Counsellor (full time)
St Joseph’s Regional College Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
Job overview
MacKillop & St Joseph’s Regional Colleges are situated on the beautiful Mid North Coast of NSW. The Colleges’ aim to provide a learning and teaching model striving for excellence and personal best. As Catholic schools we support our students with faith development, pastoral care and wellbeing programs. Each college employ over 130 teaching and ancillary support staff. The Colleges have a reputation in our diocese of highly successful HSC results and provide dynamic learning opportunities for our individual students to succeed.
SCHOOL COUNSELLOR
Full Time
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:
jim.dempsey@lism.catholic.edu.au
Principal – Jim Dempsey Regional
- 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/
About St Joseph’s Regional College Port Macquarie
- St Joseph’s Regional College Port Macquarie
- College Drive, PO Box 231, Port Macquarie
- New South Wales
- 2444
- Australia
St Joseph’s Regional College is part of St Agnes’ Parish Secondary Schools, catering for approximately 1,100 students. These students, from Years 7 to 12, are given a holistic Catholic education about 10km west of Port Macquarie, New South Wales. The school was formed in 1969, and first opened for students in Years 7 to 10 by the Sisters of St Joseph. Since then, it has grown to cater for the final two years of high school, moving across a number of sites and building more facilities, including most recently a chapel, and stage in the College Hall. The school’s vision, “Everything is to be orientated towards the praise and glory of God”, encourages students to apply Christian values to their life while striving to do their best. The school aims to create a family atmosphere with its teachers, and be united with the parish school community.
Principal
Jim Dempsey
Facilities
The facilities of St Joseph’s Regional College exemplify the broad range of priorities that the school has. The college grounds include a creative arts block, as well as a performance arts centre and a study centre. It also boasts a library and study centre, science laboratory and gymnasium. It also has a hospitality section and canteen area. Its focus on Christian values is seen in its college chapel.
Curriculum
The school’s curriculum revolves around 10 key learning areas and aims to provide a well-rounded education for its students.
The curriculum has a core in religious education, with the base broadened in English, mathematics and science. It also aims to help students extend themselves in creative arts, personal development and physical education. Students are also given the opportunity to learn French.
School ethos
The school has high expectations for its students, putting a focus on thinking creatively and critically, as well as forming strong relationships within its tight-knit community. Putting an emphasis on the students’ well-being, it wants to see students feel comfortable and supported to challenge themselves academically and academically to prepare themselves for the future.
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