Work Type: Ongoing - Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 2
Occupation: Education and training
Location: Grampians - Northern Grampians
Reference: 1484500
SC 1. The ability to take instruction and work as a part of a team, to ensure the safe boarding and travel of students with learning and/or multiple disabilities between home and school.
SC2. The ability to supervise small groups of students making sure seatbelts and wheelchairs are secure and assisting students where required.
SC3. The ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, and school staff. Be able to use an electronic manifest which maintains student absences and bus incidents.
SC4. Demonstrate the capacity to manage students with diverse and sometimes challenging behaviours. Ensure the Principal and office staff are informed of inappropriate behaviour. The ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students but must not include duties of a teacher as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor.
The school bus chaperone for students with disabilities travels on the bus with students, ensuring they board, travel and disembark the vehicle in a safe and orderly manner. The successful candidate will play a crucial role providing support and assistance so students with disabilities, ensuring their safety, comfort and well-being throughout the journey. Not only but also responsibilities include:
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
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Skene Street Specialist School is a government, dual mode specialist school providing education to students with an intellectual disability. The school is in Stawell and sits on the traditional lands of the Djab Warrung and Jadawadjali people in regional Victoria home of the Stawell Gift and situated at the foothills of the Grampians National Park (Gariwerd).
We enrol students with an intellectual disability between the ages of 5¿18 years. Our school is wonderfully diverse, with a strong sense of pride and identity. Most students arrive at school by our DE self-managed bus service from Willaura in the south, Ararat, Stawell, and districts within the designated transport area (DTA).
The staffing profile of Skene St Specialist School includes the school Principal and 7 teachers and 12 class based Education Support (ES) staff.
The learning programs are based on the Victorian Curriculum Levels A-D, F-10 and are differentiated to meet individual student needs.
Each student has an Individual Education Plan (IEP) that highlights skill acquisition tasks that is designed to be worthwhile, challenging, and achievable. Specialist programs include Work Futures, Riding for the Disabled, Community Access, Developmental Learning Skills, Swimming and Choir.