For a Student Counsellor Emigrating to Australia

Welcome to our guide on the Australian skills assessment process for a Student Counsellor. Before we examine the skills required to be recognised as a Student Counsellor it may be helpful to explain that the skills assessment is the first step of the emigration process. The skills Assessment of a Student Counsellor 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 Student Counsellors 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 Student Counsellors and if they need to bring in Student Counsellors from overseas to fill any potential shortage skills gaps. This report states the number of overseas a Student Counsellors 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, Student Counsellors are on the STSOL list. Being on this list means a Student Counsellor may qualify for one of the following visa streams:

• 190, 407, 491 (S/T), TSS (S), 494

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

Skills and Experience Required To Be a Student Counsellor

Before a person can be accepted in Australia as Student Counsellor, 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 Student Counsellor:

The profession “a Student Counsellor” 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 “Student Counsellor” and is uniquely identified by the code 272115. 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 Student Counsellor:

For a Student Counsellor 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
• Health and care
• Records
• documentation
• reports and research
• Teaching and education
• Work activities preparation

Core Specialist Responsibilities:

Prepare or manage compliance documentation
• Teach school students
• Prepare reports or evaluations
• Provide counselling
• Collaborate and advise on educational and technical issues
• Promote and develop educational programs
• Communicate and collaborate
• Undertake or provide professional skill and knowledge development
• Provide community health programs
• Collaborate with health care professionals
• Manage health care operations
• Analyse and evaluate documentation or technical information
• Develop
• implement and monitor educational policies
• standards or programs
• Train staff
• Present information and news to the public
• Communicate with others to coordinate work
• Undertake community development activities
• Assist and support clients
• Support diversity and inclusion
• Provide advice on social or educational issues

Specific Tasks Associated with the Role:

Maintain a working understanding of the cultural
• diversity and accessibility needs of others
• and how this applies to the role
• Maintain professional social services knowledge
• Counsel clients regarding interpersonal issues
• Interview clients to gather information about their backgrounds
• needs or progress
• Supervise workers providing client or patient services
• Evaluate potential problems in home or work environments of clients
• Develop educational programs
• Teach life skills or strategies to clients or their families
• Intervene in crisis situations to assist clients
• Collaborate with other professionals to assess client needs or plan treatments
• Develop working relationships with others to facilitate program activities
• Counsel clients regarding educational or vocational issues
• Write reports or evaluations
• Counsel clients or patients regarding personal issues
• Refer clients to community or social service programs
• Lead classes or community events
• Promote educational institutions or programs
• Confer with family members to discuss client treatment plans or progress
• Present social services program information to the public
• Assess individual or community needs for educational or social services
• Support individuals with diverse needs to understand
• access and utilise information or services
• Assist clients in handling details of daily life
• Refer individuals to educational or work programs
• Collaborate with other professionals to develop education or assistance programs
• Plan programs to address community mental wellness needs
• Evaluate characteristics of individuals to determine needs or eligibility
• Develop educational policies
• Complete documentation required by programs or regulations
• Train staff members in social services skills
• Advise others on social or educational issues

3. The Australian eligibility criteria for a Student Counsellor:

Currently Student Counsellor’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 Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services Skills Assessment Process

For Student Counsellors, the skills assessing body is “Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services” they are often referred to as the VETASSESS. To visit their site, follow the link: https://www.vetassess.com.au

It is important to note that the primary purpose of the Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services 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 VETASSESS 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 online assessment form for your complimentary guide and to discuss your options with one of our friendly experts.