School Counsellor - Condobolin High School

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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 professional development and your ability to make an impact on the lives of children and young people. 

The successful candidate will be based at Condobolin High School and provided with opportunities to work across the lifespan with both primary and High School aged students. Working as a School Counsellor in a NSW public school will enable you to engage with a diversity of students (and school communities) like no other child and adolescent psychologist role can. This is a chance to use your skills to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people at a time in their lives when it matters most.

School counsellors receive regular, individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and participate in group and peer supervision as a member of the broader district school counselling team. You will most likely be collaborating with a number of school communities and colleagues, as well as outside agencies, with the opportunity to use and expand the full range of your skills and expertise as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team. 

School counsellors are provided with regular opportunities to participate in continuing professional development and the NSW Department of Education will support you to complete or maintain your registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. Other benefits include school holiday leave, travel allowances, and health and wellbeing benefits such as our Fitness Passport program. The department will also cover your indemnity insurance as a psychologist.

Condobolin High School is an inclusive comprehensive secondary school in the township of Condobolin on the lands of the Wiradjuri people. It is a rural, six point incentive school and is located close to the geographic centre of New South Wales. Condobolin is about 2 hours from Orange and Dubbo. It is home to approximately 3500 people. 
Of the current 215 students, 51.2% (110 students) identify as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent. Our Stage 6 students are a part of the Lachlan Access Program (LAP). LAP is part of a diverse range of access programs across the state that provide opportunities for students to study Stage 6 courses within their own community. For more information, please visit the school website Condobolin High School

We are looking for School Counsellors with qualifications in Education and Psychology. To be successful in these roles you will have:

• Teaching qualifications and eligibility for an approval to teach in NSW Department of Education schools
• Be a registered or provisionally registered psychologist, or eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia
• Have demonstrated understanding of the mental health needs of children and young people
• Experience in counselling children and young people using evidence-based interventions
• Experience in cognitive, emotional and behavioural assessment of children and young people
• Well-developed interpersonal, oral and written communication skills, including report writing
• Ability to work collaboratively and liaise with key stakeholders to enhance outcomes for children and young people
• Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy

• An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. 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.
  
• Ability and willingness to travel between worksites

The successful applicant may be eligible to receive a one-off recruitment payment of $20,000 (Conditions Apply)

Rural and Remote Incentives Rural and Remote Incentive Package are available for eligible school counselling positions.