Student Wellbeing Coordinator 2025

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1448573

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1**: Suitable experience in the initiation, development and implementation of programs, procedures and policies that foster resilience in young people and address their physical, social, emotional and educational needs in a school context.

**SC2**: Demonstrated capacity to effectively implement and manage intervention strategies that address complex cases including critical incidents and provide leadership within teams delivering a range of wellbeing support services to students.

**SC3**: Ability to provide professional learning that informs and influences the work of others involved in the engagement and wellbeing of students.

**SC4**: Highly developed capacity to assess, conceptualise and analyse student wellbeing issues that translate to improved wellbeing services and engagement of students.

**SC5**: Highly developed organisational, communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to develop effective working relationships with young people, parents/carers, school staff and collaborate with relevant services and health professionals

**Role**:
[Attendance requirement for this position]

Range 3 is distinguished by the introduction of management responsibility and accountability for the delivery of professional support services. The role will usually impact beyond the work area or professional field. It seeks to gain cooperation of other staff members or members of the school community to achieve specific objectives, such as in school administration, operations or educational programs.

Direction on targets and goals is provided but the position will have some degree of latitude in determining how they are achieved. This latitude will generally be limited by standard procedures and school policy. Deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.

The provision of business management responsibilities becomes a feature at range 3. Management of staff to achieve the expected outcomes is a key responsibility. Staff management issues will be resolved with mínimal reference to senior management, although guidance will be required in more complex cases. Senior management will be provided with timely reports and advice, although this will generally be confined to matters relating to the immediate work area, service provision or educational program and is unlikely to impact substantially on whole of school operations.

This is the minimum range for positions that carry a mandatory qualification requirement of not less than four years. Professional student support positions become a feature at range 3 (e.g. therapists, psychologists) where standard professional services are delivered. Professional support and guidance will be close at hand and deviation from standard procedures and school policy will require guidance and direction from senior management.

An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee¿s position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.

**Responsibilities**:
**Student Wellbeing Coordinator**
The Wellbeing Coordinator reports to the Head of Wellbeing and provides consultation to Sub School and Year Level Leaders, as well as direct support to students. There are three Wellbeing Coordinators, each with a focus on specific year levels in the College. With an emphasis on prevention and early intervention, the role involves a range of responsibilities including case management, counselling and the implementation of data-informed and evidence-based strategies to promote health and wellbeing across three tiers of support.
Tier 1. Preventative Education (whole school approach)
Tier 2. Early-intervention (targeted-groups)
Tier 3. Targeted Interventions (1:1 engagement and referral)

**Student Wellbeing Coordinator Role Description**
The Wellbeing Coordinator will be responsible for the following:
**Organisation, ethos, environment**
- Together with school leadership and governance, developing appropriate policies, strategic plans, values and organisational structures that support the promotion of student wellbeing. Marketing these through regular newsletters and other strategies.
- Providing day-to-day advice to Head of Wellbeing and Principal/Assistant Principal on student wellbeing issues
- Building and maintaining a safe school community. This includes attending to critical incidents and e