About The Opportunity - 12-month fixed-term - start date 20th of July 2026 to 30th of July 2027 Mental health is a key issue for New Zealand rangitahi, and there is a wide disparity for those who have access to mental health services and those who do not. The school psychologist role is a highly successful mechanism to address this, with
Fresh Minds providing primarily clinical psychologists to several
Auckland schools that rate high on the social deprivation index.
Working in schools provides a great opportunity to work in a multi-disciplinary environment, providing on-the-ground support to rangitahi who are typically harder to reach. The job is not limited to providing therapy either, with the school psychologist providing support to school colleagues, both to health and teaching staff, group therapy and presentations to wider student audiences. There is a great opportunity to connect with students and staff within the school context. The work is both remedial and preventative.
Our
school-based psychologists are part of the Fresh Minds wider team, with offices in
Ellerslie, Manukau and NorthWest Auckland. During the school term, they operate out of School Health Centres working alongside other health professionals, including registered nurses and GP’s and come together as a team during the term break.
This role will be
working at Avondale College in the Auckland district, starting Term 3.
The successful candidate will have the following key skills/attributes:
- A registered Psychologist with a current Annual Practising Certificate.
- A minimum of 2 to 4 years' experience working as a Psychologist.
- Comprehensive clinical experience in modalities such as Motivational Interviewing, ACT, CBT, DBT and/or FACT.
- Experience working in a mental health setting (primary or secondary), undertaking contextual assessments, child, youth and family-focused interventions, and providing youth-focused talking therapies.
- Training and support are provided for early career psychologists and for psychologists planning to return to the workforce.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build productive working relationships with external and internal stakeholders.
- A passion for improving equitable health outcomes for young people within Tāmaki Makaurau and Aotearoa, New Zealand.
About Fresh Minds by ProCare Fresh Minds (a wholly owned subsidiary of ProCare, NZ's largest Primary Health Organisation) is a leading provider of psychological and mental wellbeing services. Our Fresh Minds vision
Kia puāwai te hauora is about enabling thriving mind, body, spirit and community for all people in Aotearoa.
Fresh Minds leads some of the most innovative interventions to support people to improve their mental wellbeing and resolve problems. Our service sees a wide range of individuals and whanau of all ages and backgrounds, providing incredibly diverse and rewarding caseloads to our large team of practitioners.
Working within a Stepped Model of Care, we offer brief and targeted talking therapy interventions as well as a range of other service options (including ACC, school-based health services, parenting programmes, and workplace wellbeing) across our Fresh Minds therapy practices and in GP practices.
Benefits: - Working with some of the best clinicians in the country, delivering best practice care whilst enjoying a highly engaging and positive working environment.
- Competitive remuneration.
- Wellness programmes, gym, and retail discounts.
- Dedicated professional development and supervision allowance.
- Professional indemnity insurance, APC reimbursement, and in-house staff training
How to Apply: If this sounds like something you are looking for, please hit the "
apply" button and complete the registration process via the link. If you would like to find out more, reach out to Lee at lee.jatho@procare.co.nz.
Only individuals with working rights in New Zealand will be considered for the selection process. You will need to be a Citizen or Resident.
Please no agency enquiries!
ProCare Fresh Minds is an equal-opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity hiring and providing a safe space to people of all cultures, languages, backgrounds, and experiences.
