Location
Regional NSW-Riverina & Murray
Number of Positions
1
Contact
Phone:

School Admin: 99999999

Closing Date

1. Aug-2026, 6:00:00 AM

Job Category
School Support Staff
Organisation
School Administrative and Support

Position Information

School psychologists are an essential part of the Department’s school counselling service and work in primary and high schools. They provide counselling and psychological assessment of students, complementing and enhancing the work of teachers to strengthen student learning and wellbeing outcomes, and 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. The successful candidate will be based at Young High School and provided with opportunities to work across the lifespan with both primary and high school aged students.

Working in a NSW public school will enable you to engage with a diversity of students (and school communities) like no other child and adolescent psychologist role can. This is a chance to use your skills to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people at a time in their lives when it matters most.

School psychologists receive individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and participate in group and peer supervision as a member of the broader school counselling team. They 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 their skills and expertise as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team.

School psychologists are provided with opportunities to participate in continuing career development and the NSW Department of Education will support them to complete or maintain their registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.

Other benefits include access to a range of leave types, including recreation leave and flex leave,



as well as leave loading, travel allowances and health and wellbeing benefits such as the Fitness Passport program. The department will also cover indemnity insurance for psychologists while working in our schools.

Young High School is a rural comprehensive high school located in Wiradjuri Country approximately 4 hours south west of Sydney and 2 hours from Canberra and Wagga Wagga. The school has an enrolment of 530 students from diverse cultural backgrounds, including 13% Aboriginal students and an increasing Muslim student enrolment currently 8%.
There is a support unit consisting of 5 support multi‑categorical (MC) classes and the school works closely with the local community. Significant equity funding enables new programs and initiatives to boost student‑learning outcomes.

Key Accountabilities

Provides counselling and psychological services to students, individually and in groups, including appropriate short‑term therapeutic interventions undertaken within the constraints of their training, experience and supervision.
Engages with and implements the procedures of the Professional Practice Framework for the NSW School Counselling Service.
Works in consultation with the principal, school executive, staff and student support services to improve student learning and wellbeing outcomes and implement current departmental priorities.
Contributes to the social, emotional, and academic development of students, and supports schools and students with complex behavioural needs.
Administers cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural assessment of students, reports on the results of assessments and interventions, and collaborates to improve learning, wellbeing and mental health outcomes.




Works collaboratively with learning and support teams, parents and carers, and other agencies, to develop appropriate school‑based support for students.
Responds as part of a team to assist schools experiencing serious incidents.

Refers students and/or their families and carers to other agencies that will support the development of student health and wellbeing outcomes.

Essential Requirements

Knowledge of and commitment to the Department’s Aboriginal Education Policy, Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG Inc. and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy.
General or Provisional Psychology Registration with the Psychology Board of Australia.
Valid and current Working with Children Check clearance – WWCC must be NSW.
Current and valid driver’s licence and ability and willingness to travel between work sites, with a valid unrestricted provisional or full driver’s licence.

Australian citizenship or permanent residency.

Total Remuneration Package
Package valued up to $182,461 + incentives (where applicable). Base salary ranges from $101,122 – $160,983* plus leave loading and employer’s contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available dependent on professional experience.
*Note there is no automatic progression to the $160,983 SPAC salary level.
Equal Employment Opportunity

We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, neurodiverse people and people with disability. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

Additional Information

Find out more about working as a school psychologist on the school counselling service pages of the NSW Department of Education website.

We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge their continued connection to their country and culture.

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📌 School Psychologist – Young High School (Tamworth)
🏢 Nsw Government
📍 Tamworth