Make a difference in the future of Queensland's educational outcomes. Provide mental health and wellbeing support as a member of the Student Wellbeing Workforce. Make a real difference in the lives of young people by working as part of school teams to support students' wellbeing and mental health.

Maintain life balance within a well-supported working environment!

Job details

About the Department

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 established workforce of experienced wellbeing professionals. We are recruiting wellbeing professionals to work in state schools with vacancies in the Metropolitan North region.

About the Role

There is five (5) positions available:

1. Permanent Part-time 0.4FTE - Mitchelton State High School
2. Permanent Part-time 0.3FTE - Bray Park State School
3. Temporary Part-time 0.5FTE until 02 April 2026 - Dakabin
4. Temporary Part-time 0.4FTE until 26 June 2026 - Caboolture
5. Temporary Part-time 0.6FTE until 26 June 2026 - Kallangur State School

Responsibilities include:

• Undertake individual and group counselling and therapeutic interventions with students, parents and families to assist them in resolving mental health concerns.
• Administer specialised psycho-educational assessment of students with learning and/or adjustment difficulties including assessments of cognitive, academic, behavioural, emotional, social and adaptive functioning.
• Identify needs and participate in the referral, coordination and planning of services for children, parents and families with other stakeholders including community agencies such as health and welfare.
• 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.
• Develop and/or maintain appropriate data collection, interpretation procedures and confidential record keeping and reporting systems for individual students referred for psychological services in line with department procedures and policies.

The School-based Psychologist reports to the base school Principal for operational and administrative matters. They report to regional Senior Advisor/s, Psychology and/or Senior Psychologists the for all professional practice and clinical matters.

About You

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of school and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Clinical, problem solving and reasoning skills for working with young people and their families.
• Strong communication skills for therapeutic intervention and liaising with stakeholders.
• Effective supervision and leadership skills to support other clinicians and lead teams.

Benefits

• Flexible work options  
• Various part-time options available  
• Access to professional development and support
• 12.5% superannuation available  
• Supervision provided to support AHPRA requirements (pro-rata)
• Have opportunities to network with other student wellbeing professional peers within the region 
• Salary packaging  
• Be part of a large multi-disciplinary team of mental health professionals providing a service to young people in schools

Mandatory Requirements:

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

https://alt-qed.qed.qld.gov.au/workingwithus/Documents/hp3-psychologist.pdf

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.

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.

• Applicant Information Package (PDF, 245KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  MNR647782_25T Role Description (PDF, 240KB)
  Role Description