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Senior Psychologist, Education - Belmore South Public School

Senior Psychologist, Education - Belmore South Public School

NSW Department of Education

Sydney

Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
25 May 2021

Job overview

Location

 Sydney Region   

 
Advertisement Number A900099132

Number of Positions

 1
Total Remuneration Package: Remuneration package valued at $137,486.00. This position attracts a base salary of $124,038.00, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation.
School Name Belmore South Public School
Principal Network Beverly Hills
Staffing Area Granville
 FTE 1.000

Contact Name Robyn Watkins
Contact Phone number 0408 768 149

Closing Date

 26-May-2021

Job Category

 TCH Other

Organisation

 Teaching Service 
Position Information 

The Senior Psychologist, Education coordinates and professionally supervises a team of school counsellors/school psychologists to deliver high quality psychological services to schools. They work closely with schools, other members of educational services teams and agencies to improve student learning and wellbeing outcomes.
The Senior Psychologist, Education provides professional leadership in the delivery of psychological services to school communities and has a key leadership role as part of the networked specialist centres.

 

Belmore South Public School has an enrolment of 284 students, including 89% of students with English as an Additional Language or Dialect. Belmore South has a clear vision for learning based on the principles of visible learning combined with a future-focused mindset. This includes a commitment to co-teaching in flexible learning spaces and an emphasis on future focused education. The school has a committed, collaborative and enthusiastic staff, with a mixture of experienced and early career teachers and a passionate and proactive parent community. Language, Learning and Literacy (L3) and Early Action for Success (EAfS) initiatives are being embedded in school practice. Current priorities include literacy, numeracy, future focussed learning, professional development and wellbeing. The school also provides a broad range of extra-curricular activities for students.

  
Specific Selection Criteria 

In addition to the general selection criteria:

  • Successful experience as a school counsellor and registration as a psychologist.
  • High level knowledge and skills in the provision of psychological assessment, counselling and evidence based interventions within a school context.
  • Demonstrated capacity to lead, support and professionally develop school counsellors/school psychologists, including those working towards registration as a psychologist. 
  • Demonstrated capacity to establish interagency partnerships to assist schools to meet  the wellbeing needs of students, in particular those students needing psychological intervention and support.  
  • Demonstrated ability to implement school counselling strategies to support Department of Education initiatives.
  
General Selection Criteria 
  1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
  2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
  3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
  4. Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
  5. Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
  6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policies
 
Conditions 

Ability and willingness to travel between worksites.

 

An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. 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.

 
Special Notes 

Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.

 

To ensure that your application complies with the guideline page limits your attachments must be in PDF format. New merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals have been introduced to provide greater clarity to applicants and selection panels. The guidelines were in effect on positions advertised from Wednesday 10th June 2020.

The guidelines are located at:

https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/careers-at-education/roles-and-locations/roles-at-education/teaching/addressing-selection-criteria.html

 

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About the NSW Department of Education

At the NSW Department of Education, we aim to be Australia's best education system and one of the finest in the world. As the largest provider of public education in Australia, we deliver high-quality educational services to two-thirds of the NSW student population, preparing young people for rewarding lives as engaged citizens in a complex and dynamic society.

With nearly 100,000 employees across the state, our school and corporate workforce help build Australia’s best education system by developing student centred policy, designing schools of the future and supporting children and young people in NSW public schools. 


Work in a diverse range of school settings

With more than 2,200 schools throughout the state educating more than 780,000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12, there are opportunities to work in a diverse range of school settings – primary, secondary, selective, hospital, sporting, agricultural and schools for specific purposes.


Make a difference in your community

NSW public schools are at the heart of every local community with our students and staff representing a diverse range of cultural, linguistic and religious backgrounds. The NSW Department of Education strives to create learning and working environments that are inclusive and supportive of all. 

We respect and value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of Australia and are committed to increasing knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal histories, cultures and experiences.


Career enhancing opportunities

One of the great things about working with the department is accessing ongoing professional development as well as opportunities to enhance your career. With multiple scholarship, sponsorship and career enhancing programs available, the opportunities are endless with the NSW Department of Education.


Visit teach.nsw.edu.au to find out more.

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