About us

Our school is an inclusive secondary school providing quality education for students from Years 7 to 12.

We have a proud record of high academic outcomes and in supporting our young people to achieve their dreams and aspirations.

At Emerald High we believe that by creating supportive, inclusive and positive relationships, we can, in partnership with families, make a difference in the lives of our students.

We also believe in maximising our students' potential to enable them to become our future creative innovators and global citizens and in guiding them to achieve lives of meaning and purpose.

Your opportunity

In this role, you'll work directly with students experiencing mild to moderate mental health concerns, providing early intervention and therapeutic support that can make a real difference to their learning, engagement, and everyday wellbeing. You'll be part of the school's established student support team, working collaboratively with educators and other professionals to strengthen the support around each child and young person.

This position is well suited to provisional psychologists and early-career psychologists, with structured supervision provided. Supervision toward the internship program and clinical registrar program can also be supported. Students currently completing their studies are warmly encouraged to apply, making this a great chance to build experience, confidence, and impact in a supportive school-based environment.

Responsibilities include

Provide therapeutic support for students with mild to moderate mental health support needs

Work collaboratively with school-based teams to support student wellbeing through both individual, group and whole school wellbeing programs;





Maintaining adequate records and track data as required

Providing professional development opportunities for teachers and parents around mental health interventions and supports;

Follow your professional code of ethics to maintain privacy and confidentiality of student information.

Applicants are required to have;

Good communication skills

Flexibility

Knowledge of case formulation and intervention models

Clear therapeutic framework and professional practice strategies

Benefits

Regular supervision, with weekly supervision provided for the first three months (general registered, those undergoing internships or registrar program will be provided with pro-rata supervision to meet AHPRA requirements).

Comprehensive induction The ability to accrue extra leave to take time off during the school holidays

Access to fleet vehicles for travel requirements

Regular peer supervision

Laptop provided

12.75% Superannuation

Professional Development Allowance

Salary Sacrificing options

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Internal Professional Development

Interested? To Apply:

Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)

Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.

Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

📌 Psychologist - Emerald State High School (Rockhampton)
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 Rockhampton