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Social Worker

3 months ago

Ballarat, Australia Schools (Government) Full time

Location: Western Region | Ballarat

Job type: Full time / From 22/07/2024 - 20/07/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 1411811

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC 1** Proven capacity to work effectively with students with diverse learning needs, their families/carers, service providers.

**SC 2** Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in the provision of programs to support positive mental health and wellbeing outcomes.

**SC 3** Demonstrated capacity to work as part of a collaborative wellbeing team and contribute to the team.

**SC 4** Highly developed communication, networking and interpersonal skills including the ability to liaise within the education community and beyond.

**SC 5** Appropriate tertiary qualifications and/or experience in Welfare, Community Services, Youth Work or other related fields.

**Role**:
The Social Worker will join a team that includes the School Counsellor, Student Engagement Coordinator and Psychologist. Situated in the school's wellbeing centre, the Social Worker acts as the first point of contact for students seeking immediate wellbeing support, triaging them to the appropriate services.

The Social Worker will take a case management role with students identified as needing support to achieve success. Students are referred by teaching staff or self-refer to the wellbeing team and are allocated a member of the wellbeing team to manage their case load based on individualised suitability. The Social worker will work with students and liaise with teachers, families, and external support agencies to best support students to achieve social and academic success.

The Social Worker works with the wellbeing team and village leader to identify the needs of specific cohorts and groups within the school. They also take a proactive role in engaging external agencies to provide support for these groups. In addition, providing a positive classroom and extracurricular programs that promote and improve student well-being, safety, resilience, engagement, and connectedness, across the school (e.g. peer support, restorative practice and personal development programs) in consultation with the Student Well-being team.

Time fraction may be negotiable, submit to discussion with Principal.

**Responsibilities**:
Responsibilities on the Social Worker will include:

- Liaise effectively with external service providers and assist teachers, students and their families to access these services.
- Work with the Wellbeing Team to monitor the social, emotional, and learning progress of students and provide support to the Student Wellbeing Team and other relevant members of staff.
- Implement and evaluate intervention programs to support school curriculum and the needs of identified groups of students.
- Provide or facilitate counselling and guidance to students.
- Work with students and their families to develop pathways to success at school.
- Ensure the safety of the young people whilst under their supervision.
- Facilitate and assist young people to develop skills and achieve goals.
- Support and advocate for young people to progress and move towards success.
- Engage young people in activities that are of both a social and learning opportunity to advance their skills.
- Assist in creating an environment that facilitates learning, growth and change.
- Use appropriate boundaries, processes and structures that allow young people to learn from their experiences and choose appropriate ways to meet their needs.
- Perform duties in accordance with DE guidelines, accepted practice and College policy being respectful of confidentiality, mandatory reporting requirements and observing necessary boundaries.
- Be responsible to the Wellbeing team in the development of programs and in the day-to-day identification of students in need, and of caseload management.
- Be a team player who has excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to develop positive working relationships with students, especially those at risk.
- Work with students individually, and in groups, to encourage emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills and a social awareness.
- Identify students who need to be referred on to other services and work within school processes to take appropriate action to make referrals.
- Work as a mentor where appropriate, modelling appropriate positive behaviours and relationships.
- Provide information and feedback to Advisory teachers, Leading teachers and Principal class regarding individual needs, issues, concerns and assist in the development of effective learning programs that can be implemented for students at risk.
- Develop links with Students Support Services, school networks and relevant support agencies with a view to optimising and coordinating service provision to students as risk.
- Provide regular confidential feedback and updates to the Principal, Assistant Principal and team leaders regarding stude