Psychologist - Metropolitan North Region

About the Department of Education

As part of the Student Wellbeing Workforce, we aim to ensure every Queensland state school student has access to a wellbeing professional at school. The focus of the role is to provide support for students with mild to moderate mental health concerns. Wellbeing professionals employed through the Student Wellbeing Workforce work as part of schools' established student support teams to enhance the wellbeing and mental health support available to students.

Queensland state schools offer a unique and rewarding setting where you can enjoy flexible, family-friendly work schedules while being part of our growing workforce of experienced wellbeing professionals.

Your opportunity

We are seeking HP3 Psychologists roles across primary and secondary state schools across Metropolitan North Region.

This recruitment process aims to establish a talent pool of suitably assessed candidates who may be considered for future vacancies across schools within the Metropolitan North Region. Opportunities may vary in location, employment duration and full-time equivalent (FTE) arrangements, depending position availability. Inclusion in the talent pool does not guarantee an offer of employment.

As a school-based Psychologist and a specialist member of a multi-disciplinary team, you will offer therapeutic support to students with mild-to-moderate mental health concerns including:

• Provide professional support and information for students, parents, carers and school communities that facilitate partnerships in decision making for the enhancement of all students' learning.
• Provide services such as counselling, assessment and intervention, focusing on students' mental health and wellbeing.

Responsibilities include

• Undertake individual and group counselling and therapeutic interventions with students, parents and families to assist them in resolving mental health concerns.
• Administer specialised psycho-educational assessment of students with learning and/or adjustment difficulties including assessments of cognitive, academic, behavioural, emotional, social and adaptive functioning.
• Identify needs and participate in the referral, coordination and planning of services for children, parents and families with other stakeholders including community agencies such as health and welfare.
• Coordinate or assist in the implementation of specific professional in-service training programs for teachers, parents, schools and other professionals, both within and outside the department, for example - Supporting students' mental health and wellbeing.
• Develop and/or maintain appropriate data collection, interpretation procedures and confidential record keeping and reporting systems for individual students referred for psychological services in line with department procedures and policies.
• Work collaboratively with schools' leadership and student support teams to inform student support planning and provide advice to teachers supporting students' mental health in the classroom.

About You

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of school and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Clinical, problem solving and reasoning skills for working with children and young people and their families.
• Strong communication skills for therapeutic intervention and liaising with stakeholders.

Benefits

• Flexible work options
• Access to professional development and support including supervision to support AHPRA requirements (pro-rata)
• $1,800 annual professional development allowance (pro-rata)
• Have opportunities to network with other wellbeing professional peers within the region.
• 75% superannuation available
• Salary packaging
• Be part of a large multi-disciplinary team of mental health professionals providing a service to students in schools

Interested? To Apply

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Attach a 2-page response to the 'Leadership Competencies' section of the attached role description.
• Attach a copy of your mandatory qualifications/registration outlined in the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.