Careers at CSPD

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Leading Counsellor to join the Wellbeing Attendance team on a permanent, part-time basis. 

About the role

The Wellbeing Directorate is seeking a Leading Counsellor to work in partnership with school communities to effectively implement a multi-tiered system of support to promote student wellbeing and attendance across the Diocese. This is a permanent part-time role (0.6FTE), working three days per week, based at the Aengus Kavanagh Centre, Mt Druitt.

As part of the mission of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Parramatta, the Leading Counsellor is accountable for supporting the system's strategic intent of improving learning outcomes for all students.

More specifically you will: 

• Join an interdisciplinary team of teachers, social workers and other wellbeing practitioners who oversee and support the systemic rollout and implementation of multi-tiered systems of support to improve student outcomes.

• Work as part of the Wellbeing strategy team to lead the development, implementation and maintenance of CSPD attendance policy and procedures

• Be a subject matter expert in attendance and a conduit in the development and maintenance of CSPD enterprise systems (data, student information and compliance systems) that support best practice in attendance 

• Collaborate and consult with teachers in schools and system leaders to facilitate professional growth and build capacity to implement effective learning and attendance support interventions

• Collaborate with school teams to promote partnerships with parents, carers and community 

About you: 

To be successful you will demonstrate alignment to our purpose and values, together with: 

• Demonstrated experience in leading counsellors and school teams

• A strong knowledge base in systems thinking and how systems intersect

• An interest in student attendance

• A relevant tertiary qualification in social work and / or psychology along with a minimum of three years’ experience as a registered psychologist or social worker

• Be a registered psychologist or a social worker eligible for membership of the  Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)

• Have the capacity to make a significant contribution within schools to matters related to student welfare and wellbeing

• Demonstrate evidence based professionally informed judgement in dealing with sensitive issues

• Demonstrate the capacity to engage students, parents and teachers in the counselling process

• The capability to facilitate parent and care-giver education

• Be supportive of our Catholic ethos

Interested?

This position involves working with children. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening for child-related employment including a valid Working with Children Check and adoption and compliance with CSPD’s Child Safeguarding Procedures and Code of Conduct When Working With Students and Children. For more information, please visit The Office of The Children’s Guardian here. 

CSPD promotes the safety and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, and children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as well as people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Apply today!