Kinder Assistant

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

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

**Occupation**:Other

**Location**:Melbourne - Northern suburbs

**Reference**:1490202

**Location Profile**:

- Epping Views Kindergarten is currently in its twelfth year of operation. We are in a growing area of the Northern suburbs and have a diverse range of cultures attending our Kindergarten. We have 165 children attending our sessional kinder programs per week. We are currently seeking staff that can work cooperatively and professionally as a member of a team and assist with the provision of a high-quality educational program for the children. You would be responsible to the Educator on a day-to-day basis for implementing the program and daily routines You would assist in working with individual, small and whole groups of children. You would be required to assist with the planning and preparation of the program and collecting assessment and documentation.

**Selection Criteria**:

- SC1. Tell us about your experience in working in sessional kindergarten with a strong connection to a primary school setting. What do you believe the benefits are of being connected to a primary school?
- SC2. Describe your experience of working with a variety of people including teachers, assistants, support professionals, parents, and children. How do you maintain confidentiality?
- SC3. Tell us about a collaborative team you have worked in. Describe your role within this team and how you contributed to planning, incorporating your VELDF experience.
- SC4. Tell us why you want to work at Epping Views Kinder?

**Role**:

- Epping Views Kindergarten has a vacancy for preferred Diploma trained or a minimum of Certificate III in Children Services trained educator.
- Applicants must have the necessary current qualifications including Diploma or Certificate III in Children Services, WWCC, First Aid, Asthma, CPR, Anaphylaxis and a Police Check.
- Is part of a 1:11 ratio at all times.
- Must have experience with children with additional needs and individual learning plans.
- An education support class position at this range will perform tasks that are carried out in accordance with guidelines, accepted practice, and school policy under supervision and direction. This may include coordination of other education support class staff within the work area or educational program.
- An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students but must not include duties of a teacher as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students can be required individually or in groups up to 4 in controlled circumstances and where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.
- Certification and/or qualifications of up to three years can be required at this level (noting that Registered Nurse is not included at this level, the first level for which is Level 1 range 3).
- A role at this range may include:

- Specific support tasks to achieve outcomes. Typically, this will involve accountability for a single function, (e.g. ensuring data is properly maintained) or the co-ordination of a work area under the direction of the principal or a manager.
- Assisting teachers, within an educational program, by undertaking specific support tasks or the coordination of the support function.
- Supervised health and wellbeing support tasks, medical intervention support tasks, or other specialised student/teacher support roles (e.g. enrolled nurses performing the role as described in schedule 3). These roles require specific qualifications and/or training, including roles where further training must be undertaken from time to time. The role is for a specific purpose, for which there will be direct accountability as opposed to support roles that are carried out by a range of staff performing routine tasks under direction.
- Technical tasks that require a sound knowledge of basic technical and/or scientific principles that are used to develop and adapt work methods and make judgements where there are clear guidelines and limited options. Routine technical support in libraries, science, and information technology would be typical examples.
- An education support class position at this range commencing at the base will initially be limited to undertaking routine tasks that are carried out under close supervision and direction. Work that carries some degree of independence will generally involve a limited number of tasks performed on a regular basis where priorities are clear, procedures are well established, and direction is readily available. Subject to any specific qualification and/or training requirement, an education support class employee employed in this range may be progressively required to undertake coordination, specialised student/teacher support tasks, or technical tasks as experience in the role is