School Learning Support Officer

**Position Information**:
The NSW Department of Education provides, funds and regulates education services for NSW students from early childhood to secondary school, delivering world-class education through its public schools and providing funding support to non-government schools. We employ, develop and support teachers, leaders and other staff to deliver the best outcomes for students and to advance the wellbeing of Aboriginal people.

**About the Role**

School Learning Support Officers provides support for students with identified diverse learning needs including disability in classrooms and other learning environments under the direction and supervision of a teacher to support the achievement of educational outcomes. This support includes student welfare, health and wellbeing activities as required. In addition School Learning Support Officers may provide specific support for students in the following streams or settings: pre-school, vision support, hearing support, and bilingual. Student Learning Support Officers working in these streams/settings have specific additional duties, in addition to the general duties for School Learning Support Officers that are required to be performed.

**Essential Requirements**
- Working with Children Check Clearance
- Completion of mandatory training required by the Department of Education and a willingness to undertake first aid training relevant to the School Learning Support Officer role.
- Administration of Medications - training to be provided based on student needs.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team.
- Ability to work with students with emotional, physical or intellectual disabilities.
- Awareness of the needs of students with emotional, physical or intellectual disabilities.
- Effective communication skills.

**Special Notes**:
**About the NSW Department of Education**

**Additional School Information (Optional)**
Beresfield Public School is located in between Maitland and Newcastle. A medium-sized school, with an enrolment of approximately 300 students, it offers a full and varied curriculum which includes the core key learning areas, sport, performing arts, technology and values education. In addition to 11 mainstream classes the school has 3 support classes for students with multi-categorical disabilities from the wider local area. The school buildings, built over time since the establishment of the original school in 1883, are situated on land enclosed by four roads.

Before and after school care is offered on the school site. There is active involvement by many parents/caregivers, especially through the school's P&C, and an alliance with the Maitland AECG. A significant number of our students come from families with a low socio-economic background and approximately 22% of our students identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders. Beresfield Public School prides itself on being an inclusive and supportive learning environment. Our students experience quality literacy and numeracy programs from Kindergarten to Year 6. Beresfield Public School is proud of its outstanding staff who work closely with parents and the wider community to offer the best education to our students. Our community's aspirations for the students of Beresfield are to develop the holistic child, through a sense of belonging, resilience and contentment, in order to equip them for the best opportunities in later life.

In the areas of wellbeing, and meeting the needs of individual students, the Learning Support Team is working successfully and the AP Wellbeing, in an off-class role is leading the LST and managing daily wellbeing effectively. In the past year some executive staff have been trained in the Berry Street model and have guided staff in beginning to implement this model in daily practice. We have been a pilot school in Trauma-Informed Practice PL, and with the Student Behaviour Policy being reviewed there is more to do in this space.

**How to Apply**

If there are targeted questions, you must respond to these (maximum 300 words) and include in your covering letter.

**Targeted Question 1**
- What are the personal and professional qualities you will bring to the role?

**Targeted Question 2**
- Describe a time where you have had to care for a person with emotional, physical or intellectual disabilities