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About this job
Position Information
- Temporary full-time employment as a School Counsellor with provisional registration.
- Professional support and supervision to complete your provisional psychologyinternship with the Psychology Board of Australia.
- A comprehensive onsite tailored training program to equip you with the necessary skills to work full-time within the School Counselling Service within NSW public schools.
- Upon successful completion of the KickStart program, you will have gained the knowledge, skills and experience to apply for permanent School Counsellor roles within the NSW Department of Education.
Specific Selection Criteria
We are looking for eligible teachers with dual qualifications in education and psychology. To be successful in these roles you will have:
- Full approval to teach or eligibility for approval to teach in NSW Department of Education schools.
- Completion of the required psychology studies with available transcripts to make you eligible to undertake your 5+1 internship program as a provisional psychologist.
- Be a provisionally registered psychologist, or eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia ready to start or continue your 5+1 internship program.
- Have demonstrated understanding of the mental health needs of children and young people.
- Training and/or experience in counselling children and young people using evidence-based interventions.
- Training and/or 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, Partnership Agreement with the NSW AECG Inc and the Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.
Conditions
- An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold 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 opportunity.
- Registered or provisionally registered psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia.
- Australian citizenship or permanent residency.
- Valid and current Working with Children Check clearance – WWCC must be NSW
- Ability and willingness to travel between work sites. Must have a valid unrestricted provisional or full driver’s licence with the ability to drive oneself
Location - Forbes Public School
Forbes Public School is situated on the Lachlan River, on the land of the Wiradjuri people, within the heart of the Forbes community. The school has an enrolment of 320 students, 25% of whom identify as having an Aboriginal heritage. We value diversity and provide quality learning across 14 mainstream classes and 5 special education classes that support students with moderate and/or severe intellectual disabilities (IO/IS), autism (AU), mild intellectual disability (IM) and emotional disability (ED). Students at Forbes Public School are supported through a Positive Behaviour for Learning culture, lead collaboratively by a team that ensures a whole school, proactive and shared approach to student wellbeing. This is supported by the Stronger, Smarter approach that enhances the high expectations culture shared between all at Forbes Public School. Visit the school website Forbes Public School
Successful applicants will be placed in a base school and may also work in other schools within that area, or neighbouring areas.
Special Notes
Please note that successful applicants are provided with temporary employment only. Should applicants wish to gain permanent employment, they must apply separately for permanent employment after successful completion of their KickStart program.
Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning and professional supervision.
Visit the Department’s School Counselling Service pages to discover more about working as a school psychologist or school counsellor in NSW public schools.
Documents
Aboriginal Education Policy
As this is a child-related position, you will also be required to obtain a Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number as a condition of employment (if you do not already have this). For more information, please visit the Office of the Children's Guardian
About the NSW Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers (including School Counsellors), 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. Applications must be lodged electronically. No paper-based application will be accepted.