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Permanent full-time job at Finley High School (Finley, New South Wales, Australia) recruited via NSW Department of Education (Sydney NSW, Australia).
Job Reference 0000B1EQ
Closing date September 17, 2025, 2 a.m. (AEST)
Location: Tocumwal St, Finley 2713 NSW, Australia
Type: Full-Time
Status: Permanent
Contact: Lauren Askew —
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 collegiate role offering opportunities for professional development and the ability to make an impact on the lives of children and young people.
The successful candidate will be based at Finley High School and will have opportunities to work across the lifespan with both primary and high school aged students. Working as a school counsellor in a NSW public school will enable engagement with a diversity of students and school communities. This is a chance to use your skills to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people at a time when it matters most.
School counsellors receive regular, individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and participate in group and peer supervision as part of the broader district school counselling team. You will collaborate with multiple school communities and colleagues, as well as outside agencies, with the opportunity to use and expand the full range of your skills within a supportive, multidisciplinary team.
Continued professional development is provided, and the NSW Department of Education supports you to complete or maintain registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. Other benefits include school holiday leave, travel allowances, and health and wellbeing benefits such as the Fitness Passport program. The department will also cover indemnity insurance as a psychologist.
Finley High School is a comprehensive, co-educational high school located in the South-West of the Riverina with an enrolment of 320 students (including 7% Aboriginal students). It serves Finley, Tocumwal, Berrigan, Jerilderie and the rural community of Blighty and offers a supportive and inclusive environment with a strong wellbeing focus and partnerships with local communities and organisations.
Specific 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.
This position is under the Teachers award (Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2024). To be eligible to apply, you must have an unconditional, full approval to teach or have eligibility to apply for an approval to teach. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
Special Notes
Rural and Remote Incentive Package are available for eligible school counselling positions.
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 learn more about working as a school psychologist or school counsellor in NSW public schools.
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
Applicants seeking permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply. If the recommended applicant seeks permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.
About The NSW Department Of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia, responsible for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team ( ) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion.
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, attachments must be in PDF format.
Note: Applications must be lodged electronically. No paper-based application will be accepted.
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