About this job
About the Role:
The focus of the role is to provide support for students with mild to moderate mental health concerns. The wellbeing professionals employed through the Wellbeing Workforce work as part of schools' established student support teams to enhance wellbeing and mental health support available to students.
Responsibilities Include:
- Undertake individual and group counselling and therapeutic interventions with students, parents and families to assist them in resolving personal or relationship concerns.
- Provide advice on diagnoses provided by external professionals and monitor students' progress.
- Administer specialised psycho-educational assessment of students with learning and/or adjustment difficulties including assessments of cognitive, academic, behavioural, emotional, social and adaptive functioning.
- Coordinate or assist in the implementation of specific professional in-service training programs for teachers, parents, schools and other professionals, both within and outside the department, for example - Supporting students' mental health and wellbeing.
- Identify needs and participate in the referral and planning of services for children, parents and families to community agencies such as health and welfare.
- Support school communities in responding to critical incidents and emergencies as part of the school response team.
Please view the role description for a full list of responsibilities.
What we can offer you:
- Flexible work options, including the possibility to accrue time off for school holidays.
- 12.75% superannuation available
- Salary packaging
- Ongoing and regular internal supervision
- Primary supervisors for clinical registrars or provisional psychologists
- Peer supervision
- PD Allowance and internal PD offerings
- Work phone and laptop supplied
- Access to housing and relocation support
Interested? To Apply
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should be familiar with your relevant work history).
- Attach a written statement (2-page maximum) in response to 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.