Guidance Officer

1 week ago

Brisbane, Australia Education Full time

This is a permanent parttime position at 0.6 Full Time Fraction
**About Us**:
Runcorn Heights State School is a co-educational State Primary school catering for a diverse range of students. Suburbs in the area are Calamvale, Sunnybank Hills, Sunnybank, MacGregor, Eight Miles Plains, Stretton and Kuraby. The school was established in 1975 and has had steady growth since that time.
Our school motto is AIM HIGH. For students it means opportunities for demonstrating excellence within a supportive environment. It actively promotes the growth of self-discipline and self-reliance as the basis for stepping into adolescent and adult life as effective citizens who will be successful in life and living.
**About the Role**:
Responsibilities include, but not limited to;
- Advocate, provide counselling, psychoeducational assessment and individual student support, recommendations and advice to students, teachers and parents concerning educational, behavioural, career development, mental health and family issues.
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team and facilitate effective working relationships and partnerships with parents, school personnel and external support agencies in order to provide a comprehensive support, case management and referral service that optimises students' access and engagement in educational programs.
- Provide a counselling and referral service to assist students in decision making about critical educational, personal, social, emotional and career development, and provide ongoing support during the implementation phase of their decision.
- Conduct activities such as student observation and psychoeducational assessment in order to determine the nature of student learning difficulties, disability, developmental levels or psychological and emotional status in order to make recommendations for educational adjustments and interventions.
- Assist schools in the implementation of student protection, gifted and talented education, behaviour support policies and risk management processes that may involve the development of individualised student plans, including Educational Support Plans.

Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
**How to Apply**:

- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- A 1-pg written statement in response to the attached role description.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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