AN160177 – Independent Schools Psychologists and Social Workers Award
(1) “Psychologist” shall mean an employee who is employed as a psychologist and who is registered as a psychologist with the Psychologists' Board of Western Australia.
(2) “Provisional Registered Psychologist” shall mean an employee employed as a psychologist and who is provisionally registered as a psychologist with the Psychologists' Board of Western Australia.
(3) “Social Worker” shall mean an employee employed as a social worker and who by qualification is eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.
(4) “Part-time Psychologist or Social Worker” shall mean a psychologist or social worker employed regularly on the staff of an independent school who works less than the normal hours which a full-time psychologist or social worker is required to work.
(5) “Temporary Psychologist or Social Worker” shall mean a psychologist or social worker engaged as a full-time or part-time psychologist or social worker on a temporary basis, at the same school.
(6) “Relief Psychologist or Social Worker” shall mean a psychologist or social worker engaged as full-time or part-time on a daily or half daily basis for a period not exceeding nineteen consecutive working days.
(7) “Independent School” shall mean a school which is an efficient school within the meaning of the School Education Act 1999 and which is not administered by or on behalf of the Government of Western Australia.
(8) “Union” shall mean the Independent Schools Salaried Officers' Association of Western Australia, Industrial Union of Workers.
(9) “Continuous Service” shall include full-time, part-time and temporary service, paid leave, leave without pay, school vacation periods and any stand down period, with the same employer.
