Teacher's Aide

**Australia's largest national provider of autism-specific educational services**:

- **Increase your take home pay with effective PBI salary packaging benefits**:

- **Located at Aspect Hunter School at Thornton, NSW or at one of the satellite classes in the region**

**Aspect is committed to providing an autism friendly workplace and supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce. It is through this commitment that we encourage and welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply.**

**Aspect's School Network**: Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) has grown to become Australia's largest national educational program for children on the autism spectrum, with 9 independent schools operating from 67 locations in NSW and South Australia catering to approximately 1,200 students.

**About the School**:
Aspect Hunter School provides placement for approximately 200 students on the autism spectrum from Kindergarten to year 12 at its main school at Thornton, and across its satellite classes within the Catholic and Department of Education schools in Newcastle, Hunter and Port Macquarie regions. Aspect Hunter School also offers a Distance Education program for students on the autism spectrum in years 3 to 8 from across NSW.

To find out more about our school, click here.

**About the role**:A challenging, rewarding and varied role making a difference in the lives of children on the autism spectrum and their families. Develop your knowledge of autism and specialist education approaches. Click here to view the Position Profile.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Be familiar with students’ Individual Plan (IP) outcomes/priorities
- Assist with classroom programs, positive behaviour support and community access programs
- Assist with the integration of students into less restrictive settings
- Be responsible for the welfare and safety of pupils in the classroom, playground, school activities or excursions and elsewhere in the course of professional duties and have ongoing 'duty of care' at all times

**Skills, experience and qualifications**:

- Experience working with students on the autism spectrum or other intellectual disability (desirable)
- Experience implementing Individual Plans
- Knowledge of transitioning students into mainstream settings
- Certificate III in Education Support or other relevant tertiary qualification desirable
- Effective communication skills
- First Aid Certificate (desirable)
- Depending on the school's location/requirements it may be essential to have a current driver's licence (per relevant state legislation)
- A Light Rigid (LR) driver's licence (desirable)
- Capacity to travel across all sites in the area
- NSW Working with Children Check required
- You may be required to provide an international police check

**What we offer**:

- Salary packaging to increase your take home pay
- Employee referral incentives
- EAP services
- Discounted Fitness Passport membership options
- Perkbox App that offers access to a wide range of discounts on everyday retail, household and lifestyle purchases

Click here for a summary of some of the benefits you can access when working at Aspect.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

COVID-19 Vaccination is a condition of employment for all staff in Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) and staff are required to have had two doses of the COVID-19 vaccination. As part of the recruitment/interview process Aspect will collect information related to your vaccination status to ensure you meet this condition of employment.

**Enquiries should be directed to**: Lara Cheney, Principal, Aspect Hunter School on 0425 291 712.

**_ Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) is committed to providing an environment free from abuse, neglect and exploitation of the people we support._