Wellbeing Counsellor

Job no: 508350
Work type: temporary full-time
Location: Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese
Categories: Student Wellbeing
Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese (CSPD) is a system of schools committed to responding to the needs of students in a world that is changing rapidly. Our Student Support Team has a focus that will develop and execute a range of strategies to respond to the wellbeing and mental health needs of our students. We are seeking a passionate and professional school based Wellbeing Counsellor to join our team with an ASAP start until October 2025!

About the opportunity:

We are seeking a collaborative and skilled individual who will deliver a range of services. You will deliver high level advice and proactivity in the area of supporting learning and teaching. You will work in collaboration with teachers in learning spaces and partner with the leadership team. More specifically you will:

Collaborate with schools and other professionals to promote school wide mental health and wellbeing initiatives


Engage with families to support their child and to strengthen home-school partnerships across different schools


Provide individual and group counselling with students as well as working with school and other parts of CSDP in the identification and implementation of reasonable adjustments


Liaise with external agencies and professionals to enhance student support


Support leaders and staff to respond effectively to student welfare


Collaborate with key stakeholders to design personalised plans for students

About you:

To be successful in this highly rewarding role you will demonstrate alignment to the core purpose and values of CSPD along with:

Have demonstrated understanding of the mental health needs of children and young people


Experience in counselling children and young people using evidence-based interventions


Experience in cognitive, emotional and behavioural assessment of children and young people


Minimum of 3 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


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


Qualifications and accreditations:

Relevant tertiary qualifications


Eligible for membership with Australian Association of Social Workers ( AASW) OR general registration as a psychologist with The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)


Compliance with NSW Child Protection Legislation - Working with Children Check clearance


We believe that our employee community is a key strength of our organisation and we aim to attract the best talent to achieve our strategic goal of being leaders in quality, faith-based education and an Employer of Choice in our sector. Our leaders create inclusive teams and value the individual contributions of our employees. We champion quality education and lead the way in innovation and inspiring the future. We also offer competitive remuneration, salary packaging, parental leave, flexible work, wellbeing programs and professional development.

Benefits

There are so many great things that CSPD has to offer! As a valued CSPD employee, you can benefit from up to 25% off school fees for your children enrolled in our schools. This discount can also be claimed by staff members who are grandparents, step-parents, carers, or guardians.

But that's not all. We offer:

Competitive remuneration


Salary packaging



Wellbeing initiatives and resources


Flexible work arrangements for eligible employees



Extensive growth and development opportunities



Cultural leave for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander employees


State-of-the-art facilities

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!


Position Description

Advertised: 06 Jun 2025 0+:06 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 15 Jun 2025 23:06 AUS Eastern Standard Time