Education Support Worker

**Narre Warren location, on Boonwurrung Country**:

- ** Full time, permanent role**:

- ** Qualified Base rate $75k - $80k pa + 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. We believe children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful. Our Vision for 2026: Together we will courageously change lives and reimagine service systems. We look forward to working with children, young people, families, carers, staff and partners to achieve this vision. Together.

**About Berry Street School**

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.

Utilising the the Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) which underpins everything we do, providing a structured vision of wellbeing in the school community

**The Opportunity**

The Narre Warren Campus has an opportunity for a passionate education support worker to build relationships and develop skills with young people through our trauma informed approach.

The education support worker will support classroom teachers and wellbeing staff members by assisting the implementations of the Berry Street Education Model.

You will have a focus on students learning and transition into the program as well as tracking the development of students social and emotional goals.

The role will be working 1 on 1 and in small groups.

**About You**

To be successful in the role you will hold a qualification in Education Support, Youth Work or Social Work and a deep understanding of the Education system. You will be passionate about encouraging and supporting disengaged students and those with learning difficulties to reignite their love of learning and have an understanding of the trauma informed Positive Education Model.

You will have a demonstrated ability and experience in the effective engagement of young people with complex needs and strong literacy and numeracy skills, with the ability to work in a team environment.

**The Benefits**
- Additional salary packaging available for meals/accommodation.
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), including access for staff members’ immediate family.
- Learning and development opportunities
- Regular supervision and support from leadership
- BSEM training (Berry Street Education Model)

**How to Apply**

Queries to** Charles Hertzog (Assistant Principal) 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._