Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 4
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - Southern suburbs
Reference: 1494631
Endeavour Hills Specialist School provides highly individualized programs of learning for students aged 5 to 18 with disability and high needs who have a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder with a language disorder and/or an intellectual disability.
School participation maximizes life opportunities for children and young people by providing them with a comprehensive learning program and access to support networks. It also helps to develop important skills, knowledge and values that set them up for further learning and active participation in their local community.
VISION: The vision of the Endeavour Hills Specialist School community is to inspire students to achieve their personal best and become active and independent members of their community.
MISSION: Our mission is to provide a blended curriculum of academic learning, high-interest programs and therapeutic supports within a positive behaviours framework that will cater for each student at their point of need and encourage personal growth, independent learning, and sound social-emotional behaviours.
OBJECTIVE: Endeavour Hills Specialist School¿s objective is to produce lifelong learners who are aware of their skills and strengths and have a positive attitude to challenges and opportunities.
VALUES: We have one value - BE KIND:
BE KIND to yourself
BE KIND to others
BE KIND to the environment
We enact this value in our everyday actions and interactions - it is highly visible, explicitly taught, continuously modelled and regularly celebrated.
Our values form the foundation of our School-Wide Positive Behaviour Supports framework and reflect the school community¿s intention to empower students to be the best person they can be. Students discuss, agree and enact ways in which the values can be applied in all aspects of the school community.
Our staff work in transdisciplinary teams comprising teaching staff, allied health practitioners and education support staff to cater for the diverse range of student abilities and needs. This approach respects professional knowledge and expertise, while also providing the opportunity for staff to learn from one another.
Endeavour Hills Specialist School places the child at the centre of all decisions regarding learning and teaching. We hold high expectations for and of the learning community. Diverse learning needs are accommodated with differentiated learning and the application of a wide range of teaching strategies and learning technologies.
Relationships are fundamental to ensuring positive engagement and collaboration across the school community. Endeavour Hills Specialist School staff explicitly teach, model and demonstrate school and DET values in all their dealings with students, parents/carers, staff and the broader community.
Karen Hunt
03 9113 4100
SC 1
Demonstrated ability to provide speech pathology services to school-aged children with intellectual disability and/or ASD with language disorder to enable students to access the school curriculum.
SC 2
Demonstrated capacity to apply best practice strategies and processes to improve outcomes for children and young people with a variety of disabilities.
SC 3
Commitment to working collaboratively with others; accepting and acting on feedback; engaging in continual professional learning for self and others.
SC 4
Demonstrated knowledge and/or experience supporting students who have complex communication needs, requiring the use of augmentative and alternative communication.
SC 5
Demonstrated skills in: developing effective and respectful relationships; modelling and explicitly teaching the school values.
Visibility Internal and External
The speech pathologist will join a team to develop and implement a transdisciplinary teaming model, facilitating the education of students with intellectual disability and/or ASD with language disorder. The successful candidate will work collaboratively to develop and support student's individual program plans and complete the school's requirements for assessment and reporting, provide individual and group-based therapy services, consultancy with staff, students and families, and professional development for the school community.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate their commitment to active engagement with all aspects of school life. The work can be rewarding but demanding due to the complex needs of the learners. Applicants must be willing and able to:
work collaboratively in transdisciplinary teams;
develop, deliver and evaluate programs within the schools instructional model;
be a reflective practitioner who is able to receive and act on feedback;
work within the frameworks and guidelines determined by the leadership group.
Responsibilities
The senior leadership team can request a speech pathologist to execute additional responsibilities to support the general functioning of the school.
Please note the relevant enterprise agreement underpinning this position is the Victorian Government Schools Agreement 2022.¿
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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]
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