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Form of workSchool Counsellor - Walgett Community College - High School ($20K Recruitment Bonus) - 0000AHK0
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Regional NSW
Advertisement Number A900132711
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Total Remuneration Package: Package valued at up to $170,470.00. Base salary ranges from $95,317.00 to $151,742.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience. *Note there is no automatic progression to $151,742 - SCAC. Access to SCAC is available once a School Counsellor has progressed through all salary steps and upon successful application for Advanced Certification level against the NSW School Counselling Service PPF.
School Name Walgett Community College - High School
Principal Network Connected Communities Team 1
Staffing Area Bourke
Contact Name Traci Prendergast
Contact Phone number 0436 840 ***
Contact School Admin - 99999999
Closing Date
27-Mar-2024, 5:00:00 AM
Job Category
TCH Other
Organisation
Teaching 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 Walgett Community College - 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.
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.
Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning and professional supervision.
Find out more about working in the school counselling service.
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
About the NSW Department of Education
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are located here. To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits, your attachments must be in PDF format.
