Head of Special Education Services

2 months ago

Moreton Bay, Australia Education Full time

About the Department of Education
The Department of Education is 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 North Lakes State College
North Lakes State College opened its doors in 2002 and enables students to commence in Prep and continue through to Year 12 across our two campuses.
As a unique educational College, we offer many different areas of expertise including an industry standard commercial kitchen for hospitality studies, state of the art VI experience, as well as sharing our exceptional sporting facilities with the public.
The College has established a well-planned and sequenced curriculum program that is supported by a large selection of extra-curricular activities which assist students to explore their talents, interests and abilities.
The vision of North Lakes State College is to inspire our students to reach for the dreams and succeed now and into the future.
About the Role
**The HOSES BVI, will be expected to**:

- Provide strategic and practical support to the school leadership teams in relation to the education, outcomes and wellbeing of students and young children BVI.
- Provide leadership and guidance for the implementation of innovative measures aimed at improving students BVI learning outcomes and attendance at school.
- Provide management and engagement strategies including induction activities of new arrivals, and advise on specific academic, social and emotional needs of new arrivals.
- Coordinate and provide intensive targeted teaching, as required for students BVI, including those who require supplementary adjustments, including braille, assistive technology and the expanded core curriculum.
- Monitor students' individual performance and behaviour and develop and implement intervention strategies where necessary.
- Communicate and work with parents, staff, higher education institutes and State Schools Division to develop strategies to improve learning outcomes, student achievements and attendance.
- Embed socially just practices in daily school life through leadership in relation to students' BVI attendance and improved academic outcomes.
- Where requested, prepare all data returns for the Principal related to students BVI.
- Form and maintain partnerships with Specialist Disability Support in Schools BVI organisations
- A recognised formal qualification and expertise in the field of blindness and vision impairment and expertise is desirable and may be an advantage.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
**Interested? To Apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page 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).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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