Counsellor / Psychologist

Counsellors / Psychologists

Contract Type: Contract Position Part Time

Applications Close: 27 January 2026

Catholic Schools is currently seeking a Temporary School Counsellor/ Psychologist to join the team to work in the Upper Hunter region.

Catholic Schools is currently inviting applications for a Temporary School Counsellor/Psychologist to support students in the Upper Hunter region, specifically in Muswellbrook and Aberdeen from March - December 2026. 

This flexible opportunity offers negotiable working days for the ideal candidate, with the potential to structure the role as either one 0.8 FTE position (4 days per week) or two 0.4 FTE positions (2 days per week each). (Please specify which FTE arrangement you are applying for in your application.) 

For more than 180 years, Catholic schools in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle have offered families a nurturing, encouraging, and safe environment for their children to learn, achieve, and grow from Kindergarten to Year 12.

We are committed to ensuring every child is nurtured and supported to achieve their potential. 

Every school has access to a School Counsellor who works as part of the school team to address barriers to learning for children and young people.

School Counsellors are employed by the Catholic Schools Office and allocated to schools within the Diocese. 

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The role of School Counsellor / School Psychologist aims to assist school communities to support students in achieving educational success and social-emotional wellbeing by:

• working collaboratively with students, school staff, families, and communities to enable students to reach both educational and social-emotional outcomes through proactive and reactive strategies
• providing expertise in mental health, child development, and education and learning
• providing consultation, assessment, and intervention that assist school communities to support students to achieve academic success, psychological health and social and emotional well-being and respond to the educational and wellbeing needs of their students:
• individual assessments
• personal counselling
• behaviour management interventions
• consultation
• professional development for teachers and parents   

All School Counsellors / School Psychologists will be supported with ongoing professional learning and networking opportunities to improve their knowledge and professional capacity.  Professional Practice and Development processes for the role of School Counsellor / School Psychologist will be established in consultation with the Coordinator: Counselling Team. These will include feedback mechanisms from Principals and relevant CSO and school staff.