School Learning Support Officer - Full time - Ongoing - Macarthur Girls High School

NSW Department of Education; Parramatta; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The NSW Department of Education invites applications for a School Learning Support Officer at Macarthur Girls High School in Parramatta. The role supports students with identified learning needs, including disability, under teacher supervision to help achieve educational outcomes and wellbeing.

Applicants should have Working with Children Check clearance and be prepared to undertake required training, including health and medications administration, to support students across streams such as

Qualifications

• Working with Children Check clearance is required to start.
• Completion of mandatory training as required by the Department.
• Administration of medications training provided according to student needs.
• Health support training provided as needed.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Teamwork

Disability awareness

Communication

Welfare support

Job description

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).

Macarthur Girls High School, with an enrolment of approximately 1000 students, is located in Parramatta.

Over 90% of our students are from language backgrounds other than English.

The school’s purpose is to encourage students to achieve their personal best and beyond, empowering them with the necessary skills to be successful citizens in an everchanging world.

The school has a positive reputation in the broader community, with a clear focus on knowing our students and how they learn.

In 2027, the school will open a MC support class and is seeking an enthusiastic and suitably qualified Student Learning Support Officer to support identified students in realising their potential.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage .