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Form of work About the Department of Education:
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About the Role:
Appointments in the public sector are merit-based and will be assessed by looking at what you have done previously, the knowledge, skills and experience you have built, your potential for development, and your personal qualities.
Responsibilities include:
* Provide leadership and clinical and professional supervision to psychologists at a regional level, in collaboration with regional and school management, to promote the delivery of safe, effective, high quality services.
* Direct and support psychologists, senior psychologists and school management teams in assessing psychology requirements and identifying appropriate responses and interventions to support the mental health and wellbeing of students.
* Provide high level expert advice to inform strategic decision making in the development of policies, systems and practices related to the delivery and continuous improvement of psychology services within the region.
* Provide strategic advice to the Director, Student Wellbeing, State Schools - Operations, to inform strategic decision making on state wide psychology service provision which enables the achievement of the department's Strategic Plan.
* Monitor and report on performance across psychology services within the region, and collaborate with the Director, Student Wellbeing, State Schools - Operations to develop processes for, and monitor and report on, performance across the state.
* Provide expert advice on, and lead aspects of research, development, maintenance, review and implementation of operations standards, procedures and programs to support psychology services across the state.
* Plan and provide clinical supervision to school based psychologists.
* Identify professional development needs and proactively plan, implement and evaluate clinical supervision, training and development initiatives for psychologists and senior psychologists across the region.
* Provide expert advice, as a member of the regional management team, on the strategic direction and service priorities for regional psychology services and contribute to the strategic direction and priorities for state psychology services.
* Collaborate with the Regional Director, senior regional officers and leadership teams in schools to interpret data and determine needs-based resourcing and models for delivery of psychology services.
Highly desirable but not mandatory:
* Board Approved Supervisor Status (STAP approved).
* Endorsed Psychologist (approved to supervise registrars undertaking their registrar program).
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
How to Apply:
* Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
* A 2-pg response to the How you will be Assessed section of the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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