Wellbeing Counsellor

About the Opportunity

If you are currently employed by Catholic Schools Parramatta Diocese, please submit your application via our internal Careers Site on EmployeeConnect. We are excited to support you in the next step of your career.

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 on a Part time temporary basis - 4 days a week, 12 month contract! 

Key Responsibilities

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 welfa…