Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 4
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Grampians
Reference: 1510324
The Mental Health Practitioners (MHP) initiative was announced by the Minister for Education in late 2018 to expand mental health and wellbeing support in government schools. The initiative provides for a suitably qualified mental health professional in all government secondary school campuses and specialist school (with secondary-aged enrolments) settings.
Operating in collaboration with the relevant Department of Education Regional Mental Health Branch, this role has the following functions:
Education support class level 1 range 4
The successful applicant will be an experienced professional who will carry out their duties and responsibilities, relative to their professional discipline, with a high level of autonomy and with minimal reliance on professional supervision. The successful applicant will be responsible for the development and implementation of professional support programs within an educational environment, including guidance to other professional staff.
As an education support class position, this role supports the educational services being provided to students, but will not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic).
For more information on the responsibilities of an Education Support class level 1 range 4 employee, please visit the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022: https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/industrial-agreements/resources
Please note: Continued professional development is a registration requirement under the National Law, which governs the operations of the National Boards and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
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The department is committed to diversity and inclusion and developing a workforce that is representative of the community we service. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - culture, gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQA+, 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 safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work and diversity across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for staff with disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via [email protected]
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.
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
Charlton is a rural town serving a farming community situated 240 km north-west of Melbourne and 110 km north-west of Bendigo. The township is located on the Calder Highway and the Avoca River. The College¿s vision is to empower students to become successful, confident and creative global citizens. This is achieved by providing all students with a high-quality education to enable them the opportunity to succeed in a safe and supportive learning environment. The College Values include:
· Respect: for ourselves, each other, the environment and our community
· Honesty: act morally and ethically with consistency between words and deeds
· Learning: embrace learning opportunities through being responsible, active and independent
· Optimism: being enthusiastic, persistent and resilient
The school currently has a student population of 124 drawn from farming and town areas.
Charlton College manages the North Central Trade Training Centre (NCTTC), located on the Davies Street campus, on behalf of the 7 schools that make up this network. The NCTTC provides technology subjects to all network schools in years 9-10, VCE and VET and delivers a shared VCE-VM program to participating schools. This facility provides expanded VET options for network students including Hairdressing, Beauty, Animal Studies and Allied Health Services. The College curriculum offerings are expanded by cooperation between schools in the North Central Network through video conferencing links and other provision through the NCTTC.
Charlton College manages the North Central Network Re-Engagement Program, (FLO). A FLO co-ordinator manages the program where young people are identified to support their re-engagement back into mainstream school or to provide a longer-term alternative learning pathway depending on their age and stage of learning. Young people are enrolled at either a home school or Charlton College and enrolled in a VCE, VET or VCE-VM program. The FLO program operates out of Charlton College.
Victorian curriculum operates across years P-10. Early Years literacy and numeracy programs operate in P-6, while VCE, VET and VCE-VM subjects are offered to Year 10-12 students. The College operates a learning neighbourhood structure, P-6, 7-9 and 10-12. The College has an extensive netbook program, including all students in Years 4-12. Students in P-4 access both iPads and netbooks. The College utilizes relatively new facilities including, P-6 using the Building Education Building, (BER) and the Science and Language Centre, (SLC) is used for science, senior student¿s subjects and for video conference delivery.