Assessment and Intervention
- Undertake educational and psychological assessment in child and adolescent development
- Collaboratively plan and implement evidence-based interventions with school staff, other professionals, external agencies and families
Counselling
- Provide counselling, therapy and programs for individuals and groups
- Address a range of personal, mental health, emotional and family issues to promote engagement in learning
- Provide crisis counselling
- Social, Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Promote whole of school positive mental health and well being and early intervention programs
- Respond to suicide ideation and refer to relevant outside agencies
- As part of the leadership team, respond to emergencies and critical incidents
Behaviour
- Provide behavioural advice and support to students, families, teachers and principals
- Assist with whole school and individual assessment plans and interventions to re-engage students in learning
- Develop crisis and risk management plans
- Provide intensive individual and group parenting program
Organisational Leadership
- Actively contribute in various school leadership teams
- Provide complex case management
- Link and network with external agencies and community groups to provide 'wrap around' support for students and their families
- Respond to and assist schools with the organisation of their response to critical and traumatic incidents
- Provide advice and support to principals and staff regarding student protection issues, and liaise with relevant Queensland Government agencies
- Gather and apply relevant data to inform evidenced based practice
- Collate and maintain student information and records of intervention to meet legislative and systemic requirements
They have the unique capacity to:
- Apply contemporary psychological theory to inform classroom practice
- Consult with teachers to link assessment results to adjustments in teaching, learning, assessment and reporting
- Use the results of educational assessment to assist in developing individual learning programs
- Facilitate individual student and complex case management with all stake-holders