School Learning Support Officer - Part Time 0.600 FTE - Ongoing - Fairvale High School

NSW Department of Education; Sydney; On-site; AUD 39,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Fairvale High School in Fairfield West invites applications for a part-time School Learning Support Officer (0.6FTE). You will support students with identified diverse learning needs under teacher supervision, contributing to welfare, health and wellbeing activities in classrooms and other learning environments.

Responsibilities include specific support across streams such as pre-school, vision support, hearing support and bilingual settings, and collaboration with teachers to achieve positive

Qualifications

• Working with Children Check Clearance.
• Completion of mandatory Department training.
• Willingness to undertake first aid training relevant to the role.
• Administration of Medications – training provided based on student needs.
• 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.
• Effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support students with identified diverse learning needs in classrooms and other learning environments under teacher direction.
• Assist with student welfare, health and wellbeing activities as required.
• Provide specific support for streams/settings: pre-school, vision, hearing, and bilingual.
• Collaborate with teachers to support educational outcomes for students with disabilities.

Skills

WCC Clearance

Mandatory training

Medication administration

Health support training

Teamwork

Disability support

Needs awareness

Communication skills

Job description

Fairvale High School is located in Fairfield West and has an enrolment of 1320 students (co-educational and comprehensive), including 94% of students from language backgrounds other than English. The school is multicultural with the predominant cultural groups being Vietnamese, Arabic and Assyrian. There are 318 (24%) students who are identified as coming from a refugee background and twenty six (2%) students of Aboriginal background, with a total of 81 (6%) students in the Inclusive/Diverse Learning Unit. The school has seven Inclusive/Diverse Learning classes consisting of three Autism, three Mild Intellectual Disabilities and one Moderate Intellectual disability. 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.

This is a part time 0.6FTE role.

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.