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Job Description - School Counsellor - Yanco Agricultural High School - Multiple Positions (0000B8AQ) School Counsellor - Yanco Agricultural High School - Multiple Positions - 0000B8AQ Location Regional NSW Advertisement Number A900154012 Number of Positions 2 Total Remuneration Package Package valued at up to $182,461. Base salary ranges from $101,122 to $160,983, plus leave loading and employer''s contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience. *Note there is no automatic progression to $160,983 - SCAC. Access to SCAC is available once a school counsellor has progressed through all salary steps and upon successful application for Advanced Certification level against the NSW School Counselling Service PPF. They provide counselling and psychological assessment of students to complement and enhance the work of teachers to strengthen student learning and wellbeing outcomes, and they help families understand and manage their childrens learning and mental health needs. This is a truly collegiate role offering unique challenges and opportunities both in your professional development and your ability to make an impact on the lives of children and young people. The successful candidate will be based at Yanco Agricultural High School and provided with opportunities to work across the lifespan with both primary and high school aged students. Working as a school counsellor in a NSW public school will enable you to engage with a diversity of students (and school communities) like no other child and adolescent psychologist role can. This is a chance to use your skills to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people at a time in their lives when it matters most. School counsellors receive regular, individual professional supervision with the Senior Psychologist Education and participate in group and peer supervision as a member of the broader district school counselling team. You will most likely be collaborating with a number of school communities and colleagues, as well as outside agencies, with the opportunity to use and expand the full range of your skills and expertise as part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team. School counsellors are provided with regular opportunities to participate in continuing professional development and the NSW Department of Education will support you to complete or maintain your registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. Other benefits include school holiday leave, travel allowances and health and wellbeing benefits such as our Fitness Passport program. The department will also cover your indemnity insurance as a psychologist. Yanco Agricultural High School is a selective, co-educational, fully residential school with a projected 2025 student enrolment of 350 students who reside across all of New South Wales and in some cases interstate. Specific Selection Criteria - Experience in counselling using evidence-based interventions with a demonstrated understanding of the mental health needs of children and young people. - Experience in the psychological assessment of children and young people, including case formulation and report writing. - Demonstrated ability to collaborate with key stakeholders to improve the learning and wellbeing outcomes of children and young people including students from diverse backgrounds and needs. Conditions - Be a registered or provisionally registered psychologist, or eligible for registration with the Psychology Board of Australia. - Ability and willingness to travel between worksites. Must have a valid unrestricted provisional or full drivers licence with the ability to drive oneself. - This position is under the Teachers award ( Crown Employees (Teachers in Schools and Related Employees) Salaries and Conditions Award 2024 ). To be eligible to apply, you must have an unconditional, full approval to teach or have eligibility to apply for an approval to teach. 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. Yanco Agricultural High School can provide accommodation for a single/couple for a successful applicant to the school counsellor position. Successful applicants will be provided with a Departmental induction program, ongoing professional learning and professional supervision. Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application WWCC must be NSW. This advertisement is for 2 x permanent full time positions 1.0 FTE (Full-time equivalent) 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. We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge their continued connection to their country and culture. #J-18808-Ljbffr