School Learning Support Officer - Full Time - Ongoing - Telarah Public School

NSW Department of Education; Telarah; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

NSW Department of Education is recruiting for School Learning Support Officers to assist students with diverse learning needs across classrooms and learning environments. This role operates under the direction of a teacher to help achieve educational outcomes and may include welfare, health and wellbeing duties.

Responsibilities include supporting pre-school, vision, hearing and bilingual streams, with training provided where required.

Qualifications

• Working with Children Check Clearance
• Mandatory training and willingness to undertake first aid training
• Administration of medications – training provided
• Health support training provided as needed
• 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

Responsibilities

• Provide support for students with identified diverse learning needs in classrooms and other learning environments under teacher supervision.
• Support student welfare, health and wellbeing activities as required.
• Provide specific support for students in streams/settings: pre-school, vision, hearing and bilingual as designated.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Disability awareness

Emotional 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).
• 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.

Telarah Public School is situated in the western Maitland suburb of Telarah. The school is a P-6 setting with enrolment of approximately 575 students and a Family Occupation and Education Index (FOEI) of 142 with 23 mainstream classes, two K-6 Support Classes for Intensive Learning Support (ILSMH), 1 Autism Support Class (AU), an Early Intervention Class (EI) and a two‑unit Preschool. Enrolment is 30% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, 12% non‑English speaking backgrounds and there is some notable transience mainly due to government housing availability. Our Preschool is one of only 100 NSW Department of Education Preschools and has achieved the rating of Exceeding in all Quality Areas in relation to the requirements of the National Quality Framework.

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.