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.

Eden Public School is situated on the far south coast of NSW. The school provides quality education, is committed to the pursuit of excellence and the provision of inclusive educational opportunities for all. Eden staff and community are committed to nurturing, guiding, inspiring and challenging students to find the joy in long-life learning. The school has a current K-6 enrolment of 267 students. Enrolments include mainstream students, gifted and talented students, 27% First Nation students, as well as 25% students with learning disabilities and or learning/adjustments, some of whom are supported within 3 support classes. The school is committed to the implementation of rigorous and individualised Literacy and Numeracy programs, training and development for staff, along with additional support programs for identified students to create a rich and dynamic learning environment. Eden Public School has a strong partnership with the P&C, the local AECG and numerous other community-based groups and is focused on supporting all students to meet their potential. For more information, please visit the school website Eden 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.

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