Work Type: Ongoing - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 4
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Melbourne - Eastern suburbs
Reference: 1502768
As part of the Specialist Wellbeing Services Team, the School Counsellor will be required to take on a case management role, advocacy, and provide short-term counselling intervention. A main component of the role is to work with vulnerable students and their families to reduce the barriers to education by accessing mental health, parenting, and other support services in the community. The role may also include leading Tier 1 and Tier 2 interventions, including organising and facilitating targeted group programs. Additionally, this role will work collaboratively with key Community Teams and staff members of Templestowe College, to understand the wellbeing needs of the student cohort. The role will also involve establishing and maintaining community connection and partnerships both internally and externally. This position will report to the Director of Specialist Wellbeing Services.
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
Qualifications and Skills
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Key Relationships
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
Our Purpose:
At TC our purpose is to challenge the status quo so that everyone is empowered to learn.
We Believe:
Learning is more than just acquiring knowledge. It is a personal, exciting, lifelong journey. School is a place to discover and pursue your passions which contribute to the greater good.
High quality teaching and learning is student-centred and relationship driven, where support and challenge empower all to be the best that they can be.
Success comes in many forms and growth and achievement are to be recognised and celebrated.
Our Values - Empowered Learners
The elements we value that lead to empowered learners are:
How we do what we do
School profile
TC is a leader in innovative and progressive education. Having transformed the school from a school of last resort to a thriving community, we now have approximately 1250 students and demand outstrips supply. We continue to improve and innovate by having a clear focus on both ¿core¿ work and ¿explore¿ work. In 2023, TC was named Australian Government Secondary School of the Year, and one of our staff members was named the Australian Government Secondary School Teacher of the Year. In the same year, the school was shortlisted as a finalist in the Victorian Education Excellence Awards in the Provision for High Ability Students category.
The learning environment is not one where education is done `"to" students. Rather, learners take increasing responsibility to drive their own educational decisions and directions as they grow in age and maturity. This is done in consultation with their parents and a supportive staff community that guide the learner keep them accountable.
To acknowledge the amazing work and growth of students TC has developed a new model of assessment where students are assessed and recognised according to Expanded Measures of Success, beyond traditional measures. Students can measure their progress across a range of transferrable skills.
The school is fully compliant with the F-10 Victorian Curriculum Guidelines and the school was reviewed as having met the VRQA requirements as part of the School Review Process.
Candidates are encouraged to visit our website at www.tc.vic.edu.au for further information on TC.