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About this job
Position Information
The Senior Psychologist, Education coordinates and professionally supervises a team of school counsellors/school psychologists to deliver high quality psychological services to schools. They work closely with schools, other members of educational services teams and agencies to improve student learning and wellbeing outcomes.
The Senior Psychologist, Education provides professional leadership in the delivery of psychological services to school communities and has a key leadership role as part of the networked specialist centres.
Glenbrook Public School, nestled in the picturesque village side of Glenbrook in the Blue Mountains. With a student enrolment of 356 our school embodies a vibrant community ethos where diversity thrives. At Glenbrook Public School, we celebrate cultural diversity and prioritise personalised learning pathways, through active consultation with families, teachers, and the local Aboriginal Educational Consultative Group, ensuring inclusive and effective educational practices.
Driven by high expectations, Glenbrook PS excels academically, consistently performing above the state average in Literacy and Numeracy as evidenced by NAPLAN results. Our Opportunity Class, with biennial intakes, provides enriching opportunities for High Potential and Gifted Students. We are committed to ongoing improvement, with a focus on enhancing explicit teaching practices. Through targeted initiatives and professional learning, we prioritise differentiation, high expectations, and data-informed instruction to optimise student achievement.
In line with our vision of strengthening student development, Glenbrook Public School offers a rich variety of extracurricular activities, including music programs, debating teams, and sporting competitions. Our school endeavours to cultivate a nurturing and challenging atmosphere where every student can flourish academically, socially, personally, and physically. Guided by our vision statement, we are dedicated to empowering students to excel across all facets of their educational journey. For more information, please visit the school website Glenbrook Public School.
General Selection Criteria
- Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
- Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
- Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
- Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
- Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
- Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria:
- High level knowledge and skills in the provision of psychological assessment, counselling and evidence-based interventions within a school context.
- Demonstrated capacity to lead, clinically supervise and professionally develop school counsellors/school psychologists, including those working towards registration as a psychologist.
- Demonstrated capacity to build and maintain collaborative relationships with key stakeholders to support the learning and wellbeing of students, including students with complex and diverse needs.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and implement Department of Education priorities and initiatives within the school counselling service and in response to serious incidents
Conditions
- 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.
- Successful experience as a school counsellor and registration as a psychologist.
- Ability and willingness to travel between worksites
Special Notes
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
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 and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
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.