Youth Support Coordinator

About Springfield Central State High School
Since its establishment in 2011, Springfield Central State High School has been dedicated to delivering excellence in student outcomes, underpinned by strong family values. The school has gained a reputation as a school of choice in the community, known for its endless pathways, whether through VET (Vocational Education and Training), ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank), or Ranking Score options, which provide students with a broad range of career and academic opportunities throughout their school journey.
Everything at Springfield Central stems from the school's improvement priorities:

- Believe - fostering a belief in self, potential, and capacity to achieve
- Belong - creating an inclusive and supportive environment where all students feel connected
- Become - guiding students to become the best versions of themselves academically, socially, and personally.

The school offers MAGNA excellence programs, a growing International Student Program, and four Sport Academies in Volleyball, AFL, Basketball, and Soccer, providing students with specialised training and development pathways. These programs, along with the values of Believe, Belong, Become, ensure that every student is supported in achieving their individual goals.
The ethos of Springfield Central High School centres on helping students 'Scale Great Heights' by maintaining high performance expectations and a personalised approach. The school culture promotes focused learning, high expectations, and celebrating success, ensuring a safe, disciplined, and enjoyable learning environment that nurtures student achievement in academic, sporting, and creative fields.
About the Role
**Responsibilities include**:

- Identify barriers to young people achieving outcomes and referral to appropriate support services.
- Maintain records of student contact on a daily basis.
- Support students to achieve satisfactory learning outcomes.
- Develop and monitor post program support as required to meet program performance criteria.
- Develop and foster relationships between the school and families of students to assist at risk students to remain engaged with education or training.
- Conduct home visits with students and their families, where required, to advise and provide strategies for a more positive educational experience.
- Be part of the professional team working with the school and the community and liaise with students, teachers, parents, guidance officers, special needs teacher, administrative officers, officers of welfare agencies and other government departments.
- In collaboration with your assigned Head of Year, manage and monitor attendance patterns of students or groups of students and, in accordance with the school's attendance plan, implement early intervention strategies to improve school attendance, engagement and preparedness for learning.
- Inform and educate parents, community members and students on relevant issues that may be impacting student engagement.
- Develop and implement programs to support social and emotional wellbeing as required e.g. addressing social skills, assertiveness or self-esteem.
- Identify and provide appropriate assistance to students experiencing difficulties at school and at home which may put them at risk of leaving school prematurely.

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

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a 2-page 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).
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