Counsellor
St Finbarr’s Primary School BYRON BAY
Byron Bay
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
Job overview
St Finbarr’s is a vibrant school community where students, parents, and staff work together to provide an inspiring, welcoming and happy learning community.
SCHOOL COUNSELLOR
Part-time (1 day per week)
The School Counsellor position will be offered for three years commencing 28 January 2020 through to 26 January 2023.
The role of the School Counsellor is to support and assist school teams to better understand and manage student mental health issues, with a view to improving student outcomes.
As a School Counsellor, you will be an integral part of a school’s pastoral care support and will work with students, families, school staff and external agencies to maximise educational and wellbeing outcomes for students.
Selection Criteria to be addressed with your application:
• Current registration with Psychology Board of Australia; or membership of Australian Association of Social Workers Association or membership of PACFA (Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia)/ ACA (Australian Counselling Association).
• A strong understanding of the professional body’s ethical and legal requirements, especially in relation to working within a school setting.
• Excellent communication skills with the proven ability to work collaboratively with teaching teams, and to engage and relate to students, families and staff.
• Demonstrated understanding of child adolescent development and youth mental health interventions.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision and manage caseloads.
• Willingness to take an active part in the full life of the school and to support, accept, and uphold the mission, teachings and ethos of the Catholic Church’s work in schools.
Desirable Criteria:
• Experience in providing evidence based interventions with children and young people, individually and in groups.
• Proven experience and ability to respond appropriately in crisis situations and to students presenting with complex needs.
• Experience or willingness to provide professional learning to school staff and families.
Applicants are asked to submit all documents as one PDF to the Principal:
Principal – Tim Bleakley
tim.bleakley@lism.catholic.edu.au
- Covering letter that addresses the selection criteria.
- Catholic Schools Office application form
- Current Resume
- Academic transcript/s
All applications must be received by 3.00pm Friday 6 December 2019.
The successful applicant will be required to complete the registration for employment process with the Lismore Diocese in accordance with the Diocesan Website.
Child protection legislation requires preferred applicants to be subject to employment screening.
Information on how to Register for Employment in the Lismore Diocese is available on the Catholic Schools Office website http://www.lism.catholic.edu.au/employment/employment-information/
Attached documents
About St Finbarr’s Primary School BYRON BAY
- St Finbarr’s Primary School BYRON BAY
- 1 Arakwal Court, Byron Bay
- New South Wales
- 2481
- Australia
St Finbarr’s Catholic Primary School is a co-educational, K-6 primary school, located at Byron Bay on the New South Wales north coast. The school community celebrated 100 years of St Finbarr's in 2016 and today, the school sits on three hectares of land surrounded by the heathland of Arakwal National Park and Tallow Beach. It is situated in the Holy Spirit Parish and is part of the Catholic School system in the Lismore Diocese.
Principal
Mr Tim Bleakely
Facilities
St Finbarr’s Catholic Primary School is located amidst an extremely attractive natural landscape and as such has well-maintained, spacious grounds. An outstanding array of quality classroom resources join with this natural setting to create a learning environment that encourages students to play, engage, challenge, problem solve and continually grow.
Curriculum
The students of St Finbarr’s School are provided with a rich curriculum by a team of talented and engaging teachers who create opportunities for students to excel in all areas. A quality Religious Education Program is taught in association with the NSW Board of Studies, Key Learning Areas subjects. A wide range of extra-curricula programs is available for students, particularly in the areas of Creative Arts, Sport and Enrichment.
School ethos
St Finbarrs’s Catholic Primary School aims to develop in their students a love of learning and engage them actively and co-operatively in the process of life long learning through the core values of respect, honesty, personal best, encouragement, teamwork, commitment and belonging. It also aims to support members of the parish community in providing faith formation for their children. The school’s motto “Living, Growing, Learning for Life’ is strongly promoted throughout all aspects of school life.
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