First Aid

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 2

**Occupation**:Administration

**Location**:Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

**Reference**:1489362

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** Capacity to undertake routine support tasks across a range of functions in one or more work areas within a school environment. Demonstrated capacity to provide advice and support to management in respect to the work area.

**SC2** Demonstrated capacity to communicate effectively with members of the school community including students and the capacity to provide support and/or attendant care to students where necessary.

**SC3** Demonstrated proficiency in the use of office systems, software or technical equipment as relevant to the position.

**SC4** Capacity to work cooperatively with a range of people including teachers, education support, students and parents.

**SC5** A commitment to professional learning and growth.

**SC6** Demonstrated capacity to provide First Aid including, monitor and maintain records and supplies.

**Role**:

- Perform technical tasks that require a sound knowledge of technical principles that are used to develop and adapt work methods and make judgements where there are clear guidelines and limited options. This includes use of spreadsheet and google drive.
- Liaise with Assistant Principal, House Leaders, Wellbeing Team and Teachers about student absences, attendance patterns or issues to be followed up.
- Create Compass school events and activities for students with onsite alternative programs, when required.
- Process and maintain all records for internal and external students school suspensions.
- Monitor student absences and providing Heads of House/ Wellbeing Co-ordinators with observations for follow up. This may also include preparation of documentation for referral to the Department of students with significant unexplained absences.
- Maintain an orderly and rigorous student attendance record system including communications with parents/guardians in respect of unexplained absences, record and process absence data.
- Maintain records of students with medical conditions.
- Have responsibility for the school¿s First Aid program including recording student entry/exit and prepare inventories and requisitions for and maintaining all first aid kits.

**Responsibilities**:

- Undertake clerical and keyboard duties in support of the school administration function.
- Provide document preparation support.
- Maintain, enter and retrieve data from the school¿s computer system.
- Prepare correspondence according to school procedures (e.g. sending out form letters).
- Check for simple inaccuracies in forms and correspondence such as spelling, punctuation and spacing.
- Liaise with and provide information to parents, staff and students about school administration procedures and policy, including use of Compass.
- Provide administrative support for specific school programs.
- Specialised support to achieve specific outcomes is a feature of range 2. Typically this will involve accountability for a single function, (e.g. ensuring data is properly maintained) or the operation of a work area (e.g. managing the day to day operation of a school office) under the direction of the principal or another senior manager.

**Who May Apply**:

- Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:

- Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
**DE Values**:

- The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
**Other Information**:
**All applicants are required to submit a copy of**:

- Full Academic transcript displaying results and qualifications
- Current VIT registration / WWC registration (whichever is appropriate)
- THE SELECTION PANEL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONTACT PERSONS OTHER THAN THE APPLICANT LISTED REFEREES
- The two (2) week school holiday period from 22/9/25 to 3/10/25 will be processed as Leave Without Pay.

**All applicants are required to submit a copy of**:

- Full Academic transcript displaying results and qualifications
- Current VIT registration / WWC registrati