About Us

At Catholic Schools Broken Bay, our Vision is to provide ‘Authentic, professional Catholic education, delivered with care and compassion’. The Vision underpins our exciting and robust Towards 2025 Strategy which places students at the centre of everything we do, and which brings schools and parishes together to work as one. The Towards 2025 Strategy commits our system of schools to being at least as good as the very best, to maximise the learning growth of every student, and to inspire hearts and minds to know Christ and love learning.

Covering an expansive geographical area which includes the Central Coast, Sydney’s Northern Beaches and North Shore, Catholic Schools Broken Bay is a system serving 45 Catholic Schools with around 18,000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12.

About The Role

Reporting to the School Counselling Lead, as the School Counsellor, your role is to support and assist systemic schools in the Diocese of Broken Bay to better understand and manage student mental health and wellbeing issues, with a view to improving student outcomes.  The Counsellor works within the Wellbeing and Pastoral Care Framework of the system providing specialist and targeted support to students affected by or with mental health concerns or those experiencing significant emotional and behavioural concerns.

 This is a permanent full-time opportunity ideally to start on 30 April 2025.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides clinical advice, education and consultancy to Principals and school staff on the management of student mental health issues and their impact on learning and student wellbeing
• Facilitates the student mental health assessment service with recommendations, referrals to and liaison with outside agencies
• Performs a short-term counselling service providing expert clinical intervention and support which is aligned to best practice models to students
• Provides expert advice to relevant stakeholders in the collaborative support and management of student referrals
• Leads and/or participates in case management teams, liaising with school, internal professional staff, parents and external health professionals
• Maintains confidential clinical file notes and maintains the system database for referral type and presentations
• Manages complex mental health referrals
• Provides expert advice and consultation to school leaders and staff

About You

• Supportive of, or can demonstrate an understanding and commitment to, the ethos of the Catholic faith in an educational context
• Highly skilled professional with experience in counselling children and young people using evidence-based interventions as appropriate to qualifications
• Experience in the administration of cognitive, emotional, and behavioural assessments and mental health screeners
• An ability to work independently and collaboratively within as part of a team to achieve educational improvement and positive wellbeing
• A track record of managing self to meet deadlines, deliver high quality work with emotional self-awareness and awareness of others
• Has excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Has a keen eye for detail to deliver consistently accurate and informed written and verbal communications suitable for the receiving audience

Qualifications

• Either a qualified Psychologist or Social Worker with eligibility for registered membership with the appropriate professional association (i.e., APS – Australian Psychological Society or AASW – Australian Association of Social Workers).
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Current and valid NSW Driver’s Licence

Benefits of Working with Us

• Competitive salary on offer
• Free onsite parking or public transport close by
• 25% School Fee Discount for eligible employees
• Annual leave loading and ex-gratia leave at Christmas time
• Salary Packaging for eligible employees

Application Process

Applications should include:

• A cover letter of no more than two pages addressing why you are interested in the role and addressing the criteria listed above
• A current resume

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Applications Close on Sunday, 27 April 2025

“However, we will be reviewing and progressing applications as we receive them.”

Enquiries

If you have any enquiries about this role, please email Malik at malik.ali@dbb.catholic.edu.au

Agencies, please note that unsolicited resumes for this position will not be considered. 

Catholic Schools Broken Bay promotes a culture of safety and care for children and young people. The Diocesan Office for Safeguarding Charter provides overarching principles that ensure children and young people are at the centre of the work we do and that every child and young person is encouraged to have a voice and participate in their community to their fullest potential. All employees must be aware of the Diocesan Office for Safeguarding Charter and be committed to organisational child safe standards and practice. Successful applicants for child-related roles must meet the requirements of the Working with Children Check.