To ensure schools are well-placed to support all students, the Department of Education has made a significant investment in a Student Wellbeing Package to increase the wellbeing workforce to provide access to mental health and wellbeing support for every Queensland primary and secondary state school student.
The role of a psychologist in schools is to provide tailored and evidence based psychological interventions to promote a student’s academic success and psychological health, social and emotional wellbeing. A psychologist may engage in psychological intervention for students who have been identified via referral to have mild to moderate mental health concerns (e.g. anxiety, depression, trauma, interpersonal difficulties and crisis.) With student consent, work with other wellbeing and school staff members to ensure strategies developed for the student can be put in place in the classroom and the wider school community. Liaise with school, region and state-wide personnel to promote coordinated services in the support of the students with mental health presentations.