For a Counselling Psychologist Emigrating to Australia

Welcome to our guide on the Australian skills assessment process for a Counselling Psychologist. Before we examine the skills required to be recognised as a Counselling Psychologist it may be helpful to explain that the skills assessment is the first step of the emigration process. The skills Assessment of a Counselling Psychologist determines their eligibility to emigrate and the visa options available. Ultimately, it will affect their employment opportunities once they are in Australia.

While we appreciate that each case is unique, we always strive to secure the best possible outcome from the Skills Assessing Authorities in Australia. Experience has proven that efforts and expertise in this area are often the keys to a successful case.

Ensuring Counselling Psychologists Are In High Demand

Every skilled migrant wants to know they will be able to secure a job quickly and easily when they are in Australia. The Australian emigration system ensures that they can.

Each year, State Governments and the two territorial Governments report to the federal government on their local demand for Counselling Psychologists and if they need to bring in Counselling Psychologists from overseas to fill any potential shortage skills gaps. This report states the number of overseas a Counselling Psychologists required in the coming year to fill the skills gap within each region.

The Skills in demand are then broken down into priority lists. These lists range from those skills in high demand across the country to those skills with only limited demand within rural areas.

Curently, Counselling Psychologists are on the MLTSSL list. Being on this list means a Counselling Psychologist may qualify for one of the following visa streams:

• 186, 189 (PT), 190, 407, 485 (GW),491 (F), 491 (S/T), TSS (M), 494

To read more about the shortage skills list, you can visit the government website here: MLTSSL

Skills and Experience Required To Be a Counselling Psychologist

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Counselling Psychologist, their qualification, skills and experience must be independently verified via a rigorous accreditation. The process ensures all skilled migrants can do their jobs to the required Australian standards.

1. Defining the job title a Counselling Psychologist:

The profession “a Counselling Psychologist” can mean something slightly different in Australia to what is referred to overseas. In “official emigration terms”, this profession is aligned within the occupation category “Psychologists nec” and is uniquely identified by the code 272399. This may seem weird to some people, but it is a registry system that has been in place since 2006.

2. Key Requirements for a Counselling Psychologist:

For a Counselling Psychologist to be deemed experienced down under, here are the essential skills, tasks, duties and responsibilities they must be familiar with:

General Duties:

Communication and collaboration
• Human resources
• Data
• analytics
• and databases
• Health and care
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Operating procedures and processes
• Teaching and education

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Provide health care advice
• Research or prepare historical objects or data
• Supervise staff
• Care for patients and clients using psychological therapies and supports
• Collect information from people
• Direct medical or health care programs
• Operations research and management
• Monitor and evaluate patient treatment
• Prepare reports or evaluations
• Collaborate with health care professionals
• Develop and administer testing routines or procedures
• Promote and develop educational programs
• Undertake research and analyse data
• Undertake or provide professional skill and knowledge development
• Provide counselling
• Develop
• implement and monitor educational policies
• standards or programs
• Provide advice on social or educational issues

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Write reports or evaluations
• Advise others on educational and student wellbeing matters
• Counsel clients on mental health or personal achievement
• Design psychological or educational treatment procedures or programs
• Collect archival data
• Review professional literature to maintain professional knowledge
• Supervise trainees
• Direct medical science or health care programs
• Diagnose neural or psychological disorders
• Modify treatment plans to accommodate client needs
• Administer standardised physical or psychological tests
• Collect information from people through observation
• interviews or surveys
• Record research or operational data
• Develop educational programs
• Advise others on health care matters
• Plan social sciences research
• Collaborate with other professionals to assess client needs or plan treatments
• Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling or educational programs

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for a Counselling Psychologist:

Currently Counselling Psychologist’s are listed on the . This reflects the demand for the profession within Australia.

4. Emigration options:

As the profession is currently listed on the , there are places available. However, demand is high, and Australia will stop inviting further applicants to emigrate once all the places are filled.

Navigating the Australian Computer Society Incorporated Skills Assessment Process

For Counselling Psychologists, the skills assessing body is “Australian Computer Society Incorporated” they are often referred to as the ACS. To visit their site, follow the link: https://www.acs.org.au

It is important to note that the primary purpose of the Australian Computer Society Incorporated is to make a profit and protect their current members from migrants entering Australia, taking their members’ jobs, and driving down standards or wages.

Therefore, the ACS will often look to delay, frustrate and reject cases, preventing accreditations wherever possible, with those aims in mind.

The result of a candidate’s skills assessment is often a key factor in their success. It is vital that we secure the highest possible skills accreditation.

Find out more

Emigration law is one of the most complex areas of legislation and is continuously being adapted. By definition, emigrating to Australia is a legal process where the individual must prove their case. It is not down to the government to assist in that process. In fact, in legal terms, it is the government against whom we must win our case.

To discover more, complete our assessment form for your complimentary guide and one of our friendly experts will assess your eligibility to live and work in Australia.