Our college reflects and enhances our community¿s commitment to the development of lifelong learning skills for young people in the community.

Grevillea campus offers learning for years Foundation to Yr8. The college provides learning experiences that connect to a modern world. Learning occurs in open space facilities in learning communities and provides various specialist programs including, STEM, Kitchen/garden program and the Arts to name a few. The Early Learning Centre (ELC) is also located on the Grevillea campus grounds and is managed by the college. The ELC offers occasional care for children of parents enrolled in our Young Parents program. Also offered is 3 and 4 year old Kinder where the learning environment is centred on children, families and a positive start to a child¿s educational journey.

The Yuille campus is a Flexible Learning Option (FLO) campus. This campus offers education for years 7 to 12. The Young Parents program operates on this site. The Victorian Pathways Certificate and Vocational Major are offered in the senior years of education at the Yuille Campus. This campus focuses on re-engagement and pathways to work or further education. Students are active participants in their learning journey to help reach their potential.

Applications close Tuesday 24 June 2025 at 11.59PM

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