Resources
Referral and consent resources
- Mental health practitioner (MHP) – consent form and privacy information
- MHP internal referral form
- Sample newsletter content for MHP initiative
Recruitment support
- Qualifications checklist – lists the minimum and desirable qualifications and registration requirements for mental health practitioners
- Recruitment advice (staff login required)
- School Jobs – provides resources to support the recruitment of mental health practitioners, including position descriptions, templates and suggested interview questions
- Forms – Teaching Service and HR Administration – provides links to commonly used department forms, including template Offer of employment for Education Support Staff
- Alternative funding plan (staff login required)
- Template offer of employment – counsellor applicants (staff login required)
- Template offer of employment – mental health nurse/occupational therapist/psychologist applicants (staff login required)
- Template offer of employment – social work applicants (staff login required)
Professional supports for MHPs
- Professional Supervision Framework (staff login required)
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Amplify – student
External referral options for mental health services
- phone: 1800 650 890, 9 am to 1 am Australian Eastern Standard Time
- Kids phone: 1800 551 800, 24 hours a day 7 days a week
- Beyond phone: 1300 224 636
- Yarning SafeNStrong phone 1800 959 563
- ReachOut
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- phone: 13 11 14, 24 hours a day 7 days a week
Includes referral and consent resources, recruitment support, professional supports and external referral options for mental health services
Reviewed 14 February 2025