NSW Department of Education
Location
Wales | United Kingdom
Job description
Senior Psychologist Education - Dapto High School -0000AFRQ
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Advertisement Number A900131503
Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at $184,257.00. This position attracts a base salary of $164,044.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation.
School Name Dapto High School
Principal Network Lake Illawarra South
Staffing Area Wollongong
FTE 1.000
Contact Name Carla Dale
Contact Phone number 0406 699 003
Contact School Admin -99999999
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.
Dapto High School, located in the Illawarra, is a comprehensive, co-educational school of 1,004 students. The school prides itself on offering first-class learning opportunities for all students, underpinned by a culture of high support and high challenge. Students are offered a broad curriculum which facilitates strong engagement, with particularly high levels of VET course enrolments and a focus on varied pathways. The school provides structured, evidence-based supports to enhance student wellbeing, and we work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to promote strong levels of mental health in our students.
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria, successful experience as a school counsellor and registration as a psychologist. High level knowledge and skills in the provision of psychological assessment, counselling and evidence based interventions within a school context. Demonstrated capacity to lead, support and professionally develop school counsellors/school psychologists, including those working towards registration as a psychologist. Demonstrated capacity to establish interagency partnerships to assist schools to meet the wellbeing needs of students, in particular those students needing psychological intervention and support. Demonstrated ability to implement school counselling strategies to support Department of Education initiatives.
General Selection Criteria
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.
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 ( [email protected] ) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
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Salary
$184.26k per annum
