Mental Health - Melbourne, Australia - Education and Training

Education and Training

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Description

Location:
Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type:
Full time / From 13/03/2023

Organisation:
Education and Training

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Education and Training

Reference:

Selection Criteria:

SC1 'Content of teaching and learning' Demonstrated ability to inform and influence the work of others involved in the engagement, mental health, wellbeing or learning of children and young people.
SC2 'Teaching practice'. Demonstrated ability to input into the development, implementation and evaluation of processes and strategies relating to mental health, wellbeing or learning.
SC3 'Assessment and reporting of student learning'. Demonstrated ability to support a student's mental health, wellbeing or learning by developing and maintaining connection with external services.
SC4 'Interaction with the school community'. Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills and communication skills. Demonstrated high level of capability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, other employees and the broader school community to focus on student learning, wellbeing and engagement.
SC5 Professional requirements' Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate by gaining buy in and owership for ideas, gaining agreement to proposals, or involving experts or other third parties.

Role:

Participating schools receive funding to employ a
Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader, a qualified teacher, to work across the school to implement a whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing for students, staff and families based on a broad knowledge of the needs of the school community

This includes:
- building the capacity of school staff, in particular classroom teachers, to identify and support students with mental health concerns in the classroom
- supporting the school to create clear referral pathways internally (within school) and externally (to community services) for students identified as requiring further assessment and intervention
- coordinating targeted mental health support for students by working with regional staff, school wellbeing and leadership teams, teachers, parents/carers and external agencies

Mental Health and Wellbeing Leaders are not required to have mental health or other relevant qualifications, as the role is not expected to provide one-on-one counselling to students.

Instead, the role is designed to ensure mental health prevention and early intervention are embedded in the classroom.

Using their intimate knowledge of the in-classroom experiences of teachers, Mental Health and Wellbeing Leaders complement the school's existing wellbeing team by bringing it together with regional staff, community services and other health professionals to engage and build relationships with appropriate mental health and wellbeing support.

Mental Health and Wellbeing Leaders are provided training in mental health literacy, supporting emerging needs, and building school capacity and receive ongoing support and professional development through a structured and regular Communities of Practice.

Training is developed and facilitated by the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at University of Melbourne, supported by Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Responsibilities:

Operating in collaboration with their school, leadership and wellbeing team where relevant, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader will:

Promote a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing to students, staff and families
Support teachers and school staff to expand their capacity to embed evidencebased mental health strategies, interventions and programs and build mental health literacy to identify and support primary school students with mental health concerns.

Coordinate clear referral pathways internally (within school) and externally (to community services) for students identified as requiring further assessment and intervention

Who May Apply:

Teachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach.

Desirable:
Further qualifications in student wellbeing or mental health.

EEO AND OHS Commitment:

Child Safe Standards:

DET Values:

Other Information:

All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.

Conditions of Employment:

All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements.

VIT LANTITE:

To be eligible for employment, transfer or promotion in the principal or teacher class a person must have provisional or full registration from the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

In addition, from 3 August 2020, to be eligible for employment in the principal class or teacher class, a person who graduated from a Victorian Initial Teacher Education program after 1 July 2016, must demonst