Work Type: Fixed-term - Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 2
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - Western suburbs
Reference: 1477242
The First Aid Officer reports to the Assistant Principal. The key role is to support the health and wellbeing of students. This role is part of the Wellbeing and Diversity and Child Safety Initiatives at St Albans Meadows P.S. It is a support service offered to students and parents.
The primary responsibility will be focussed on ensuring the wellbeing of all students from Prep through to Year 6 and more broadly supporting and educating the school community. The role also includes data entry and other administrative tasks as required
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview
Introduction
St. Albans Meadows P.S., which was established in 1980 is situated in the City of Brimbank, approximately fifteen kilometres to the west of Melbourne, just beyond the Western Ring Road. The community, which is somewhat isolated by the Ring Road and other major roads, is dominated by the Grantham Green housing estate which is now quite well established.
Many young families occupy houses in the estate and the majority of their children attend our school. Some students also attend the school from as far afield as Sydenham. St. Albans Meadows has a high reputation as a caring and progressive school and parents of students with gifted academic ability, learning difficulties and/or behavioural problems, in particular, choose the school because of the quality of its educational and welfare programs.
The school has enjoyed excellent relations with Sunshine Park Kindergarten from which most students enrolled in prep have come from. The school has a new on-site kindergarten opening in 2024.
Enrolment trends showed growth from 270 children in 1998 to 444 children in 2023. Enrolments are expected to remain fairly stable at the 400 plus students mark. 77% of the students are from non-English speaking backgrounds (NESB) and 40% of these students are of Vietnamese descent. The NESB students represent a wide range of nationalities, linguistic groups and cultures.
Guiding Principles
Underlying all aspects of the school program are the firm beliefs that:
* Every student has the ability to learn.
* This happens best in a flexible, happy, positive and caring environment where students are actively involved and where they see purpose in their learning.
* Programs must be designed to cater for different learning styles and learning rates.
* The achievement of high academic standards is important, but this should be balanced with the development of confidence, self-esteem, cooperation and tolerance.
* Students can and should accept responsibility for their own learning, behaviour and work completion.
* They should be constantly challenged to improve their knowledge, skills and understandings.
* Pride in performance should be encouraged.
* Involvement in school decision-making is valuable for children and can be fostered through such activities as membership of the Junior School Council and our Leadership incursions/excursions.
Teachers are dedicated to developing each child's potential. They strive to achieve best practice in their approaches to teaching and learning. Frequent participation in quality Professional Development activities is encouraged and a very strong emphasis is placed on a team approach to curriculum planning, implementation and evaluation.
Curriculum
A comprehensive curriculum has been developed around the Victorian Curriculum. Classroom curriculum programs are supported by specialist teachers in the areas of Art, P.E., Library, Lote, Kitchen Garden, Performing Arts & E.A.L. Programs are enriched through numerous activities including excursions, guest speakers and artists, a camping program and special event days.
The following enrichment programs are also provided: Swimming, Interschool Sports, Intraschool Sports, Perceptual Motor Program, School Concerts, State School Spectacular, Instrumental Programs and lessons for Keyboards, Drums, Guitar, School Band, School Choir, School Dance Group, Homework Club, Chess Club, Early Bird Readers, Breakfast Club, Mathematics Intervention, Mathematics Extension, Family Maths Night, Literature Extension Groups, Literacy Intervention and Oral Language.
The school is proud of its Special Needs Program and is committed to its further development. The program is led by a full time Special Needs Coordinator who liaises with an educational psychologist, occupational therapist, speech pathologist, community welfare agencies, parents, teachers and over 20 program aides that work closely with our students. There are a range of services that are tailored and designed for the individual needs of our students and their families.
Our Kitchen Garden Program provides our students with exciting learning and development of lifelong skills. The students are directly involved in growing, caring, harvesting and sharing the cooked meals they produce using our own organic produce. The school has completed the construction of a purpose-built Kitchen Garden Centre where the students have access to state-of-the-art facilities to use as part of our program. Images of these facilities can be seen on our facilities gallery. Students have established a whole school composting initiative to further support our Kitchen Garden program.
Parent involvement in the school is both valued and encouraged. School Council Membership is strong and oversees the operation of the school gymnasium, hire of facilities, policy development and Fundraising.
St. Albans Meadows P.S. is proud of its achievements and optimistically looks to the future. Provision of quality programs continues to be of paramount importance to all members of the school community, giving our children the excellent educational opportunities, they are entitled to.
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.
The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value 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 roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]