School Support Officer - Student Wellbeing Officer (20 Hours Per Fortnight)

Mount Carmel Catholic College; Sydney; On-site; AUD 40,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

Mount Carmel Catholic College in Varroville, NSW, is seeking a School Support Officer - Student Wellbeing Officer to support pastoral care and student wellbeing. The 20 hours per fortnight role delivers targeted wellbeing programs and helps students, staff and families achieve positive school outcomes.

Working with leadership, you will implement PB4L, coordinate wellbeing initiatives, support data collection, and assist with transitions.

Qualifications

• Commitment to the mission and purpose of a Catholic School.
• Ability to handle confidential issues with sensitivity.
• Experience in a similar role (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Improve wellbeing, resilience and pro-social behaviours of students through small group interventions.
• Establish support networks for students with staff and the school community.
• Complete cyberbullying training within three months of commencing NSWP services.
• Collaborate with Government services and community agencies.
• Support students in times of transition.
• Assist data collection to evaluate wellbeing programs.
• Support whole-school PB4L and wellbeing priorities.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Written and verbal communication

Stakeholder engagement

Independent and team work

Adaptability to change

Education

Certificate IV in an appropriate discipline

Job description

School Support Officer - Student Wellbeing Officer (20 hours per fortnight)

Contract Type: Contract Position Part Time

Applications Close: 11 November 2026

A Co-educational Catholic College serving the Campbelltown / Liverpool area with an enrolment of approximately 1142 pupils.

Location: Mount Carmel Catholic College, Varroville

A temporary part time position commencing 28 January 2027 until 26 January 2028.

This position supports the school’s pastoral care leader/school leadership by undertaking a variety of tasks to enhance student wellbeing and ensure students have the opportunity to be successful at school.

ESSENTIAL SELECTION CRITERIA

• A commitment to the mission and purpose of the Catholic School within the broader Catholic Church.
• Ability to recognise confidential issues as they arise and to treat them with the sensitivity required.

DESIRABLE SELECTION CRITERIA

• Demonstrated experience in a similar role.

The following GENERAL CAPABILITIES are applicable to the role:

• Well-developed interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to relate effectively with parents/carers,staff and students.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Demonstrated positive attitude to innovation and change.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum qualification is a Certificate IV in an appropriate discipline including competencies in: mental health and making appropriate referrals; and providing pastoral care, and/or working with youth.

INDICATIVE DUTIES

• Improve the wellbeing, resilience and pro-social behaviours of students by working in partnership with the school community to prioritise and deliver small group evidence-based intervention, programs and strategies.
• Enhance student learning and wellbeing outcomes by identifying and establishing support networks for students with staff, the school community, and locally-based.
• Complete the professional learning package in responding to and preventing cyberbullying delivered by the Office of the eSafety Commissioner within three months of commencing NSWP services and refresh this professional learning at least once every two and a half years.
• Working with Government services and community agencies.
• Support students in times of transition.
• Support data collection processes to evaluate and feedback on school-based wellbeing programs and strategies.
• Support the implementation of the school’s whole‑school approach to PB4L, pastoral care, student wellbeing priorities, and build positive community relationships.

WORKING WITH CHILDREN CLEARANCE

This role is classified as a child related work and therefore a working with children clearance is required prior to your commencement with us.

Catholic Education Diocese of Wollongong is unwavering in our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. This is at the heart of everything we do.

Every child has the right to be informed, heard, respected, empowered and to feel safe.

As school communities and as individuals, we commit to keeping children and young people safe, and to work together with them to create cultures that honour dignity and enrich wellbeing.

Affiliation: Catholic
Teaching Level: Secondary
Gender: Coed

1152 Students
88 TeachingStaff
30 Non-Teaching Staff

Single School

A Co-educational Catholic High School serving the Macarthur area with an enrolment of approximately 1152 pupils.