Careers Counsellor

1 week ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Schools (Government) Full time

Location:
Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type:
Full time / From 29/01/2024

Organisation:
Schools (Government)

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Education and Training

Reference:

Selection Criteria:

KSC1 Highly developed organisational, communication (verbal, written and IT skills) and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic, innovative and collaborative Careers team environment


KSC2 Demonstrated capacity to ability to build productive relationships with key stakeholders within the school, across the education sector and wider community to provide organisational benefit.

KSC3 Capacity to plan and provide high quality pathways and careers advice to students and families at a cohort, class and individual level

KSC4 A commitment to professional learning and reflection to enable personal growth of skills, expertise and capacity

KSC5 Demonstrated capacity to show initiative, contribute to a positive school culture and enact organisational values.

Role:


The primary objective of the Careers Counsellor at Dandenong High School is to support the implementation and organisation of Careers Education, VET and Work Placement programs.


In conjunction, this role will also have an involvement in providing targeted support for programs, which align with the school¿s strategic plan by achieving improvement in student engagement and their connection to school.

The Careers Counsellor at Dandenong High School works within a team of practitioners and reports to the Careers and Partnerships Leader.


Responsibilities:

  • The Careers Counsellor will participate as a member of the team, supporting staff across the school to implement Careers Education programs.
  • Provide expertise and support to students and staff regarding careers programs, VTAC, SEAS, Scholarships and Access and Pathways programs for tertiary study.
  • Build and maintain strong working relationships both within the team/school and with external stakeholders, including tertiary education providers, support agencies, SELLEN, employers, RTO¿s and Job Network providers.
  • Demonstrate understanding as to the issues and barriers faced by students from diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds and the ability to link them to programs and services to support their specific careers and transition needs.
  • Provide careers expertise and support to counsel students and their parents, regarding pathways and transition.
  • Manage and maintain a library of material suitable for use by students in class situations and within the careers department.
  • Organise and implement an effective Careers Expo annually
  • Work collaboratively within the careers team to ensure programs outside core responsibilities are supported, when needed.
  • Ensure relevant knowledge is kept updated through attendance at appropriate Professional Development activities.
  • Other duties as directed by the Principal or delegate

Who May Apply:

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

EEO AND OHS Commitment:

Child Safe Standards:

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:

DE Values:

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:

Other Information:

  • A single, one time only pay payment of $5000 will be paid to the successful applicant on commencement of their employment at our school
Preferably all applicants should submit a cover letter CV and Key Selection Criteria response as one attached document on Recruitment On-Line

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:


Established in 1919 Dandenong High School is one of the oldest, largest and most culturally diverse secondary schools in the state.

It is situated in the South East Region in Dandenong, a low socio economic community (SFO density 0.72) with a high refugee population.

The school has over 1500 students and is highly multicultural with 78 nationalities and 80 different language groups represented. In 2008 Dandenong High School merged with two other schools in the local community and is curr

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