Education Support Officer, the Hester Hornbrook Academy. South Melbourne, Melbourne VIC. Teaching Aides and Special Needs (Education and Training). Full time. Competitive base salary + super + salary packaging.

Summary: Be part of a highly skilled and committed team driven to help young people realize their potential, with the opportunity to work across a multicampus school setting. A competitive remuneration package is available, accompanied by salary packaging benefits. Full-time and parental leave positions are available for 2025. Located at our Werribee, Sunshine, CBD, Prahran, and South Melbourne campuses, you must be able to travel to other campuses as required.

About the Opportunity: Education Support Officers (ESOs) collaborate within a multidisciplinary team at Hester Hornbrook Academy to deliver specialized literacy and numeracy assistance, tailored to meet the unique educational needs of students. They conduct educational assessments and interventions, ensuring personalized support for each student's well-being and learning outcomes. Their role extends beyond their immediate responsibilities, requiring cooperation with colleagues and the school community to achieve specific educational objectives. While they receive guidance on targets, programs, and goals, ESOs have flexibility in determining strategies for attainment.

Our ideal candidate will be able to successfully demonstrate the following key skills and attributes: Work as part of a multidisciplinary classroom team to develop and maintain a face-to-face and virtual classroom learning environment that places high expectations on learning for wellbeing and wellbeing for learning. The Educational Support Officer will support and model a learning environment that is safe, respectful, and productive. Provide individual or group assistance to students in targeted learning areas such as literacy and numeracy skills, while also conducting Tier 3 interventions for literacy or numeracy as needed.

Ensure that programs are delivered within the Educational Support Officers framework of Hester Hornbrook Academy, and ensure that confidentiality and dignity of our students are maintained.

Use data as evidence to inform practice and funding through the NCCD funding source. This includes delivering and recording interventions and screeners, managing data entry and implementing prepared learning plans to improve student learning outcomes. Apply an understanding of our HOPE (Healing Orientated Program of Education) to support students in a way that allows them to Engage, Equip, Empower and Extend.  While having a thorough understanding of a range of interventions that promote engagement and inclusivity, build rapport, and develop prosocial behaviours and relationships.

Contribute to the planning and participate in the extra extracurricular activities, events, excursions and overnight camps. Maintaining accurate records using the school’s Student Management system and learning management systems, including regular wellbeing case noting and preparing or contributing to reports (including NCCD) as required. Participate in regular supervision, whole school and campus meetings, the performance review processes, professional learning and a culture of continuous review, improvement of student learning outcomes and achievement of the Hester Hornbrook Strategic Plan (SP) and Annual Implementation Plans (AIP). Ensure that all Child Safe, risk management and Hester Hornbrook documentation is adhered to. Perform other duties and responsibilities, as directed by the Principal or their delegate.

Benefits: Hester Hornbrook Academy, as an Independently Registered school, has its own Enterprise Agreement. A competitive renumeration applies to this role together with access to tax-effective salary packaging arrangements and supportive work/life balance provisions. HHA recognizes the importance of investing in the training, learning and development of our staff.

Applications close: Friday, 8th November 2024. Address applications to Sally Lasslett, Principal. Applications to include Key Selection Criteria, a Cover Letter which highlights how you have previously assisted a young person to improve their wellbeing outcomes, which has resulted in success in educational outcomes, leading to learning for wellbeing and a current CV with referees.

Please review the position description to understand more about the role and responsibilities.

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.

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For enquiries about this role and assistance with application submission, email: recruitment@mcm.org.au