Job description
- Professional 1 – Remuneration Package $78,805 – $100,895 (including salary $66,904 – $85,700)
- Professional 2 – Remuneration Package $103,794 – $123,755 (including salary $88,204 – $105,445)
- Professional 3 -Remuneration Package $127,522 – $142,618 (including salary $108,699 – $121,738)
- Student Wellbeing and Inclusion Programs and Services – Client Services
- Several Ongoing vacancies available in Alice Springs, Darwin, Katherine, Palmerston and Tennant Creek
Selection will be made at the P1, P2 or P3 level depending on available positions and the experience/qualifications of successful applicants.
Are you a social worker or psychologist who is passionate about ensuring all children are welcomed into an inclusive environment & can learn to their full potential?
About the team:
Be part of a multidisciplinary Territory wide team creating positive change and strengthening the link between wellbeing, inclusion and engagement to support our kids.
Work with allied health and special education professionals in a Multi-tiered System of Support framework to build the capacity of educators to support students to maximise their educational outcomes.
About the role:
School Counsellors provide support to schools to improve the wellbeing and safety of students through evidence-based interventions. Consultation, planning, and short-term case work/counselling are provided to support student behaviour, wellbeing and social emotional concerns that may be having a direct impact on educational outcomes.
Various positions are available and will be based in the Darwin office, Palmerston office, Katherine office, Nhulunbuy Education office and Alice Springs. These positions include both ongoing and fixed term opportunities.
To be successful you will need a degree in social work and eligibility as a social worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), OR a degree in psychology and registration as a psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
What you’ll get in return:
- Attractive salary package + 6 weeks recreational leave, 3 weeks personal leave and recreation leave loading allowance.
- Study and professional learning opportunities to develop your career and professional practice.
- Work with a dynamic multidisciplinary team including social workers, psychologists, special education teachers, occupational therapists and speech pathologists.
- Real opportunities for long term employment and career progression with the Northern Territory Government.
- Relocation allowance for suitable intrastate and interstate candidates for ongoing positions.
- Flexible work arrangements can be negotiated.
- Attraction and retention incentives based on certain conditions and eligibility.
Corporate-based conditions apply to this position. The applicant must hold or be able to obtain a Working with Children Notice Clearance and an NT driver’s licence. Visits to remote schools may necessitate travel by four-wheel drive vehicle on unsealed roads or light aircraft and include overnight stays in remote communities of up to four days. Four-wheel drive training will be provided by the NT Department of Education.
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For further information about this vacancy please contact: Alana Chapman, Assistant Director Client Services on 0499 789 462 or [email protected] using the subject line: School Counsellors – Multiple Locations enquiry via EthicalJobs.
Quote vacancy number: 19673.
Applications should consist of a one page summary sheet, resume / CV and copies of relevant qualifications.
For a copy of the Job Description or to view career opportunities in the Northern Territory Government please visit https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/Search.