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Department for Education Job reference: 845820

Location: 5118 - GAWLER

Job status: Long Term Contract

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Why work with us You will work alongside highly experienced psychologists with strong expertise in school-based psychological practice. The role is supported by the Senior Psychologist, who provides skilled leadership, supervision, and direction, with a strong focus on your ongoing skilled growth and development.

Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. You’ll be part of a large and diverse multidisciplinary team, working closely with allied health professionals and experienced educators. This environment supports shared learning and skill development.

We are committed to culturally responsive practice, inclusive education, and strengths-based practices. Our work is guided by respect, equity, and a strong belief in the capacity of every learner to thrive.

About The Role Student Support Services works with schools and preschools to provide support to assist them in meeting the needs of all children. The role requires the incumbent to participate in the implementation of a service model that supports the provision of integrated and targeted services to meet the needs of children and young people with additional needs.

The trend of increasing learner complexity is well documented in the literature. Increasing numbers of children and young people are being identified with complex learning difficulties and disabilities often with co-existing conditions such as autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Increasing numbers of children are in schools who have difficulties arising from premature birth, have survived infancy due to advances in medical interventions,



have rare neurological disorders and fetal alcohol syndrome.

Behavioural issues are becoming in creasingly more challenging and complex with a range of co-morbidity factors including mental health that require skills and expertise to identify underlying causes to better address the needs of the children and young people.

The Psychologist is a member of an inter-disciplinary team and works with children and young people with developmental, cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural and physical difficulties, and exceptional needs (including giftedness) and their families. The Psychologist works with preschool and school staff, and parents to develop evidence based psychology interventions that include proactive, targeted and intensive strategies that can be adapted for learning and home contexts.

This position works under the professional support and direction of the Senior Psychologist.

Student Support Services are on a cultural response journey, as such we va lue and prioritise Aboriginal ways of knowing, doing and being.

Qualifications Essential: Current and full registration (general) with the Psychology Board of Australia.

Desirable: Nil

Special Conditions The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC)



prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry.

The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN –EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.

The incumbent will be required to have a current driver’s licence and be willing to drive.

For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.

Remuneration AHP2 $94,997 - $ $110,052 per annum (1.0 FTE) + superannuation (12%) + leave loading and applicable allowances.

Enquiries Enquiries can be directed to Ella Hassan, Senior Psychologist, via 8522 0900 or email: [email protected]

Application Instructions Applications should be made through the IWorkForSA website.

Applicants are required to submit a CV, the Application Cover Sheet, Employment Declaration, and a cover letter of no more than two pages addressing the key competencies in the attached position description.

People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

Additional Note This is a full-time contract role (1.0 FTE), initial 12-month term contract.

Applications close: 02/06/2026 11:30 PM

Attachments

- Application Cover Sheet - PSAct.pdf
- How to Apply PS Act guidelines.pdf
- Position description - AHP2 Psychologist.pdf
- VL233 Pre-employment declaration.pdf

Flexibility Statement The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

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📌 Psychologist (Gawler South)
🏢 Department For Education, South Australia
📍 Gawler South