Are you an experienced Guidance Officer passionate about supporting young people and strengthening school-based wellbeing practice? An exciting opportunity exists for a Senior Guidance Officer (0.6 FTE) to join the Metropolitan South Region, Student Wellbeing Workforce, with a key focus on supporting secondary schools. In this role, you will provide professional leadership, supervision, and support to multidisciplinary wellbeing staff, strengthening consistent, high-quality responses to student mental health, engagement and wellbeing needs. You will work collaboratively with schools and regional teams to enhance practice capability, support complex case coordination, and ensure students are connected to appropriate supports. This is a temporary part-time opportunity until 11 December 2026, unless otherwise determined.

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About the Role:

As the Senior Guidance Officer - Wellbeing, you will:

• Coordinate and support guidance and counselling services across a circuit of secondary schools, delivered through Guidance Officers - Wellbeing (GO-W)
• Provide clinical and technical supervision to GO-Ws within your circuit, ensuring safe, ethical and effective practice
• Work in partnership with Principals and school teams to support student wellbeing, mental health and engagement outcomes
• Deliver direct guidance services, including complex case intervention and support
• Support case consultation and coordinated responses, including alignment to Single Line Referral (SLR) processes
• Build capability of GO-Ws through coaching, modelling and professional learning
• Strengthen consistency of practice including documentation and information sharing
• Facilitate multidisciplinary collaboration
• Support risk assessment, escalation and intervention planning for students with complex needs
• Contribute to a cohesive and collaborative workforce culture, strengthening alignment across wellbeing and guidance teams

Mandatory requirements eligibility for teacher registration in Queensland and qualifications aligned to Senior Guidance Officer eligibility, AND one of the following:

• Completed coursework Masters majoring in guidance and counselling, or equivalent including psychoeducational assessment, counselling and mental health; OR
• General or provisional registration as a psychologist through AHPRA; OR
• An APAC-accredited four- or five-year psychology qualification enabling general registration following a board approved internship or accredited sequence of study.

Highly desirable skills and experience:

• Experience in secondary school settings
• Demonstrated experience in clinical/technical supervision, coaching or leadership of guidance staff
• Strong understanding of guidance and counselling practice, including student mental health, engagement and wellbeing
• Experience in complex case management and interagency collaboration
• Ability to navigate legislative and information sharing requirements in school contexts
• Accreditation and current competency in administering and interpreting assessments such as the WISC-V and BASC-3
• Knowledge of evidence-based counselling interventions relevant to school-based practice

The Student Wellbeing Workforce in Metropolitan South Region is a multidisciplinary team including Guidance Officers - Wellbeing, Psychologists, Social Workers and Youth Workers, working in partnership with schools to support student wellbeing, engagement and mental health through coordinated, guidance-informed practice.
This role strengthens school support where complexity and demand is increasing, guidance practice and supervision across the GO-W circuit, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position. 

How to apply:

• Please submit a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
• A 2-pg 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. 

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 Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

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

• MSR687084_26T - Role Description (PDF, 276KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 232KB)
  Information Package for Applicants