Guidance Officer - Gleneagle State School

About the Department of Education

The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

About the Role

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide professional expertise, leadership and support to school communities and networks in the development and implementation of plans, programs, and procedures to assist students in achieving positive educational, developmental and lifelong learning outcomes
• Collaboratively negotiate, develop and implement programs for students that have a focus on preventative and early intervention strategies; are responsive to identified personal, social, emotional and educational needs; and aim to foster resilience and personal skills development.
• You will have responsibility for leading the activities and delivery of the key tasks as listed in the Guidance Officer role description attached.
• The successful applicant will partly be employed under the Student Wellbeing Package at 0.2FTE.
• Priorities of the role through the Student Wellbeing Package include:
• Identification, support and therapeutic intervention planning for students' mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Provide advice and counselling on educational, behavioural, vocational, personal, social, family and mental health and wellbeing issues for students with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Provide support and ensure safety plans for the school context are implemented for students who are self-harming and/or at risk of suicide.
• Support promotion, prevention, awareness and capability building regarding mental health and wellbeing within the school community and school leadership teams.
• Collect data relevant to the role of Guidance Officer - Student Wellbeing, including:
• Collecting pre- and post-intervention data from students and their families regarding the student's mental health and the impact of this on their overall functioning; and
• Recording this data, alongside other key data, on a tracking tool for regional and state-wide data collection purposes.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

How to Apply

• Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
• A 2-pg response to the How you will be Assessed section of the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive. 

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. 

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).

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