School Counsellor - Provisional, KickStart Graduate Employment Program

About the Role
Want to Kick Start your psychology career?
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Full time employment.

Have you considered a career as a School Counsellor? If so, apply for the KickStart School Counselling Program today.

This graduate program offers eligible teachers, who have completed their fifth year of psychology studies, tailored training and supervision to become registered psychologists and join the NSW Department of Education's School Counselling Service.

As a KickStart participant, you will work collaboratively with a team of dedicated professionals to make a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in NSW public schools.

If you have approval to teach in NSW and are a psychology graduate who has successfully completed a 5-year psychology degree and are ready to start or have started your internship year of your 5+1 psychology registration pathway, then this opportunity is for you.

Working with Australia's largest provider of public education and one of the largest employers of psychologists in NSW, the NSW Department of Education will provide opportunities for you to engage with diverse school and student communities like no other child/adolescent psychologist role can. This is a chance to develop and use your skills to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people when it matters most.

What we offer you

As a participant of the KickStart program, you receive:

- Temporary full-time employment as a School Counsellor with provisional registration.
- Professional support and supervision to complete your provisional psychology internship with the Psychology Board of Australia.
- A comprehensive onsite tailored training program to equip you with the necessary skills to work full time within the School Counselling Service within NSW public schools.
- Upon successful completion of the KickStart program, you will have gained the knowledge, skills and experience to apply for permanent School Counsellor roles within the NSW Department of Education

About this job

Position Information





About the Role
Want to Kick Start your psychology career?
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Full time employment.

Have you considered a career as a School Counsellor? If so, apply for the KickStart School Counselling Program today.

This graduate program offers eligible teachers, who have completed their fifth year of psychology studies, tailored training and supervision to become registered psychologists and join the NSW Department of Education's School Counselling Service.

As a KickStart participant, you will work collaboratively with a team of dedicated professionals to make a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in NSW public schools.

If you have approval to teach in NSW and are a psychology graduate who has successfully completed a 5-year psychology degree and are ready to start or have started your internship year of your 5+1 psychology registration pathway, then this opportunity is for you.

Working with Australia's largest provider of public education and one of the largest employers of psychologists in NSW, the NSW Department of Education will provide opportunities for you to engage with diverse school and student communities like no other child/adolescent psychologist role can. This is a chance to develop and use your skills to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people when it matters most.

What we offer you

As a participant of the KickStart program, you receive:

- Temporary full-time employment as a School Counsellor with provisional registration.
- Professional support and supervision to complete your provisional psychology internship with the Psychology Board of Australia.




- A comprehensive onsite tailored training program to equip you with the necessary skills to work full-time within the School Counselling Service within NSW public schools.
- Upon successful completion of the KickStart program, you will have gained the knowledge, skills and experience to apply for permanent School Counsellor roles within the NSW Department of Education

Conditions

Locations

Opportunities are available in a range of locations state-wide. Applicants must nominate at least three areas in which they are willing to work.

Locations are:
Albury, Armidale, Bankstown, Batemans Bay, Bathurst, Blacktown, Bondi, Bourke, Broken Hill, Campbelltown, Central Coast, Clarence/Coffs Harbour, Deniliquin, Dubbo, Fairfield, Granville, Griffith, Hornsby, Lake Macquarie, Lismore, Liverpool, Maitland, Moree, Mount Druitt, Muswellbrook, Newcastle, Northern Beaches, Orange, Parramatta, Penrith, Port Jackson, Port Macquarie, Queanbeyan, Ryde, Shellharbour, St George, Sutherland, Tamworth, Taree, Tweed Heads/Ballina, Wagga Wagga, Windsor, Wollongong

Successful applicants will be placed in a base school within their selected area and may also work in other schools within that area, or neighbouring areas. To view a list of the staffing areas please Click here

Successful applicants will be placed in a base school and may also work in other schools within that area, or neighbouring areas.

Special Notes

This temporary opportunity commences 28 January 2027.

Please note that successful applicants are provided with temporary employment only. Should applicants wish to gain permanent employment, they must apply separately for permanent employment after successful completion of their KickStart program.

Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning and professional supervision.
Visit the Department’s School Counselling Service pages to discover more about working as a school psychologist or school counsellor in NSW public schools.

As this is a child-related position, you will also be required to obtain a Working with Children Check (WW

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