School Counsellor

Your new company

Hays Healthcare are excited to be partnering with a prestigious Independent Boys’ School within Sydney’s North Shore. They have a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced Psychologist or Counsellor to join the Campus Care Team on a permanent, part-time basis.

This school caters for students from late primary school to Year 12. It offers an outstanding academic education and empowers its students to strive for excellence in various aspects of their lives. This holistic nature of their education includes co-curriculum activities which is underpinned by their faith and involvement in religious programs.

Your new role

In this role, you will have the opportunity to provide counselling support to students in Year 5 and Year 6, to help them process various personal issues that could potentially impact their development.

As part of the Campus Care Team, you will work alongside a team of five psychologists to identify students within Years 5 and 6 who may be in need of support. You will then assist them through various interventions, which will involve providing referrals to external agencies as required. With each student, you will have the opportunity to establish and maintain an environment in which you could provide ongoing support to children.

What you'll need to succeed

Your passion for the wellbeing of children and adolescents will lead to your success, as will:

• A Tertiary level qualification in Psychology or equivalent, and AHPRA registration.
• A Working with Children’s Check.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience of counselling children and adolescents.
• Ability to demonstrate outstanding communication, especially with adolescents.
• Familiarity with psychological and education assessment tools.
• Support for students and families in need, whilst maintaining discreetness and confidentiality.

What you'll get in return

In return for your dedication and hard work you will be rewarded with:

• Competitive annual remuneration of $45-50k + super at a 16-hour working week.
• An exciting work environment with the ability to collaborate with fellow mental health staff, as well as work autonomously.
• Personal development allowances on request.
• Opportunity to add value to a school that is passionate about professional and learning development.
• Opportunity to participate in extra-curricular activities offered by the school.
• On-site parking at the beautiful campus location.
• Provision of hot lunches!

What you need to do now

This opportunity is immediately available. if you are interested in this role, please contact Nafisa Amin by clicking ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV or all us now for a confidential discussion. If this role is not quite right for you but you would welcome further discussion around your career, please get in contact with me using the details below.

At Hays, we value diversity and are passionate about placing people in a role where they can flourish and succeed. We actively encourage people form diverse backgrounds to apply.

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