Student Support Services Practitioner

1 day ago

Ballarat, Australia Department of Education Full time

**Student Support Services Practitioner - Ongoing/Full time**

**About the Department**

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.
The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.
About the Division
Student Support Services aims is to assist children and young people facing a range of barriers to learning to achieve their educational and developmental potential through the provision of a range of strategies and specialised support at individual, group, and school levels.
This role is located in the Student Support Services (SSS) Branch, Central Highlands Area, South Western Victoria Region. The Student Support Services Branch operates from the Ballarat office and includes schools from Trentham to Ararat and Waubra to Willaura, Linton, Bannockburn to Bacchus Marsh. The Student Support Services Practitioners function as a multi-disciplinary health, wellbeing, and inclusion team which comprises psychologists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists and social workers.

**About the Role**

The Department of Education is looking for a highly skilled practitioner to support complex cases including challenging behaviours and invite all the following disciplines to apply: Psychologists, Social Workers, Behaviour Analysts, Occupational Therapists or Speech Pathologists to contribute to the important work of our Student Support Services (SSS) team in Central Highlands Area in supporting schools to address the barriers to learning that impact on student(s) progress to achieving their educational goals and development potential.

**Required**:
Either:
Psychologist: A graduate or post-graduate qualification in psychology; full Registration as a Psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency (AHPRA).
Occupational Therapist: A graduate or post-graduate qualification in Occupational Therapy; registration as an occupational therapist with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
Social Worker: A graduate or post-graduate degree in social work or equivalent; eligibility for membership of the Australia Association of Social Workers
Behaviour Analyst: A Masters qualification in Applied Behaviour Analysis as part of a verified course sequence as specified by the Association for Behaviour Analysis Australia (ABAA).
Speech Pathologist: A graduate or post-graduate degree in Speech Pathology, eligibility for membership with Speech Pathology Australia (SPA).

This is a full time ongoing role with flexible work arrangements.
If you are passionate about helping children and young people reach their full potential, and like working in a collaborative multidisciplinary team - then a role with our Student Support Services team is the job for you.

**Further Information**

For more details regarding this position please see attached position descriptions.

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person

**Applications close 26 June 2025

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