Education Support - Teacher Aide (0.8)

Government schools; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Government schools in Victoria seek dedicated education support staff to assist teachers with planning routines, support communication with parents, and provide basic student care.

Role involves supervising small groups, assisting with wellbeing tasks, and progressively taking on coordination as experience grows. Applicants work under direct accountability for a specific purpose within classroom settings.

Qualifications

• Experience in supervised health and wellbeing support tasks.
• Ability to follow instructions with direct accountability.
• Willingness to progressively undertake coordination tasks as experience grows.

Responsibilities

• Provides routine support for teachers including assisting with planning of student routines.
• Supports communication between teachers and parents.
• Provides basic physical care and wellbeing support for students such as toileting, meals, and lifting.
• Provides basic support and supervision for individuals or groups of up to 4 students within a classroom setting.

Job description

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

Key responsibilities

• Provides routine support for teachers including assisting with planning of student routines.
• Supports communication between teachers and parents.
• Provides basic physical care and wellbeing support for students such as toileting, meals, and lifting.
• Provides basic support and supervision for individuals or groups of up to 4 students within a classroom setting.

What you need

• Supervised health and wellbeing support tasks, medical intervention support tasks, or other specialised student/teacher support roles (e.g. enrolled nurses performing the role as described in schedule 3).
• The role is for a specific purpose, for which there will be direct accountability as opposed to support roles that are carried out by a range of staff performing routine tasks under direction.
• Subject to any specific qualification and/or training requirement, an education support class employee employed in this range may be progressively required to undertake coordination, specialised student/teacher support tasks, or technical tasks as experience in the role is gained.