Student Support Services Team Leader

**Overview**:
**Work Type**:Fixed-term - Part-time

**Salary**: $113,022 - $136,747

**Grade**:AH4

**Occupation**:Health and allied health

**Location**:Loddon Mallee - Macedon Ranges

**Reference**:VG/DE/SRS/1884658

An exciting opportunity exists for a highly motivated Allied Health Professional to manage a multidisciplinary team of Student Support Services (SSS) in the Loddon Campaspe Area.
The tenure of this position is 0.6FTE fixed term from 9th October 2025 - 1st October 2026.
**The tenure of this position is 0.6FTE fixed term from 9th October 2025 - 1st October 2026.**

**About the Role**
- An exciting opportunity exists for a highly motivated Allied Health Professional to manage a multidisciplinary team of Student Support Services (SSS) in the Loddon Campaspe Area. SSS comprises a broad range of professionals including psychologists, speech pathologists and social workers. SSS team members work as part of an integrated health and wellbeing team within schools, focusing on providing group based and individual support, workforce capacity building, and the provision of specialized services.
- Job Location**:This position is based in Gisborne or Castlemaine. Travel is a requirement as part of service delivery. SSS staff have access to departmental fleet vehicles.

**About the Division**
- SSS do vital work in supporting students' health and wellbeing - particularly our most vulnerable students and are critical to building an excellent education system that reduces the impact of disadvantage. SSS staff work collaboratively with schools, students and parents to facilitate improved emotional health and wellbeing for students.

**Attributes**
- The successful applicant will drive the implementation of evidence-based and multidisciplinary interventions in collaboration with the Area team and provide professional leadership that supports the work of others, as well as provide professional advice to management, school leaders and team members. The Team leader will also be responsible for the coordination of emergency management and critical incident response in schools and school communities. The successful applicant will be required to manage a small caseload of complex cases, engage with community service organisations, and other professionals regarding the support needs for students and schools

**Desirable**Qualifications and Experience**
- Required:Appropriate Allied Health qualification and eligibility for registration with the associated professional organisation.

**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.

**Further Information**
- Regions (education.vic.gov.au).
- Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.
- For more information regarding the Department's Allied Health Workforc e and working in Regions visit the links below:

- Regional Careers (education.vic.gov.au)
- For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Lenka Schirmer **-**Branch Manager on 0437 739 872.

**Applications close** 11:59pm on 25 September 2025**

- Applications close Thursday 25 September 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted
- 11 September 2025