Senior Advisor

The Wellbeing Workforce within the Metropolitan South region is seeking qualified registered psychologists who have a passion to work with students, parents, carers and school communities to join us and be part of this game-changing initiative.
The Senior Advisor Psychology position is based in the Department of Education Metropolitan South Regional office- Mt Gravatt.
This is a temporary full-time position until 11 December 2026, unless otherwise determined.

About the Department of Education:  

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About the Role:

We know that early intervention is key to reducing the impact of mental health problems and mental illness and that schools play an important role in early detection and provision of support. The Student Wellbeing Workforce in Metropolitan South Region is a multidisciplinary team including Guidance Officers - Wellbeing, Psychologists, Social Workers and Youth Workers, working in partnership with schools to support student wellbeing, engagement and mental health through coordinated, guidance-informed practice.

You will work collaboratively with schools and regional teams to enhance practice capability, support complex case coordination, and ensure students are connected to appropriate supports.

The Senior Advisor Psychology provides professional supervision to school-based psychologists across the Metropolitan South region, working as part of the wellbeing workforce. The Senior Advisor Psychology will receive clinical supervision from the Principal Advisor Psychology in Central Office, as well as multidisciplinary peer supervision with colleagues in the region.

In this role, you will provide professional leadership, supervision, and support to multidisciplinary wellbeing staff, strengthening consistent, high-quality responses to student mental health, engagement and wellbeing needs.

Responsibilities Include:

• Provide leadership and clinical and professional supervision to psychologists at a regional level, in collaboration with regional and school management, to promote the delivery of safe, effective, high quality services.
• Direct and support psychologists, senior psychologists and school management teams in assessing psychology requirements and identifying appropriate responses and interventions to support the mental health and wellbeing of students.
• Provide high level expert advice to inform strategic decision making in the development of policies, systems and practices related to the delivery and continuous improvement of psychology services within the region.
• Provide strategic advice to the Director, Student Wellbeing, State Schools - Operations, to inform strategic decision making on statewide psychology service provision which enables the achievement of the department's Strategic Plan.
• Oversee the research, development, implementation and evaluation of validated clinical practices, policies and protocols relating to the practice of psychology across the region.
• Monitor and report on performance across psychology services within the region, and collaborate with the Director, Student Wellbeing, State Schools - Operations to develop processes for, and monitor and report on, performance across the state.

Please refer to the role description for a full list of responsibilities.

Interested? To Apply:  

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history);
• Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description. 

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.  

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.  

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.