Education Engagement Support Officer

As a Education Engagement Support Officer, your key responsibilities include:

- Support students in the classroom by working one-to-one with students or in small groups to assist students to engage with the content and reinforce and clarify lessons. Duties include:

- Assist to maintain a supportive learning environment.
- Provide a safe and secure environment to all students and role model a calm and consistent approach.
- Build rapport with students.
- Language and literacy support.
- Numeracy support
- Emotional regulation support
- Implementation of intervention strategies to manage challenges.
- Assist in the implementation of Learning Access Plans for students and help monitor their progress.
- Provide support for individual students inside and outside the classroom to enable them to fully participate in activities, including excursions.
- Assist the teachers with supervision, when required, by following standardised practices and/or methods on adequate supervision.
- In collaboration with, and under the supervision of teachers, provide instruction, s to the student/s in a variety of individual and group activities.
- Ensure consistency with the Child Safe Standards and respond in accordance with Chisholm’s policies and agreed practices.
- Under the advise and direction of the Education Manager, ensure child safety concerns are reported within the required timeframe to designated “Child safety reporting Officer” and child safe lead. Document Appropriately.
- Triage any student safety concerns, hazards or incidents to the Education Manager and subsequently lodge a report via incident and hazard tile on Chisholm Intranet.

**ABOUT YOU**

You are a highly motivated individual with demonstrated trauma awareness and sensitivity towards and understanding of young people with learning difficulties and differences.

**Qualifications required for the role**:

- A relevant qualification at post-secondary level, including education support and counselling and/or social work or equivalent relevant experience

**ABOUT US**

Chisholm is one of the largest vocational training providers in the state with a team of over 1,400 dedicated staff supporting 41,000 students who choose to study at Chisholm and training at our modern campuses across Melbourne’s southeast and online. We partner with governments, educational institutes, and businesses worldwide, sharing our expertise in vocational education.

We offer over 400 courses that include nationally accredited pathways from secondary school programs and short courses, through to certificates, diplomas, and degrees.

At Chisholm, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation. We know that diversity and inclusion help us to attract, recruit, engage and retain a team of talented people.

**WHAT WE OFFER**
- ** An Inclusive work culture**:

- Chisholm is resolutely diverse. We celebrate our people’s unique contributions to achieving our ambition to transform lives through **relevant and responsive high-quality education.**:

- ** Professional Development**:

- continue to grow your career
- ** Networking Opportunities** with Industry Partners
- ** State of the art facilities** on our campuses
- ** Free on-site parking** as well as locations close to public transport
- ** Free Employee Assistance Program**:

- get the support you want. Its confidential.
- a cover letter
- your resume
- contact details of three (3) referees
- Verified copies of all qualifications and transcripts as listed on resume.
- Current & Valid Working with Children Check (Employee and not Volunteer)
- Verified copy of unrestricted rights to work in Australia
- Verified Police Check

**Applications for this position close at 9am, on Monday 13 January 2025.**

Chisholm Institute reserves the right to withdraw an advertised position at any stage.

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