Wellbeing Leader

**Narre Warren location, Bunurong Country**:

- **Full time, permanent position.**:

- **Base salary $93k - $97k pa (dependent on experience) + Super + Salary Packaging**

For over 140 years, Berry Street has adapted to a changing world, and we will continue to adapt to achieve our purpose.
Berry Street will continue to be a strong and independent voice for the children, young people and families with whom we work. In collaboration with others, we will advocate for investment in early intervention and prevention services that enable families to be safe and stay together. We will use approaches that are culturally safe and informed by the best evidence available. We will measure and learn from the impact of our work, and we will continually contemporise our models of practice.
**The Opportunity**
The Berry Street School is a specialist independent secondary school with four campuses located in Ballarat, Morwell, Narre Warren and Shepparton. We offer an adaptation of the Victorian Curriculum for years 7-10, and the Victorian Certificate of Education Vocational Major (VCE VM) and Victorian Pathways Certificate (VPC) for years 11-12.
**_The Berry Street School’s vision is to create and sustain a safe and inclusive learning community where our students have access to high-quality education so they can thrive, achieve and belong._**
Our School exists to provide high-quality education to young people with a history of adverse childhood experiences who are at risk of disengaging from their education. Our students may have significant gaps in their academic achievement and present with complex behaviours within the school setting.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Oversee the Student Wellbeing Program at the Campus; including developing and/or implementing student wellbeing strategies and programs
- Play a key role in implementing BSEM (Berry Street Education Model)
- Liaise with students, families/carers and care teams to support student attendance and engagement
- Champion Child Safety at the Campus
- Develop the abilities of staff to implement wellbeing strategies
- Develop, implement and compile documentation of adjustments provided to students included in the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with a Disability (NCCD)

**About You**
- A Bachelor’s degree qualification in Education, Social Work, Youth Work or Welfare

Not essential but desirable:

- Experience in an education setting
- Experience with BSEM
- Training and experience in implementing restorative practices with young people.

**The Benefits**
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.
- Professional development opportunities
- Being a part of a diverse team

**How to Apply**
Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted as soon as possible. **Applications are being assessed as they are being received.**
Queries to Charles Hertzog, Assistant Principal (Narre Warren Campus) O484 512 945
- Berry Street is committed to being a child safe, child friendly and child empowering organisation. In everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; _children who identify as LGBTIQA+._ We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background, ability, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, spirituality or religion._
- Aboriginal people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply._

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $93,000.00 - $97,000.00 per year