School Learning Support Officer - Full time - Ongoing - Doonside Technology High School

NSW Department of Education; Sydney; On-site; AUD 39,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Department of Education is seeking a School Learning Support Officer to assist students with identified learning needs under teacher supervision. The role includes student welfare, health and wellbeing activities and may support streams such as pre-school, vision, hearing, and bilingual settings.

The advertised position commences at the start of 2027 and requires a Working with Children Check and ongoing mandatory training. Training for medications and health support is provided as needed.

Qualifications

• Working with Children Check Clearance.
• Willingness to undertake first aid training relevant to the SLSO role.
• Administration of Medications – training provided.
• Health support training provided (subject to transition provisions).

Responsibilities

• Work with students in the SLSO role under teacher direction.
• Support student welfare, health and wellbeing activities.
• Assist across streams/settings such as pre-school, vision, hearing, and bilingual where required.

Skills

Teamwork

Disability support

Effective communication

Job description

About the NSW Department of Education

The NSW Department of Education provides, funds and regulates education services for NSW students from early childhood to secondary school, delivering world‑class education through its public schools and providing funding support to non‑government schools. We employ, develop and support teachers, leaders and other staff to deliver the best outcomes for students and to advance the wellbeing of Aboriginal people.

About the Role

School Learning Support Officers provides support for students with identified diverse learning needs including disability in classrooms and other learning environments under the direction and supervision of a teacher to support the achievement of educational outcomes. This support includes student welfare, health and wellbeing activities as required. In addition School Learning Support Officers may provide specific support for students in the following streams or settings: pre‑school, vision support, hearing support, and bilingual. Student Learning Support Officers working in these streams/settings have specific additional duties, in addition to the general duties for School Learning Support Officers that are required to be performed.

Essential Requirements

• Working with Children Check Clearance
• Completion of mandatory training required by the Department of Education and a willingness to undertake first aid training relevant to the School Learning Support Officer role.
• Administration of Medications – training to be provided based on student needs.
• Health support training to be provided based on student needs (subject to transition provisions).

Doonside Technology High School is a co‑educational Years 7–12 inclusive high school with a strong focus on explicit teaching strategies and comprehensive wellbeing structures. In 2026, the school has 700 students. The student population is highly diverse: 18% identify as Aboriginal, and 29% come from a background where English is an additional language or dialect. The Support Unit provides for 74 students with mild, moderate and severe intellectual disabilities. The school proudly celebrates this diversity and ensures all students are actively included in every aspect of school life. Wellbeing and student learning support remain central to the school's strategic directions. Programs such as the Berry Street Education Model, Life Education, RoSA@Work, the Learning Support Hub, and Wellbeing Hub have been recognised with Secretary and Minister's Awards, reflecting their positive impact on student engagement, wellbeing and retention. The school has recently been acknowledged for our work in Explicit Teaching through the CESE Illustration of Practice. Additionally, DTHS has been recognised as the most improved public school over the past decade, with the highest growth in average HSC results in NSW. Doonside Technology High School will introduce their first Multi‑Categorical (MC) Support Class in 2027.

This School Learning Support Officer (SLSO) position is to work with the students in this Support Class. This will include students with primarily an Autism diagnosis. The advertised SLSO position will commence at the start of 2027.

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to work with students with emotional, physical or intellectual disabilities.
• Awareness of the needs of students with emotional, physical or intellectual disabilities.
• Effective communication skills.

About the NSW Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population.

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people.