Student Support Officer - Full Time - Ongoing - Grafton High School

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

Job summary

Grafton High School in New South Wales is seeking a Student Support Officer to help enhance student wellbeing and learning outcomes alongside the school's wellbeing team and counselling services. You will provide individual and whole-school wellbeing support, implement evidence-based programs, and work with external agencies to develop referral pathways for students and families.

A diploma or higher qualification in social work, youth work, welfare, or related discipline is required along with a

Qualifications

• Diploma or higher qualification in social work, youth work, welfare or related discipline is required.
• Knowledge of the Department’s Aboriginal education policies.
• Valid and current Working With Children Check (WWCC) is required.

Responsibilities

• Enhance student wellbeing and learning outcomes in partnership with the wellbeing team and school counselling service.
• Provide individual and targeted wellbeing support and whole-of-school wellbeing initiatives that are evidence-based.
• Collaborate with external agencies and create referral pathways to child and family support services.

Skills

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Diploma or higher in social work/youth work/welfare

Job description

About the Role

Student Support Officers work within the school community to enhance student wellbeing and learning outcomes in partnership with the wellbeing team and the school counselling service. Student Support Officers provide individual and targeted wellbeing support and whole of school wellbeing initiatives and programs that are evidence-based. They have a pivotal role in working collaboratively with external agencies and creating referral pathways for students and families to child and family support agencies.

• A completed diploma or higher qualification in social work, youth work, welfare or related discipline must be attached along with your application
• Knowledge of and commitment to the Department’s Aboriginal education policies
• Valid and current Working With Children Check (WWCC).

Talent Pool

A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of candidates who have undergone an assessment process and have been identified as suitable for this role or similar roles for a period of 18 months. Being part of a talent pool means that you may be considered for ongoing or temporary employment for a range of similar roles. This offers exciting opportunities for you to gain a wide range of experiences to build your public service career.

Grafton High School is a large comprehensive secondary school of approximately 750 students, located on the traditional lands of the Bundjalung people on the North Coast of NSW. The school contains a support unit with 9 classes and is partially selective, with a selective class in each of Years 7 to 10. The school is the oldest public high school on the North Coast and has a long-standing reputation for academic, cultural and sporting achievement. 19% of students identify as having an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background. All students participate in a wide range of cultural recognition and learning experiences focusing on local Bundjalung culture, language and dance. Our executive staff is stable. Our teachers are diverse in both skills and experience. The majority of the school's equity funding will be used to support initiatives developed in the 2024-2027 Strategic Improvement Plan, which will continue to be informed by the results of the external validation process that the school completed in 2023.

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.