Work Type: Fixed-term - Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 4
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Hume - Indigo
Reference: 1504317
Wahgunyah Primary School is a small school in north east Victoria located on the Murray River. It is a beautiful place to live and is close to the Rutherglen wine region and the regional cities of Albury, Wodonga and Wangaratta. The school first received the number 644 in 1863 under the newly established Board of Education¿s Common School System. In 1878, a new school building was erected on the current site which still stands today.
The school is comprised of the original school building, which has recently been renovated. It includes a library, music/specialist classroom and kitchen/breakfast club. Students are accommodated in a separate building with four learning spaces and break out areas. The office is in another separate building which houses the general office, principal¿s office and staffroom. The grounds include a small synthetic turf oval, basketball court, two modular playgrounds, monkey bars, a mud kitchen, sandpit, and vegetable garden.
Enrolments are currently 90 students. Over the past four years, enrolments have remained stable.
We are a school that values and includes all people. Our aim is to establish:
· A school community that promotes mental health and wellbeing
· Respectful relationships, belonging and inclusion
· An effective social and emotional learning curriculum for all students
· Opportunities for students to practice and transfer their social and emotional skills
· Collaborative working relationships with parents and carers
· Parent and carer support networks
· Understanding mental health difficulties and improving help-seeking
· Responding to students experiencing mental health difficulties
We are passionate about what we do at Wahgunyah Primary School. Through hard work, we have created an environment where students are valued as individuals.
Wahgunyah Primary School¿s curriculum is based on the Victorian Curriculum. Students are offered French as a language. Wahgunyah Primary School is part of a small schools cluster and regularly participates in cluster sporting and cultural events. A daily breakfast club is provided for all students by parents and school staff. The schools positive playground program is supported by a lunchtime wellbeing person.
SC1. Demonstrated experience in assessing, conceptualising and analysing wellbeing issues, and providing evidence-based counselling supports for a range of mental health issues
SC2. Demonstrated experience in planning and implementing evidence-based intervention strategies for primary aged students with complex needs
SC3. Demonstrated ability to input into the development, implementation and evaluation of policies and strategies relating to mental health and wellbeing
SC4. Highly developed communication, networking and interpersonal skills including the ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of people
SC5. Ability to provide leadership and professional learning that informs and influences the work of others involved in the engagement and wellbeing of children and young people
This is a part-time position of 2 days per week (15.2 hours). Days and hours are negotiable to the suitable applicant.
The role will have 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 with 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).
Required
Desirable
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
Please ensure that your application includes:
Please note that the selection panel may seek additional referees beyond those you name. Consistent with policy, we shall advise you if we will take this action.