Job Description - School Counsellor - Narrandera Public School (0000BC8B)

Location

Regional NSW

Number of Positions

1

Total Remuneration Package: Package valued at up to $182,461. Base salary ranges from $101,122 to $160,983, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience. *Note there is no automatic progression to $160,983 - SCAC. Access to SCAC is available once a school counsellor has progressed through all salary steps and upon successful application for Advanced Certification level against the NSW School Counselling Service PPF.

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, strengthening student learning and wellbeing outcomes, and they help families understand and manage their children’s learning and mental health needs. This truly collegiate role offers unique challenges and opportunities for professional development and making a real impact on the lives of children and young people. The successful candidate will be based at Narrandera Public School and have opportunities to work with both primary and high‑school aged students, engaging with a diverse student community and collaborating with school communities, colleagues, and outside agencies. School counsellors receive regular, individual supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education, participate in group and peer supervision, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team. They also have ongoing career development opportunities and the NSW Department of Education supports registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. Other benefits include school holiday leave, travel allowances, health and wellbeing benefits such as a Fitness Passport program, and indemnity insurance coverage as a psychologist.

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 work sites, with a valid unrestricted provisional or full driver’s licence.
- 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 be eligible for an approval to teach.

About the NSW Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high‑quality public education to two‑thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If adjustments can be made to the recruitment/interview process to help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

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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