School Learning Support Officer - Full time - Ongoing - Fowler Road School

NSW Government; Sydney; On-site; AUD 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Department of Education is seeking a School Learning Support Officer for Fowler Road School in Merrylands, Sydney. This full-time ongoing role supports students with diverse learning needs under teacher supervision, contributing to welfare and health activities and assisting in streams such as vision/hearing/bilingual support.

Essential requirements include Working with Children Check, mandatory training, and medication/health support training.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide classroom and other learning support under a teacher's supervision.
• Support student welfare, health and wellbeing activities as required.
• Collaborate with families and staff to implement adjustments and planning.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Disability support

Student welfare

Job description

Job Description - School Learning Support Officer - Full time - Ongoing - Fowler Road School (0000BFU6)

School Learning Support Officer - Full time - Ongoing - Fowler Road School - 0000BFU6

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Location

Location

Sydney Region

Advertisement Number A900160444

Number of Positions

Number of Positions

1

Total Remuneration Package: The salary range for this position is $38.33 - $44.53 per hour. The total salary package will include employer's contribution to superannuation and leave loading

FTE 1.000

Contact Phone number 02 96814054

Contact School Admin - 99999999

Closing Date

Closing Date

23-Nov-2026, 5:00:00 AM

Job Category

Job Category

SASS

Organisation

Organisation

School Administrative and Support

Position Information

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).

Fowler Road School is a School for Specific Purpose, Intensive Learning Support (Mental Health), located in the suburb of Merrylands, South-Western Sydney. The school has an enrolment cap of 56 students, Kindergarten to Year12, there is a high representation of ATSI and EAL/D students. Collaborative partnerships with our families and wider school community are highly valued.The school maintains an active link with referring census schools (shared enrolment) of each student. Together we work collaboratively to implement reasonable adjustments, individualised planning and build the skills and capacity for students with a disability to access the curriculum and school life on the same basis as their peers, both at Fowler Road School and in the census school setting.The successful applicant will join a welcoming and supportive team environment.

Specific Selection Criteria

• 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.

Special Notes

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. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage .

We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge theircontinued connection to their country and culture.