ELTHAM College is seeking an experienced and student-centred School Psychologist (0.6 FTE) to join our dynamic Wellbeing Team. This role provides high-quality psychological support to students from Prep to Year 12, supporting wellbeing, engagement and learning across all levels of the College.
ELTHAM College is an independent co-educational school located in the Nillumbik Shire, on 98 acres, in the northeast of Melbourne. ELTHAM College grows the heart and mind of each child. We believe that school is a daring adventure where children learn to think for themselves, in preparation for a future of exciting possibilities. Located in an extraordinary environment, students experience an engaging, rigorous world-ready curriculum while being supported with warmth, care, and respect.
This role suits a practitioner who enjoys working across a wide developmental span and values meaningful, relational work with children, adolescents and families.
About the Role
The School Psychologist will:
- Provide counselling and early-intervention support for students across P–12 using evidence-based approaches
- Interpret and communicate psychological, cognitive and educational assessments
- Work collaboratively with teachers, families and external allied health professionals
- Contribute to Student Support Plans, Safety Plans and NCCD documentation
- Support student mental health, neurodiversity and high-ability learners
- Play an active role in whole-school wellbeing initiatives as part of the wider team
About you
You will have:
- Full registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia through AHPRA.
- Experience working with children and adolescents, ideally across primary and secondary school settings
- Strong counselling, assessment interpretation and case management skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- A deep understanding of the Child Safe Standards
- Commitment to contemporary, evidence-based practice
Postgraduate qualifications in educational, clinical or counselling psychology and APS membership are highly regarded.
Why Join ELTHAM College?
- Help young people develop the heart, mind and confidence to be world-ready.
- A genuinely caring community where relationships and wellbeing come first.
- Beautiful natural surroundings that promote calm, connection and creativity.
- Be part of a College dedicated to wellbeing, creativity, inclusion and world-ready learning.
Be inspired by the young people of the College and have the green and leafy surrounds of the ELTHAM College Research campus as your work backdrop!
Applicants must be entitled to live and work in Australia.
Close date: Friday 5 December 2025
To apply, please submit a cover letter and your curriculum vitae, outlining your experience and desire to work at ELTHAM College at employment@elthamcollege.vic.edu.au.
Child Safety at ELTHAM College
All staff at ELTHAM College are responsible for providing a safe environment and the protection of children and young people within our care, including promoting physical, emotional, and cultural safety. All staff are responsible for reporting information about suspected child abuse. All staff share in the responsibility for the prevention and detection of child abuse and promptly raise any issues or concerns about a child’s safety. All staff are required to follow the School’s Child Safe policies and Child Safety Code of Conduct.
ELTHAM College takes a zero-tolerance approach to child abuse and is fully committed to ensuring that its strategies, policies, procedures, and practices meet all Child Safe Standards as specified in Ministerial Order No. 1359 (2022). All applicants should refer to our Child Safety Policy and Code of Conduct found at www.elthamcollege.vic.edu.au/abouteltham/policies/.