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Counsellor

Counsellor

MacKillop College Port Macquarie

Port Macquarie

  • Expired
Job type:
Part 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

Part-time (4 days per week - 2 days at MacKillop College and 2 days at St Joseph's Regional College)

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


  1. Covering letter that addresses the selection criteria.
  2. Catholic Schools Office application form
  3. Current Resume
  4. 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 MacKillop College Port Macquarie

MacKillop College caters for students from Years 7 to 12, forming part of St Agnes' Parish Secondary Schools.  The school offers excellence in teaching and learning, spiritual formation, pastoral care, sport and creative arts; Our highly qualified and dedicated teams are committed to giving all students the opportunity to achieve academic and career goals. 

The school is located in Port Macquarie, rural New South Wales.

Principal

Anne O'Brien

Facilities

The school has a variety of facilities including Physiology and Anatomy Labs,   a Creative and Performing Arts Centre  and Indoor Multi Purpose Centre. Learning takes place within sophisticated technological based classroom learning.  The College also offers a Marine and Aqua Technology program.

Curriculum

The College follows the curriculum as mandated by the New South Wales Board of Studies. Mackillop College has a strong tradition of high academic success of graduating cohorts. Students also participate in a Religious Education program as prescribed by the diocese to promote the teachings of the Catholic faith. 

School ethos

The leadership team at Mackillop College play an integral part of maintaining the wellbeing of staff and students. The College strives to create an  environments that is welcoming, caring, safe, supportive and well structured. 

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