About the School: 

• Hume Anglican Grammar is a multi-campus co-educational Anglican Diocesan School offering education from Prep to Year 12 in the Northern growth corridor of Melbourne. Hume Anglican Grammar has an open enrolment policy so educates children from many faiths and with a diverse range of backgrounds and abilities.
• Since 2011, the School has occupied the Mt Ridley P-12 campus and has1,400 students. In 2019, it opened a second campus in Donnybrook. Commencing with junior primary, and will ultimately have an enrolment of 1,300 from Prep to Year 12. 
• In 2023, the School opened its third campus in Kalkallo, as a Primary (P-6) school and as feeder to the Mt Ridley and Donnybrook Secondary schools, it will follow a similar growth pattern to Donnybrook with eventually some 600 students. 
• This year, the school has 2,287 students and employs some 240 staff – 163 teaching and 77 non-teaching. Currently, the student enrolment at each campus is: Mt Ridley 1,400, Donnybrook 672 & Kalkallo 215.
• The school is on a growth trajectory and in 2024 is projected to increase to 2,573 students and ultimately have some 3,300 students (Mt Ridley 1,400, Donnybrook 1,300 and Kalkallo 600) with a corresponding cohort of teaching and general staff on its three campuses with plans for further expansion.

About the role:

Hume Anglican Grammar acknowledges the critical role of the School Counsellor in helping to support students across the school community. Through this role the school is able to provide support for students when they are experiencing personal difficulties that impact upon their overall wellbeing. The School Counsellor is required to provide a child and adolescent counselling service in the school and to work with other staff to support students and families. An important aspect of the role is to facilitate access to education and participation in school and to maximise student wellbeing and promote the best educational outcomes for students.

The School Counsellor should have a tertiary qualification in counselling and have an extensive background in counselling children. He/she will liaise closely with key leaders of the school, especially those entrusted with student wellbeing responsibilities, so that together they can provide timely and proactive support for our students, whilst also being equipped to provide direction for other staff, when unexpected situations arise.

The School Counsellor will be recognised and highly respected by colleagues, parents and community members as an individual with appropriate experience to be able to carry out the key duties of this role, with minimal supervision. They will have demonstrated a clear understanding of processes and procedures associated with handling case-sensitive situations and of the importance of maintaining strict confidentiality, where appropriate.

This position affords the successful candidate with the opportunity to help shape and develop our existing student wellbeing program across the Prep – 12 and develop age and stage appropriate wellbeing programs for students.

Through this role the School Counsellor should help build the capacity of the school community to work toward the same goals. It is expected in this role, that close links are to be maintained with outside agencies and specialists.

This position is 0.5 FTE working at our Mt Ridley campus but may also be required to work at our other campuses in Kalkallo and Donnybrook, commencing as soon as possible. 

About you

Essential: 

• Demonstrated experience in working within a student wellbeing area in a school or in a counselling capacity with school aged children and adolescents
• Commitment to act in accordance with the ethical and professional guidelines outlined by relevant professional organisation
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of the specific developmental needs of school aged children and adolescents
• Exemplary counselling experience, preferably within a school environment with school aged children and/or adolescents
• An undergraduate degree in psychology or counselling, or a post graduate degree in counselling, psychology, social work, or youth work
• Working with children check / National police criminal history check.

Desirable:

• Training related to child safe practices
• Tertiary qualifications e.g., a post graduate degree in related field
• A current driver’s licence. 
• Involvement in professional communities such as the Australian Psychology Society, Australian Counselling Association, and peer supervision networks

For the full position description please visit our website.

Hume Anglican Grammar is committed to child safety. As such, the successful applicant will be expected to obtain a Police Check and satisfy child protection screening (Working With Children Check), as well as adhere to the Schools Child Safety Policy and Staff Code of Conduct. These documents may be downloaded from the School website. 

How to apply?

1. Applications are required via SEEK, attaching the Hume Anglican Grammar Application Form
2. Please visit our website for the Application Form and the Position Description (which contains the KSC) humegrammar.vic.edu.au/employment
3. Please address your application to the Director of Human Resources and include the following three separate documents; Cover Letter, Resume and Application Form.
4. ***Applicants who do not upload a completed Application Form will not have their application considered. ***

For any enquiries, please contact the Director of Student Wellbeing, Claire Thompson – [email protected]  

Applications may be viewed as they come in, and the position may be filled prior to the expiry of this Advertisement – so please apply now!