Education Specialist

Opportunity to provide one on one teaching to vulnerable young people
- An opportunity to use your teaching skills in a different setting
- Parental leave cover fixed term position to end of 2025|term 1 commencement

**2023 Protecting Children’s Award winner
- **Our **TEACHaR** won the highly sort after **Engaging Kids in School Award** This brings TEACHaR into rarefied company and a further acclaim, a dual award winner since these awards began. An achievement that has not been replicated by another program.

Unique, community-based teaching model with 7 weeks paid leave and a salary that will impress. Work one on one with students who reside in Out of Home Care and Residential Care settings

**The Position**:
This role provides qualified teachers the opportunity to provide one on one teaching to vulnerable young people residing in residential care and out of home care to re-engage with education, improving retention and completion. Improving the life outcomes for young people through education. You will be required to implement tailored educational programs to meet the individual needs of the young people. This includes providing intensive teaching in literacy and numeracy to enable the young people to reach their true potential.

You will be working closely with the young person’s Care Team which may include carers, case managers, school staff and other professionals.

You will also contribute to the development of the program and the TEACHaR network across the state.

**Who are we looking for?**
- A tertiary qualification in Education, current FULL VIT registration and experience teaching.
- The ability to develop and implement individual learning plans for children and young people who have experienced significant educational disruption and who present with complex psychological and social needs.
- Demonstrated experience in working with children and young people with complex needs, understanding how trauma affects learning.
- An ability to use educational assessment tools and data to inform planning and practice.
- The ability to thrive in a changing environment with competing priorities, to manage stressful situations, monitoring own stress levels and practicing and promoting self-care strategies.

**What makes this such a great role for you**:

- The salary is $107,294 plus 11.5% super
- You also get access to salary packaging which decreases the tax you pay so you get even more of your salary in your back pocket
- And you get 7 weeks paid leave
- Term 1 2025 commencement
- Based at an office in Lilydale or Box Hill we are flexible.
- Work with up to 9 students on your caseload at a time
- You can use our pool cars for your travel
- Access to discounted health insurance, free Employee Assistance, Salary Packaging and a range of other employment benefits supporting your physical and mental health
- Flexible working conditions for administration tasks
- Anglicare Victoria are leaders in the industry and have recently won the DFFH "Engaging Kids in Education" Award for the second time.
- Professional development to meet your VIT requirements, training, support and a culture of inclusivity and resilience.

**Ready to take the next step**:

- Please Note: It is mandatory for the successful applicant to hold a current Working with Children Check and be prepared to undergo a National Criminal History Check prior to commencement. AV employees are required to either be fully vaccinated against COVID 19 or have a medical exemption. AV will require evidence that you are compliant with these requirements._

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