Counsellor
St Peter’s Primary School PORT MACQUARIE
Port Macquarie
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
Job overview
St Peter’s Primary School, Port Macquarie is a vibrant, contemporary learning community of 520 students from K-6. At ST Peter’s our staff work cohesively as a team with families, parish and community enterprise to promote a warm, friendly and caring environment to maximise student learning and family engagement. We believe that well-being has a direct influence on our student’s success in learning and life.
St Peter’s has a very effective Well-being team, that meets weekly to prioritise and plan support for student, family and staff well-being. The new counsellor will be a valued member of this team.
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:
Principal – Geoff Leary
geoff.leary@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/
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About St Peter’s Primary School PORT MACQUARIE
- St Peter’s Primary School PORT MACQUARIE
- Ocean Drive, Port Macquarie
- New South Wales
- 2444
- Australia
St Peter’s Primary is a co-educational Catholic primary school catering for students in Kindergarten through to Year 6. The school is located in Port Macquire, New South Wales and belongs to the Parish of St Agnes.
St Peter’s Primary first opened in February 1993 with four classes, and has expanded over the years into the campus it is today.
Principal
Geoff Leary
Facilities
Facilities at St Peter’s Primary include well-resourced learning materials and technology that supports contemporary pedagogy.
Curriculum
The curriculum at St Peter’s include study blocks in both numeracy and literacy and Religious Education is taught to all classes. The school provides a comprehensive music program, an enrichment program and drama and arts programs that contribute to each students holistic education. Students are encouraged to develop their individual sporting skills and many students achieve representative honours. The Parent Friends Association at the school that ensures parents have a voice in the making of their child’s education.
School ethos
St Peter’s Primary supports the mission and vision of St Agnes Parish by pivoting students with a Catholic education in a caring, supportive and disciplined environment. Students are encouraged to apply the traditional Christian values of love, kindness and understanding in all that they do. The school aims to enable students to achieve fullness and success in both learning and life. The schools motto ‘Strength in Christ’ is an integral part to all aspects of the learning community.
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