Social Worker

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 27/01/2025 - 26/01/2027

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1447090

**Location Profile**:
Yarrabah School is a newly built school located in the beautiful bayside suburb of Aspendale only 500 meters from the sandy beaches of Aspendale and Mordialloc. Yarrabah School caters for students aged between 2.8 and 18 years who have a diagnosed intellectual disability ranging from moderate to profound. Yarrabah School is a single campus Pre K - 12 school organised around four distinct stages of learning including Early Years (2.8 - 6), Primary Years (Ages 7 - 12), Lower Secondary Years (Ages 13 - 15) and Upper Secondary (16 - 18).

**Stages of Learning**:
Our Early Years students are accommodated in two distinct areas. The Early Education Program (2.8 - 4.8) provides outstanding early education provision in new learning facilities that are individually resourced and staffed by experienced educators and therapists catering for the needs of 60 young children and their families.

The Early Years and Primary students (K-6) are provided new learning areas with designated playgrounds, courtyards, well-equipped classrooms and common learning areas. There are three distinct sections, Lower Junior (K-6), Upper Junior (7-8) and Primary (9-12) for up to 80 students.

Our Secondary School students learn in their very own zone, located in three designated learning facilities for up to 100 students. These include a new purpose-built Lower Secondary building for students that includes its own playgrounds, common rooms and therapy areas, a new purpose-designed and built 'life house¿ for upper secondary students and well-resourced and staffed portable facilities.

The students and staff enjoy first-class facilities which include: 10 meter warm water pool, perceptual motor room, cafe, canteen, art room, music room, science room, school hall with modified basketball court, manual activities room, fitness centre, out of school care building, staff room and staff collaborative spaces, meeting rooms, library, staff resource room, therapy rooms, sensory spaces, nurture room, community hub space, administration area, purpose-built early education building, well resourced outdoor areas, fitness oval, horticulture zones, and well-maintained grounds and outdoor areas next to the Mordialloc bike track, cricket oval and soon to be built Kingston aquatic facility.

**Purpose**:
Yarrabah's purpose is to provide an individualised and safe student-centred learning environment that promotes active learning and encourages adventure, independence and self-esteem maximising student potential. The school provides all students access to the curriculum and therapeutic support in preparation for life after school as valued members of the community.

**Values and Philosophy**:
Yarrabah School is built on the values of Tolerance, Respect, Integrity, Care and Support. Our philosophical approach to education at Yarrabah is REAL (strong Relationships, Explicit Instruction, Understanding Ability, Learning for Life). The innovative and individualised nature of program delivery ensures each child is at the centre of the learning process. With an explicit and personalised approach to curriculum delivery, students at Yarrabah enjoy coming to school.

**Exciting and Relevant Curriculum**:

- but especially in the core areas of English, Mathematics, Communication, and Social and Personal Capabilities (life and relationship skills).

Yarrabah School provides an inclusive and rigorous curriculum. Teachers plan and deliver a differentiated and scaffolded curriculum according to the school's yearly curriculum map. The school ensures homeroom teachers can remain focussed on the core curriculum for students of all abilities. Subject specialists deliver engaging and exciting curricula across the primary and secondary years within science, critical and creative thinking, the visual arts, the performing arts, horticulture, health and physical education.

**Support Services**:
Yarrabah is renowned for its mental health and well-being services. The school's new strategic plan (2022-2026) identifies the importance of providing a systematic and integrated service team (IST) approach that supports students throughout their entire school experience. A new IST approach provides each student and their family the support they need, when they need it and the services to enable all students to access the curriculum in a safe and supported way. Our IST approach provides universal and tiered support in a structured and data-informed manner that ensures we maintain a focus on mental health and wellbeing.

The Integrated Support Service Model **_connects_** Yarrabah School services. Each service includes expert staff with dedicated release time who are trained to provide planning, student support or modelling, assessment and professional