Community Mentor Es1.2

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

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

**Occupation**:Other

**Location**:Melbourne - Western suburbs

**Reference**:1485833

**Selection Criteria**:
**KSC 1**: Demonstrated ability to build strong, respectful relationships with young people, particularly those who are disengaged or have complex needs.

**KSC 2**: Demonstrated experience supporting students to follow school routines and expectations, including uniform, attendance and class engagement.

**KSC 3**: Demonstrated capacity to conduct active, targeted yard supervision to reduce truancy and improve classroom engagement.

**KSC 4**: Demonstrated ability to work independently while contributing positively to a team.

**KSC 5**: Understanding of child safety, duty of care, and professional conduct in a school setting.

**Role**:

- The Community Mentor plays a vital role in supporting students to be ready to learn and fully engaged in the school day. Working as part of the Student Services team, Community Mentors build strong relationships with students and provide calm, consistent support to uphold school routines and expectations.
- The role includes a strong focus on proactive and responsive engagement with students, including uniform support, truancy follow-up, classroom transitions, and one-on-one mentoring. A key part of the role involves being visible and active across the school grounds, including targeted yard support identifying students who are out of class, checking in with them, and helping them re-engage with learning. Community Mentors also support the implementation of student engagement and behaviour plans and contribute to case management for priority students.
- 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 gained.

**Responsibilities**:
**Responsibilities**
- Greet and support students each morning to ensure they begin the day ready to learn
- Actively monitor key areas of the school (yard, toilets, etc.) to identify and re-engage students who are out of class
- Follow up on incidents of truancy, late arrival, or disengagement in collaboration with Sub-School le