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.

Caddies Creek Public School is a large primary school situated within the Blacktown Local Government area and the Quakers Hill Principal Network. The school has a student enrolment of 880+ students with around 81% from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The school has a current operational structure of 34 mainstream classes and 4 support classes and has a strong relationship with an energetic and effective P&C.
The school enjoys a positive reputation within the community, providing an environment where every student is known, valued and cared for while also building strong academic outcomes over years. Respect among our community is reflected in exceptional student behaviour. Our school has exceptional culture across students, staff and the wider community.
Our professional learning community includes a cohesive mix of early career and experienced teachers. Targeted professional learning in 2025 features teacher feedback/coaching cycles designed to consolidate and support consistent, high impact and evidence informed instructional teaching practice in every classroom. The school has a strong sense of community and is supported by parents and the wider community who work effectively together to enhance school programs and resources. The school has extensive extracurricular and enrichment programs. For more information, please visit the school webpage Caddies Creek 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 full time position 1.0 FTE (Full-time equivalent)

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