Guidance Officer

2 days ago


Logan City, Australia Education Full time

About the Department
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About the Location
Yugumbir State School was established in 1986. Our school enjoys a very positive reputation, with over 1110 students benefitting from our caring and inclusive school culture. Our shared vision, "Caring Hearts, Enquiring Minds, Enriching Lives" is achieved by using evidence-based practices, making data-informed decisions, explicitly teaching and ensuring consistent expectations, acknowledging achievements, using an instructional approach and ensuring consistent collection and recording of behaviour data. At Yugumbir State School, families are important to us. Genuine and respectful relationships are at the core of the productive partnerships we strive to develop.
About the Role
Working at Yugumbir State School as a Guidance Officer, some of your responsibilities will include:

- Establish and maintain positive relationships with parents, caregivers, and community stakeholders to enhance student support and well-being.
- Prepare reports and documentation as required by school policies, regulations, and funding requirements and at times participate in case conferences and multidisciplinary meetings to discuss student progress and develop intervention plans.
- Provide leadership and specialised support in response to student protection issues; critical incidents and emergencies; and the transition of students into alternative education programs, and their reintegration back into mainstream schooling
- Other suitable duties, consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the position as directed by the supervisor or nominated delegate.
- Balance the ethical issues of privacy and confidentiality for each student with the appropriateness of sharing information with others, and maintain a comprehensive and professional record keeping system that complies with policy and legal requirements of parental and legal access to official records.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.

**Interested? To Apply**:
Attach a resume (3-page maximum) including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
Attach a written response (2-page maximum) addressing each of the 1-4 key capabilities outlined in the "How you will be Assessed" section of the 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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