Student Welfare Officer - Ballarat, Australia - Schools (Government)

Schools (Government)

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Ballarat, Australia

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Description

Location:
Western Region | Ballarat

Job type:
Part time / From 03/06/ /12/2024

Organisation:
Schools (Government)

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Education and Training

Reference:

Selection Criteria:

Demonstrated ability to undertake individual and small group support for students and families.
Demonstrated capacity to develop and implement programs and procedures that foster resilience.
Demonstrated capacity to work as part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary professional team.
Well developed communication, networking and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to support staff in the development and implementation of strategies to enhance wellbeing.

Role:

Working one on one with students
Facilitating sessions for groups of students on a needs basis
Referrals to outside agencies
Producing programs that address the needs of students (social skills, friendship groups, etc)
Liaising and partnering with community organisations.
Sourcing agencies to provide programs and support for students and families
Attending professional learning
Supporting staff
Consulting with professionals and specialists to best support students

Responsibilities:

Prevention:

Programs (small groups, whole class, year levels)
Wellbeing strategies and activities
Provision of professional development for teachers
Parent information and education
Devlopment of student wellbeing policies and guidelines

Early Intervention:

Group work with students with particular needs
Development of innovative programs to meet needs
Consultation with teachers or families
Implementation of student supports
Review of school service provision

Intervention:

Referral to other services
Consultation with teachers
School policy change
Individual crisis intervention
Community crisis management
Critical incident management

Who May Apply:

Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the positon.

EEO AND OHS Commitment:

The Department values diversity and is committed to workforce diversity and equal opportunity in schools and all education workplaces.

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.

Child Safe Standards:

DE Values:

Conditions of Employment:

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

Location Profile:

Newington Primary School is located in Newington, Ballarat, alongside Victoria Park. The school has current enrolments of 298 students from Foundation to Year 6 and has 14 classes.

The school is an authorised International Baccalaureate World School offering the Primary Years Programme and an International accredited school through the Department of Education to enrol international students.

Our school¿s vision of Inspire, Inquire, Grow enables our school¿s goal for students to be global citizens.

Also providing for all aspects of each childs academic, social, physical and emotional development to ensure that each child becomes the best he/she can be.

We aim to develop engaged, resilient students with skills and attributes for lifelong learning.

The school is structured in a number of learning units, Junior, Middle and Senior. There is a specialist unit to complement these structures. Our teachers work with parents and students with a philosophy of continuous improvement.

Newington Primary School students are provided with the opportunity to engage in a range of specialist areas and extra-curricular activities such as student leadership, arts projects, physical education, environmental science, cooking, Japanese, Art as well as interschool sport competitions.

Students engage with a range of methods for demonstrating their learning including audio visual, ICT, traditional debating and public speaking, writing genres and a range of presentation software.

Our modern facilities maximise students¿ enjoyment of 21st century learning. We integrate information technologies with a high computer ratio, multimedia devices and interactive whiteboards.

Newington Primary School has a strong wellbeing focus, making it a priority in the school. Throughout the school Zones of Regulation are implemented to assist in student success in emotional regulation. These are taught in correlation to the RRRRs and other wellbeing approaches taught in the school curriculum.

The school is engaged with the Federation University Provisional Psychologists as well as therapy dogs twice weekly to best meet the wellbeing needs of students.