Student Support Services Team Leader

Department of Education; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 40,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

Department of Education in Victoria seeks an experienced allied health clinician and leader to join as the Student Support Services (SSS) Team Leader. The role will lead a multidisciplinary area health and wellbeing team and oversee psychologists, speech pathologists and social workers.

The position is fixed-term part-time (0.4 FTE) based at Greensborough Regional Office, with responsibilities including staff leadership, collaboration with schools, and coordination of responses to emergencies.

Qualifications

• Experience leading allied health teams.
• Ability to support schools in student wellbeing.
• Strong collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a local team of SSS employees to assist schools in student learning and wellbeing.
• Collaborate with schools to develop and coordinate universal services addressing wellbeing early.
• Coordinate with the Area team to implement evidence-based multidisciplinary approaches.
• Provide professional leadership and supervision for staff development.
• Advise management and school leaders on strategies to improve outcomes for students with additional needs.
• Engage with community services, hospitals and other professionals for student support needs.
• Manage a small caseload of complex cases to support Education State targets.
• Work with SEILs to target service delivery and additional support.

Skills

Team leadership

Allied health knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

The Student Support Services Team Leader is responsible for leading, managing, and supporting a team of allied health professionals; including Psychologists, Speech Pathologists, and Social Workers.

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced allied health clinician and leader to join the Department of Education as an Student Support Services (SSS) Team Leader. As part of a multidisciplinary Area Health and Wellbeing team, the SSS Team Leader is responsible for leading, managing, and supporting a team of allied health professionals; including Psychologists, Speech Pathologists, and Social Workers.

There is a fixed-term part time 0.4 FTE position based in the Greensborough Regional Office.

The SSS Team Leader has responsibilities for:

• Managing a local team of SSS employees to support a group of schools in the delivery of student support services to improve student learning and wellbeing.
• In collaboration with schools, identifying, developing and coordinating strategies aimed at quality universal services for all students and supporting schools in addressing wellbeing issues early.
• Collaborating with the Area team with the implementation of evidence based and multi-disciplinary approaches.
• In conjunction with the SSS Branch Manager, coordinate effective responses to emergencies and critical incidents.
• Provide professional leadership that supports the work of others and their professional development, including supervision.
• Provide authoritative professional advice to management, school leaders and team members, including strategies to improve learning for students with additional needs.
• Advise and direct team members in their work, particularly in relation to breaking the link between socio-economic disadvantage and student achievement.
• Engage and negotiate with community service organisations, DFFH, hospitals, specialist programs and other professionals regarding the support needs for students and schools.
• Manage a small caseload of complex cases and/or complex issues that support schools in meeting Education State targets.
• Collaborate with Senior Education Improvement Leaders (SEILs) to target service delivery and additional support to schools to improve student learning outcomes.

About the Division

Schools and Regional Services comprises 17 Areas within four regions across the state, as well as 5 central Divisions. Student Support Services (SSS) comprise the Allied Health professions of psychologists, speech pathologists, social workers, occupational therapists and behaviour analysts.

SSS staff are part of an Area based multi-disciplinary health, wellbeing, and inclusion team and, together with the Area school improvement team, help build the capability of schools to support student achievement, engagement, and wellbeing. To achieve these outcomes, SSS work in a multidisciplinary way to plan and deliver services in collaboration with schools in a multi-tiered system of support. SSS services include consultation, provision of a range of strategies and specialised support at individual, group, classroom, school, and Area levels.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at www.education.vic.gov.au .

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Applications close 11:59pm on Friday 13th November, 2026.

Applications close Friday 13 November 2026 at 11.59pm