Youth Worker
1 day ago
_About the School:
Noosa District SHS is a unique three-campus Independent Public School that fosters care and compassion whilst striving for excellence in both our Junior and Senior Secondary schooling. We offer world class education for our students, providing a diverse educational program that caters for academic, vocational, civic, sporting and cultural pursuits in a 21st Century learning environment. Our academic success, vocational pathways, early tertiary programs, school based traineeships, quality teaching as well as a wide range of extra-curricular activities enable Noosa District State High School to truly provide excellence through our diversity so that every student has the opportunity to achieve success.
About the Role:
As the Youth Worker you will have responsibility for the following:
Be part of the professional team working with the school and the community and liaise with students, teachers, parents, guidance officers, special needs teacher, administrative officers, officers of welfare agencies and other government departments.
Monitor the attendance policy as a means of increasing awareness of students experiencing problems and allow for intervention before such problems get out of hand.
Forge links between the school and families of students who show persistent absence from schooling to encourage students' continuous attendance at school and to assist students determine future educational requirements.
Identify and provide appropriate assistance to students experiencing difficulties at school and/or at home which may put them at risk of leaving school prematurely.
Maintain spreadsheets, data bases and accurate record keeping.
Contribute to a positive, caring and supportive school image in the community.
Advise the Principal of students who may be at risk (at home or in the school environment).
Home visits with student/s and their families to advise and provide strategies for a more positive educational experience.
Developing and implementing programs dealing with social skills/assertiveness/self-esteem/etc.
Coordinating strategies and procedures to counter cause/s of avoidance of school situation.
Liaising between school community members such as student, fellow students, teachers, administration, parents and Guidance Officer in understanding strategies to regain more positive educational outcomes for the individual.
Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.
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 1-page written statement in response to 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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