Education Support & Student Wellbeing Facilitator

Department of Education Victoria; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Education Victoria in Cranbourne is seeking a Range 3 education support role to provide professional services, wellbeing support, and student programs within a school setting. This position involves coordinating with staff, managing programs, and delivering targeted services under defined policies.

The role emphasizes collaboration, strong communication with staff and external partners, and ongoing professional learning to support student outcomes and school priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating and supporting others within a multi-tiered system of support structure.
• Ability to work and collaborate with others in a team environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to build relationships with staff, external agencies and parents.
• Knowledge and expertise relevant to the position.
• Ability to provide advice and support to management and school staff.
• Commitment to professional learning and growth for self and others.

Responsibilities

• Delivers care through health, counselling, wellbeing and therapeutic services to a school.
• Assesses student needs and delivers a range of services within generally defined parameters.
• Provides standard professional services independently within defined organizational parameters with professional support and guidance close at hand.
• Provides professional reports requiring in-depth factual analysis, including assessments and recommendations for consideration by others.
• Retains accountability for individual practice.
• Contributes to policy development within the school.
• Contributes to and/or conducts training and instruction to school colleagues within the professional field and scope of practice.
• Explain professional concepts and approaches to students, stakeholders, colleagues and staff.
• Facilitate individual or group programs for students.
• Apply sound theoretical knowledge and practical expertise.

Job description

Department of Education Victoria – Cranbourne VIC

9d ago , from Department of Education & Training Victoria

Rangebank is a medium sized school of 350 students, located in Cranbourne. Our school community is home to many cultures and has a strong connection to the local area. We are proud to cater to our diverse student population by offering a range of Specialist programs, including PE, Visual Art, Performing Art, STEM, and we were the first government primary school in Australia to teach Hindi. We also have a strong connection to India and a sister school in Delhi that we visit one year and host the next year.

At Rangebank Primary School we prepare children with the skills, knowledge, and attitudes to become resilient, capable, and responsible community-minded citizens.

Our shared values underpin everything we do at Rangebank Primary School:

Be Respectful-look after people and property

Be Safe-protect yourself and others

Be Kind-be friendly and considerate to others

Be a learner-Motivated and try your best

At Rangebank, we focus on positive behaviours and celebrate those who display our values. We do this because we know when we are being respectful, safe, kind and being learners, we are being the best we can be as individuals and a whole school community. Our whole school agreed values are visible, lived and celebrated, to ensure we provide a safe, supportive, and welcoming learning environment for all students.

Teaching and Learning at Rangebank PS is tailored to individual student needs. Our team of experienced teachers and education support staff work collaboratively together to provide a rich and engaging learning program suited to all student abilities. We also have an intervention and extension program to support both high-achieving children and those who need more targeted support.

At Rangebank, we understand the importance of preparing students to be ready to learn. We focus on creating a safe and orderly learning environment with flexible learning spaces in the classroom to support students to self-regulate. We also have a strong focus on wellbeing, with a wellbeing team that works closely with families to support students as well as providing outreach for families when needed.
We are very proud of our school and the warm and welcoming environment we have all worked hard to create.

Selection Criteria

SC1 Demonstrated capacity to perform duties within a multi-tiered system of support structure, including coordinating and supporting others in respect to specific work functions relevant to the Tier 2 role.

SC2Demonstrated capacity to work and collaborate with others in a team environment.

SC3Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, includingthe capacity to construct positive relationships with staff, external agencies and parents as required.

SC4 Demonstrated knowledge and expertise relevant to the position.

SC5 Demonstrated capacity to provide advice and support to management and other school staff in respect to the work area.

SC6 Demonstrated commitment to professional learning and growth for both self and others.

Role

Range 3 is distinguished by the introduction of management responsibility and accountability for the delivery of professional support services. The role will usually impact beyond the work area or professional field. It seeks to gain cooperation of other staff members or members of the school community to achieve specific objectives, such as in school administration, operations or educational programs.

Direction on targets and goals is provided but the position will have some degree of latitude in determining how they are achieved. This latitude will generally be limited by standard procedures and school policy.Deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.

The provision of business management responsibilities becomes a feature at range 3.Management of staff to achieve the expected outcomes is a key responsibility.Staff management issues will be resolved with minimal reference to senior management, although guidance will be required in more complex cases.Senior management will be provided with timely reports and advice, although this will generally be confined to matters relating to the immediate work area, service provision or educational program and is unlikely to impact substantially on whole of school operations.

This is the minimum range for positions that carry a mandatory qualification requirement of not less than four years.Professional student support positions become a feature at range 3 (e.g. therapists, psychologists) where standard professional services are delivered.Professional support and guidance will be close at hand and deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.

An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor.Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee/s position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following:

• Delivers care through various health, counselling, wellbeing and therapeutic services to a school(s)

• Assesses student needs and delivers a range of services within generally defined parameters

• Provides standard professional services independently within defined organizational parameters with professional support and guidance that is close at hand.

• Provide standard clinical professional services to students within the parameters of school policy and guidelines and the standards set by the relevant registration body

• Provide professional reports requiring in-depth factual analysis, including assessments and recommendations for consideration by others

• Retains accountability for individual practice

• Contributes to policy development within the school

• Contributes to and/or conducts training and instruction to school colleagues within the professional field and individual scope of the practice

• Explain professional concepts and approaches to students, stakeholders, colleagues and staff

• Facilitate individual or group programs for students

• Apply sound theoretical knowledge and practical expertise

Who May Apply

Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

Diversity and Inclusion

The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department.The Department recognises that the provision of safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces.It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (seeWorkplace adjustment guidelines).

Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via*******@education.vic.gov.au

Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.

Child Safe Standards

Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy

DE Values

The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees,including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview

Conditions of Employment

This vacancy is specifically linked to Student Support Funding and is ongoing. If the funding reduces or ceases during the first seven years of employment, employment may cease subject to the provision of at least 12 weeks’ notice.

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