Make a real difference as a School-Based Psychologist, shaping the future of Queensland's educational outcomes!

Provide mental health and wellbeing support across a range of educational settings whilst maintaining work life balance within a supportive, inclusive work environment! As a wellbeing professional, you can make a real difference in the lives of young people by working as part of school-based team to support students' wellbeing and mental health.
Multiple roles available with flexible work options in the Metropolitan North Region.

Job details

As part of the Queensland Government's Student Wellbeing Workforce we aim to ensure every Queensland state school student has access to a wellbeing professional. The focus of the role is to provide support for students with mild to moderate mental health concerns. Wellbeing professionals employed through the Student Wellbeing Workforce work as part of schools' established student support teams to enhance the wellbeing and mental health support available to students.

Queensland state schools offer a unique and rewarding setting where you can enjoy flexible family-friendly work schedules while being part of our growing workforce of experienced wellbeing professionals. We are recruiting wellbeing professionals to work in state schools with vacancies in the Metropolitan North region.

Your Opportunity

We are seeking to fill various temporary roles ranging from 3 to 14 months, across primary and secondary state schools in the Metropolitan North region.

As a school-based Psychologist and a specialist member of a multi-disciplinary team, you will offer therapeutic support to students with mild-to-moderate mental health concerns including:

• Provide professional support and information for students, parents, carers and school communities that facilitate partnerships in decision making for the enhancement of all students' learning.
• Provide services such as counselling, assessment and intervention, focusing on students' mental health and wellbeing.

Your Role

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.

Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.

A mandatory requirement of this role is:

• Appointment to this position requires proof of qualification in Psychology and general registration with AHPRA, or if a new graduate, must hold provisional registration with AHPRA with a supervision plan approved by the Psychology Board of Australia prior to the commencement of employment.
• In accordance with the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000, registered health practitioners working within their professional capacity must hold valid registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency at all times during their employment for the purpose of satisfying the exemption requirements of the Act.

Interested? To Apply: 

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page written statement 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.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached role description and candidate information fact sheet and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  MNR632651_25T Role Description (PDF, 240KB)
  Role Description