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 to strengthen student learning and wellbeing outcomes, and they 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 career development and your ability to make an impact on the lives of children and young people.

District and school activities include a supporting multidisciplinary team, continuing professional development and NSW Department of Education support to complete or maintain registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. The department will also cover your indemnity insurance as a psychologist.

Dorrigo High School

Dorrigo High School is a comprehensive Years 7–12 school with an enrolment of 117 students, including 15% from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds and 13% from non-English speaking backgrounds. Located on the scenic Dorrigo Plateau in a vibrant rural township, the school prides itself on a strong tradition of academic achievement and a broad curriculum. In our first year of embedding the Resilience In Our Teens and Respectful Relationships Education programs, we are strengthening our student wellbeing supports, fostering a positive, inclusive environment for all.

Benefits and Perks

- School holiday leave
- Travel allowances
- Health and wellbeing benefits such as our Fitness Passport program




- Indemnity insurance as a psychologist

Key Requirements

- 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.
- 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.
- Must have a valid unrestricted provisional or full driver’s licence with the ability to drive oneself.
- 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 have eligibility to apply for an approval to teach. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education,



you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
- Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application - must be NSW WWCC.
- Applicants seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position.
- Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept.
- Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning and professional supervision.
- Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.

Eligibility and Working Conditions

Applicants seeking either permanent full time or permanent part time employment are encouraged to apply for this position. If the recommended applicant is seeking permanent part time employment (FTE from 0.1 to 0.9 inclusive), they will be offered an appointment at their desired FTE. Applicants on the eligibility list will be offered the remaining FTE but are not obliged to accept.

EEO & DEI Statement

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.

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📌 School Counsellor - Dorrigo High School
🏢 NSW Department of Education
📍 Dorrigo