School Counsellor

**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, 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.

Vincentia Public School is located in the Bay and Basin area, part of the South Coast of NSW. The school is located on the traditional lands of the Wandiwandian people, with close connections to the community of Wreck Bay. In 2025, with an enrolment of 265, 7% of students identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, 3% of students have an EAL/D background and 11% of students are from Defence families. The parent community hold high aspirations of learning and achievement for their children.
The school encourages students to participate in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities. Many students are keen participants in inter-school sporting competitions. The school regularly participates in the Premier's Sporting and Reading Challenges. The school offers a code club each week with the support of a dedicated local volunteer. The school choir performs at special events, there is an annual public speaking competition, and the school has an active Student Representative Council.
Vincentia Public School is a part of the Bay and Basin learning community and strives for educational excellence across all Key Learning Areas. There is a strong focus to deliver quality programs with an emphasis on literacy and numeracy outcomes. The school embeds and integrates technology, with a focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). School website Vincentia Public 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.

**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.

This is a permanent part time position 0.4 FTE (Full-time equivalent).

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