
Social Worker
5 days ago
**Overview**:
**Work type**:Full time
**Salary**:Salary not specified
**Grade**:Ed Support Level 1-Range 4
**Occupation**: Health and Allied Health
**Location**: Melton
**Reference**: 1480948
**Location Profile**:
**Our school is looking for a Passionate, Proactive and Positive second Social Worker to join our multidisciplinary team of staff in our Wellbeing Team. This team includes Speech Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Autism Specialists, Trauma Informed Specialists, Mental Health Specialists, Education Support, Leading Teachers and Principal Class employees.**
Located on beautiful Wurundjeri Country, Strathtulloh Primary School has been educating with HEART since 2022. We are a brand-new state of the art school, located in the suburb of Strathtulloh. We opened in January 2022 with 710 students already growing to over 1350 students and now employing over 150 staff in 2025.
Our students are phenomenal learners, supported by a community which really values and supports education and our school. School Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) and Respectful Relationships (RR) feature strongly at our school, along with a culture that supports positive, proactive and passionate wellbeing and learning for students and staff. Our students, staff and community demonstrate outstanding positive behaviours and consistently work to demonstrate and build their #StrathtullohHEART.
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and progressive school community. Our staff are our most valuable resource and we provide support & recognition accordingly.
**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1** The ability to work as an effective and positive member of a multidisciplinary school wellbeing team.
**SC2** Demonstrated understanding and commitment to the development of a comprehensive social work service to students and families throughout a primary school.
**SC3** The capacity to develop and implement social work programs as well as facilitate individual and group learning for students, families and staff.
**SC4** Demonstrated excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate effectively with a range of professionals, teachers and parents on service delivery and student based issues and to be able to maintain strict confidentiality at all times.
**SC5** Demonstrated excellent organisational and time management skills including the ability to meet and exceed deadlines and display proactive and positive initiative.
**Role**:
Objectives will, generally, be clearly defined; guidelines will be broad and day-to-day direction mínimal. Management responsibility extends to ensuring appropriate support levels are maintained across the school. Range 4 generally provides key support and timely advice to the leadership team and school council and liaises with the general school community, the Department and other government agencies and service providers.
Specialised professional roles will carry a high level of independence and accountability where suitable scope is provided to achieve objectives.
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**:
- Manage the delivery of support services to students, teachers, parents and other school clients.
- Ensure all external providers deliver the required service.
**Who May Apply**:
**Required**:
- Applicants must be qualified as a social worker and be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers, or hold membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers and an Accredited Social Worker Trade Mark.
**In addition, have**:
- Demonstrated direct counselling experience;
- A current Working With Children Check.
**EEO AND OHS Commitment**:
**Child Safe Standards**:
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
**DE Values**:
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Gov
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