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SalaryDepartment for Education
Job reference: 573154
Location: 5007 - BOWDEN, 5007 - BROMPTON
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people? Do you want to be part of a world-class public education system that strives for excellence and growth for every student? Look no further!
Join the largest employer of Psychologists in the state and embark on an exciting career journey with the Department for Education based at Bowden Brompton Community School (BBCS). Our school-based psychology team creates real impact by offering services at early intervention, targeted and strategic levels with the benefit of working directly onsite and becoming an integral and genuine part of the school community. We are helping to shape the future of mental health and wellbeing in South Australian education through creative, evidence informed individual, group, and all-of-school interventions and programs.
Applying is quick and simple. Follow the steps in the Application Instructions below and take the first leap towards joining our connected and inspired statewide team which is dedicated to ensuring every student thrives.
What is different about a School-Based Service?
Known as the School Buy-In Service, schools, preschools and partnerships can apply to our service to ‘buy in’ an Allied Health Professional. We are a dynamic, flexible, multidisciplinary service model that adapts to meet the evolving needs of our schools, preschools and partnerships. School Buy-in provides an intensive and wide scope of allied health services, with built in supervision models and the opportunity to bring your creative flair to the role.
What we offer
At the Department for Education, we prioritise your professional and personal growth, providing an environment where you can flourish as a Psychologist. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work alongside highly experienced Psychologists with world class expertise in school psychology. Our commitment to your professional growth is evident through the provision of quality supervision to refine your practice in various areas, including individual and small group interventions, case formulation, psychosocial assessments, and provision of training and capacity building for school staff and families. Our training days feature highly regarded presenters, ensuring you stay up to date with the latest advancements in the field.
Collaboration is at the core of our approach. In addition to working together with the highly experienced and committed staff at Bowden Brompton Community School, you will also work alongside a diverse multi disciplinary team as a part of Student Support Services, learning skills from other allied health professionals and experienced educators.
By joining us, you will be working with like-minded people who genuinely have a common goal to support schools to make a difference in the lives of children and families. Our team is dedicated and generous with both their time and their expertise. They are compassionate and caring in their approach to children, families, and school staff. This unique and collaborative work environment sets us apart.
As a member of Student Support Services and the school team, School-Based Psychologists are able to carry out responsibilities with a degree of autonomy and creativity, with project oversight and regular clinical and peer supervision provided as standard practice. You will have access to resources and quality professional development programs to meet AHPRA registration requirements and complete a PsyBA registrar program for an area of practice endorsement.
About the Role
As a School-Based Senior Psychologist, you'll provide an important, tailored on-site service at Bowden Brompton Community School, in collaboration with educational site leadership and within the interdisciplinary Student Support Services (SSS) team. You will work closely with teachers, parents, and other professionals to promote and lead strategies to support the mental health, wellbeing, learning, social, emotional, and behavioural development of children and young people. The specific goals and activities that you will deliver are contained within a project plan that is contextual to the school’s needs.
Bowden Brompton Community School (BBCS) comprises of three campuses, offering alternative modes of support and education for students who have experienced difficulty engaging in school environments. Students at BBCS have often experienced gaps in their learning due to interacting factors such as social disadvantage, experiences of adversity and resultant developmental trauma, neurodiversity (suspected or confirmed) and/or cumulative impacts of learning support that may not have been to the level required or appropriately targeted.
Given the complexities in student presentation and the varied interventions required to support their learning, BBCS are buying in the services of a School-Based Senior Psychologist to support the implementation of trauma-informed care and positive behaviour support approaches to aid the improvement of conditions for learning.
The BBCS School-Based Senior Psychologist role will focus on supporting whole-of-school and targeted interventions that relate to student wellbeing and engagement and responding in a developmentally and evidence-informed manner to student behaviours of concern, including:
- Collaborative, trauma-informed approaches which may include support with school-wide (Tier 1) professional development activities, reflective practice and restorative methods using a psychology lens.
- Targeted group (Tier 2) intervention approaches, such as identifying, developing, facilitating and evaluating group intervention programs (e.g. addressing anxiety, emotional regulation, social and relationship skills) and providing psychoeducation within relevant curriculum activities (such as study skills, executive functioning skills).
- The role also offers a negotiable, manageable caseload of individual clinical psychosocial assessment and psychological intervention (Tier 3) within role scope/capacity.
If you’re looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference, we want to hear from you. Join our team of dedicated professionals and help us create a world-leading education system in South Australia. You must have:
- Recognised qualification in Psychology. (Essential)
- Current and full registration (general) with the Psychology Board of Australia. (Essential)
- Area of practice endorsement – educational and developmental psychology and/or clinical psychology and/or counselling psychology. (Desirable)
- Commitment to culturally responsive practice
- Demonstrated experience working with children and young people with a range of needs
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- A commitment to continuous professional development.
The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry. The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN –EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.
For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.
Remuneration
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
AHP3: $102,641 - $110,094 per annum (1.0 FTE), plus superannuation.
Enquiries
Please direct your enquiries to Sarah Luscombe, Principal Psychologist – School Buy in Service, Student Support Services, Tel: 0437 642 975 or Email: .
Application Instructions
To apply, all you are required to do is:
- Prepare your updated CV, highlighting your relevant experience and qualifications, including three referees;
- Complete the Pre-Employment Declaration form (attached);
We are eagerly waiting to review your application and explore your potential as a member of our team.
Applications must be made through the I Work For SA website.
Additional Note
This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) contract for 12 months.
You can also apply and opt to be put on a register for future vacancies as they emerge.
Applications close: 04/02/2024 11:30 PM
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Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
