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.

Morisset High School is a proud comprehensive public school that caters for over 700 Year 7-12 students. Approximately 23% of students identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, who are well supported by the Itji-Marru Aboriginal Resource Centre. The school prides itself on offering a broad range of curriculum and educational opportunities. The senior executive team is committed to leading school excellence, evidence-based teaching practices, delivering high impact professional learning and achieving ongoing school improvement that transforms the lives of young people and caters for their educational, physical, social and emotional wellbeing.

School-based VET options are available to students from Year 10, and students in Years 11 and 12 can undertake School-based Apprenticeship (SBAT) while still achieving a HSC. There are nine inclusive Special Education Support classes catering for students with additional learning needs, uniquely named Malangba meaning 'Together Place' in language. The school has a unique learning partnership with Big Picture Education Australia and has four Big Picture Advisories in the Morisset High School Big Picture Academy. This provides students with an alternative, personalised and student-driven learning opportunity and environment. For more information, please visit the school website Morisset 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.

**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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