Guidance Counsellor
Employment
Part time, Permanent
Subject
Wellbeing
Sector
Catholic
Teaching level
Primary
Salary range
Closing date
11 October 2026
Posted 22 Sep 2026
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School type
Co-educational
Year range
Prep-6
School staff (FTE)
19
11.9 teaching · 7.1 non-teaching
Students per teacher
10.8:1
teaching FTE basis
Total enrolments
129
Indigenous students
1%
Language other than English
5%
Girls vs boys
61 girls · 68 boys
Socio-educational background
Well above the Australian average
Source: ACARA My School data
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Role description
Summary
Enhance student wellbeing and learning with a focus on fostering the education, development, mental health and wellbeing of all students.
- Location: St Peter Chanel Primary School, THE GAP
- Start date: 19/01/2027 - 19/01/2028
- Days of hours: 2 days/12 hours per week
- Salary: $103,397.00 - $144,242.00 pro rata + 12.75% super
- Status: Part Time Continuing
- Ad close date: 11 October 2026
- Contact: Bec O'Connor | pthegap@bne.catholic.edu.au
About the opportunity
In this position you will be responsible for:
- Facilitate proactive and preventative practices and initiatives for the holistic development, mental health and wellbeing of students
- Manage counselling and consulting services for students
- Provide psycho-educational and other assessments
- Ensure BCE protocols and quality processes are implemented
- Maintain standards of practice
- Apply guidance counselling skills through direct and indirect processes and through systemic, whole-school, and individual interventions
- Participate in regular individual and group supervision and mentoring activities for clinical and technical supervision.
About you
To be successful in this position you will bring relevant contemporary skills and experience including:
- Successful experience as a Guidance Counsellor in an educational setting with a focus on prevention, intervention and student learning
- Experience in identifying and developing activities to address academic and life career development of students
- Experience in the administration, interpretation and report writing for psycho-educational assessments
- Experience…