Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Education Support - Level 1, Range 3
Occupation: Education and training
Location: Barwon South West - Greater Geelong
Reference: 1482962
SC 1Experience in the coordination and delivery of positive, proactive, and preventative programs or groups to promote positive health and wellbeing.
SC 2Experience in the delivery of professional therapeutic interventions for students in response to an identified need.
SC 3Demonstrated ability to provide professional leadership, collaboration with, and guidance for a team of wellbeing professionals.
SC 4Demonstrated understanding of common approaches, policies, and research relating to student mental health, wellbeing, and engagement.
SC 5Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively and network with the wide range of people within the education and wider community.
Local Criterion
Northern Bay College is committed to providing every student with a purposeful and aspirational educational program. As a College we truly value each student and believe that each student has high a potential to achieve, regardless of personal or external factors. We seek a candidate with demonstrated capacity and passion to provide proactive, positive, and evidence-based interventions with children and young people, with the intention to empower individuals to succeed.
The core purpose of the Campus Wellbeing Coordinator is to support improvement in student wellbeing and engagement across the College through early intervention and proactive practices connected to the College Wide SWPBS Framework.
A Campus Wellbeing Coordinator will work as a member of the Campus Wellbeing Team, and as part of the broader College Wellbeing Team. This role will be supported and guided by the Campus Wellbeing Leader to support students to engage in learning and to achieve positive mental health and wellbeing through the implementation of visible, preventative, and proactive wellbeing groups and interventions for students.
Key Areas of Focus:
¿ Improve & support student mental health and wellbeing through short term intervention and referral to services.
¿ Deliver targeted preventative programs and interventions to promote positive health and wellbeing.
¿ Creating a safe and inclusive physical campus environment to support student wellbeing.
¿ Support selected students to be sustainably Ready to Learn (RTL).
Responsibilities:
¿ Provide support to families with students at risk of disengagement or emerging wellbeing concerns in line with the College Staged Response.
¿ Appropriately refer to the Campus Wellbeing Leader for students with additional concerns and needs.
¿ Chair student support groups meetings and care team meetings for students in OOHC
¿ Comply with legislative practice requirements - including Mandatory Reporting, and Information Sharing.
¿ Maintain appropriate and professional documentation for contact with students. Includes the use of PROTECT documentation, NBC case notes and other relevant DET templates.
¿ Refer students and families to appropriate network support or community partners of the College.
¿ Connect families and students to short term assistance services accessible within schools ¿ e.g. State Schools Relief, Kids Under Cover, and scholarships
¿ Support student engagement by providing professional support for students with low attendance or attendance concerns.
¿ Source and implement targeted preventative and responsive programs / interventions as guided by the Campus Wellbeing Leader. This Includes the delivery of regular planned wellbeing and Social-Emotional Learning focussed lunchtime groups (eg. StandOut, Social development, Student voice),
¿ Promote and support student and family engagement activities such as campus events, coffee clubs and student breakfast program.
¿ Assist staff to support students with health, wellbeing or complex needs - this includes BSEM and SWPBS practices
¿ Ensure the Campus is visibly representative of a BSEM, RRRR and SWPBS Campus - which includes modelling and building the capacity of staff around wellbeing models.
¿ Assist staff to create a supportive and safe learning environment for students to support engagement in learning and education.
¿ Build awareness of community support services and agencies to the wider Northern Bay College community
¿ Develop specialist reports for identified students as directed by the Campus Wellbeing Leader.
¿ Coordinate and liaise with key stakeholders to support students, improve school engagement, and create future pathways.
¿ Engage in regular professional development to maintain current and high level understanding of relevant topics.
¿ Contribute to, and collect wellbeing data as relevant to support long term change on campus.
¿ With support of the College Wellbeing Team, respond to critical incidents as required.
Qualifications:
Professional qualifications in the areas of Social Work, Psychology, Youth Work or relevant allied health field are preferred for this position.
Selection Criteria
SC 1
Experience in the coordination and delivery of positive, proactive, and preventative programs or groups to promote positive health and wellbeing.
SC 2
Experience in the delivery of professional therapeutic interventions for students in response to an identified need.
SC 3
Demonstrated ability to provide professional leadership, collaboration with, and guidance for a team of wellbeing professionals.
SC 4
Demonstrated understanding of common approaches, policies, and research relating to student mental health, wellbeing, and engagement.
SC 5
Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively and network with the wide range of people within the education and wider community.
Local Criterion
Professional qualifications in the areas of Social Work, Psychology, Youth Work or relevant allied health field are preferred for this position.
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
Northern Bay P-12 College is a unique multi-campus school located in the Northern Suburbs of Geelong made up of four Prep ¿ Year 8 campuses and a fifth Year 9 - Year 12 campus. The college also boasts a Family and Early Learning Centre and the Geelong Industry Trade Training Centre (GITTC) on our Goldsworthy site.
The College operates through a three sub-school structure to enhance our `One School ¿ One Team¿ ethos which emphasises a rigorous focus on Student Learning underpinned by a proactive and supportive well-being framework. Across the college, staff work in Professional Learning Communities based upon the Stages of Learning; Prep - Year 2, Year 3 - 6 and Year 7 - 9 & Year 10 - 12. These teams meet regularly in Campus based and college wide groups to implement data informed strategies that support continued improvement of learning outcomes for all students.
Organisationally the college is arranged in three sub schools, the Hendy P-8 Campus and Peacock P-8 Campus Sub School; the Wexford P-8 Campus and Tallis P-8 Campus Sub School and the Goldsworthy Year 9-12 Sub School. Additionally, the College Assistant Principal ¿ Student Enrichment Programs leads a portfolio that includes oversight of programs that connect students with further educational opportunities as well as providing executive leadership to College facilities including the Family and Early Learning Centre and the GITTC.
The College is very well supported by a strong team working to implement a college wide, sustainable Inclusion Team structure that consists of specialised teachers and education support staff, including a College Inclusion Leader, Inclusion Support Coordinators, Mental Health Wellbeing Leaders (Years P-6), Inclusion Workers and an Inclusion Administration Assistant. The Inclusion Team works closely with the College Nurse, College Wellbeing Team, mentor teachers, education support staff, CALD staff, Allied Health practitioners and DET Student Support Services.
As a College we embrace our diversity, boasting a proud cohort of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) students and a large First Nation student population. The College supports the needs of students through a structured English as an Additional Language program (EAL) and through implementation of the Marrung Strategy.
Our vision is to instill community commitment, confidence and high expectations in lifelong learning by:
Northern Bay College is characterised by school values inspired by student voice:
Growth
The College has a shared community commitment to support every child to grow academically and emotionally. With a growth culture we celebrate improvements in skills, engagement, outcomes, and participation.
Collaboration
We value positive actions and relationships across the College that increase our collective potential for improvement. Actively working together supports our goal to better improve outcomes in learning, health, and participation.
Persistence
Our College communities share expectations to continue to pursue our goals and outcomes, even if challenging or when it takes time and energy. We seek solutions and strategies to ensure our ongoing improvement.
Kindness
Our College encourages all members of our community to model and interact with each other in a positive and respectful manner. As students, staff, and families we operate with a kindness mindset, encouraging and developing an inclusive and diverse community.
In Summary
We want a college where learning is visible and where students feel safe, respected by staff, believed in by staff, listened to by staff and taught by knowledgeable, capable and enthusiastic teachers.