This is a permanent full-time position commencing Term 1, 2025
As of todays date 06-09-2024 please note the closing date has been amended as below.
Woodvale Secondary College’s (SC) vision is to ensure our students are lifelong learners with a strong sense of individuality, responsibility and community. Woodvale staff engage with this vision through our commitment to working together with our College community. We provide an innovative and caring learning environment where each student is able to grow. The comprehensiveness of the school's curriculum reflects the wishes and career aspirations of the community.
Regularly 35% of Year 12 students study at university entrance level, while the remaining students engage in Certificate courses and/or a General pathway. The College has a tradition of outstanding achievement in VET in particular. Analysis of data collected across multiple domains indicates that the College is an “excellent” school which has earnt the respect of the community for the quality of the education it offers.
Find out more about our school by woodvale.wa.edu.au or Schools Online
The Role
Woodvale SC is seeking a collaborative, flexible, skilled and highly motivated School Psychologist to join our team.
The successful applicant will work to put in place effective strategies to address identified learning needs, social and behavioural needs, provide individual support to students at risk and work at a strategic level with school leaders to maintain effective responses to intervention at a whole school level. The School Psychologist will assist with the development and implementation of school-based support services and programs and operate as a member of a collaborative and coordinated team.
As a team player, the successful applicant will be an active member of the school community who invests in building proactive relationships with teaching staff, students and their caregivers. You will utilise your professional knowledge to deliver school psychology services as agreed with the College and within your professional responsibility. The successful applicant will have a good understanding of school systems and effective school and classroom student engagement practises. They will be able to contribute psychological understanding and interventions to conditions that support student engagement and wellbeing.
Learn more about how we support school psychologists on our website: Education WA - School Psychologists
Professional Benefits
Working for the Department of Education you will enjoy a range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working arrangements, training and career development opportunities and attractive leave provisions. Find out more about the benefits by visiting professional and personal benefits.
Want to know more?
Full details of the role, selection criteria and eligibility requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Lea Fairfoul-Hutcheon , Principal, on (08) 6207 2400 or emailing lea.fairfoul-hutcheon@education.wa.edu.au.
During the school holiday period, please contact Lea Fairfoul-Hutcheon on 0407771207
Equity and Diversity
We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Explore our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2021-2025 for more details.
Eligibility
To work with us, you must:
- hold or be eligible for provisional or general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
- obtain a valid Working With Children Check before you start; and
- consent to a National Criminal History Check with the Department's Screening Unit.
Information about registration with the Psychology Board of Australia can be obtained by calling 1300 419 495 or by visiting www.psychologyboard.gov.au.
More information on employment eligibility can be found here and in the attached Job Description Form (JDF) located at the bottom of this advertisement.
Application Instructions
Apply online in two easy steps:
Step 1: Select Apply for Job
Complete the online application form, including details of two (2) work related referees, preferably one being your current line manager.
Step 2: Attach your documents
Your application should include:
- A CV of up to threepages outlining your employment history and professional learning summary relevant to this position
- A five page statement addressing the following selection criteria as outlined in the attached JDF
- Demonstrated ability to implement psychology services and programs in an educational environment to maximise student learning outcomes.
- Demonstrated knowledge of the implementation and evaluation of a variety of psychological approaches appropriate for individual, group and system-level intervention.
- Demonstrated high level written and oral communication skills, demonstrating the capacity to produce correspondence, reports and case notes, and interview and training (facilitation) skills.
- Demonstrated highly developed interpersonal skills, which demonstrate an ability to function in a self-directed way, and as a member of an interdisciplinary team, working with a range of clients across the lifespan, Department personnel and inter-agency partners across a variety of contexts.
- Demonstrated ability to apply analytical and conceptual skills to issues identification, risk assessment and analysis, intervention and evaluation.
It is recommended you have your attachments ready before selecting Apply for Job.
Your application must be received before the closing date and time. Late applications will not be accepted.
For technical support submitting your application, you can call the Department of Education’s Recruitment team on (08) 9264 4127 for assistance.
Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/SP916490
Applicants assessed as suitable may be considered for similar vacancies that arise in our school within the next twelve months. This includes circumstances where this position becomes subsequently vacant should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised position.
The Department applies a four (4) day breach period to this selection process.
Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Friday, 18 October 2024
