Mental Health Practitioner - ES1-4
Core
Provide mental health prevention, promotion, and early intervention services to students in a secondary school, including short-term counselling and coordinating complex support needs.
Role type
Senior IC mental health practitioner (education support)
Builds
Whole-school health and wellbeing plans, capability-building programs for staff, and direct intervention strategies for students.
Domain
Education + Mental Health
Required skills
Mental health assessment, evidence-based counselling, program development, stakeholder coordination, trauma-informed practices, legislative compliance
Preferred skills
Group facilitation, staff training, referral network management
Technologies
SWPBS, tiered support frameworks
Responsibilities
Implement small group and whole-school mental health activities, provide early intervention counselling for at-risk students, coordinate external specialist supports for complex needs, contribute to school wellbeing plans, liaise with regional mental health branches
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC