Welfare Chaplain

**Welfare Chaplain**

**Large multi-campus Christian school**

**Part-time, ongoing position**

**1 day or 2 x ½ days per week**

**Traralgon location**

**Job Ref: TR2301**

Chairo Christian School is a non-denominational Christian school with 1,700 Kinder to Year 12 students attending five picturesque campuses in West and South Gippsland, the Latrobe Valley and the south-eastern outskirts of Melbourne.

Our mission is to provide excellence in Christ-centred education in partnership with families within a caring Christian community. In doing this, we aim to prepare students thoroughly for further study, careers, service and life in general.

We are currently seeking to appoint a Welfare Chaplain to join our Welfare Team in Term 2 this year. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a caring Christian environment and provide important assistance to the Chairo community in delivering high quality care and Christian education to our students.

Some key responsibilities will include the following:

- Providing confidential pastoral care and guidance to students
- Assisting staff members with issues surrounding student behaviour, learning and socialisation within the school
- Building positive friendly rapport with relevant stakeholders such as parents, caregivers and other staff members
- Playing an active and distinctive role in the development of school welfare policies and processes
- Training and/or experience in pastoral care, counselling or chaplaincy
- Training in mental health (or willingness to obtain)
- Training and/or experience in education (desirable)
- Ability to build relationships
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Ability to meet the current requirements of the National School Chaplaincy Programme

Successful applicants will need to be in agreement with and model Chairo’s Statement of Faith.

The safety, wellbeing and inclusion of all our students is a high priority. As part of our recruitment process, Chairo undertakes rigorous reference and background checking including a Working with Children check. Before applying, applicants are requested to review Chairo’s Child Safety booklet.