Social Worker

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

**Salary**: Salary not specified

**Grade**:Education Support - Level 1, Range 3

**Occupation**:Health and allied health

**Location**:Melbourne - Western suburbs

**Reference**:1491430

**Selection Criteria**: SC1 Qualifications in social work and/or counselling or equivalent, and an ability to deliver comprehensive social work and/or counselling support services to students and families in an educational setting.SC2 Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to maintain detailed confidential data on students.SC3 Capacity to work as part of a collaborative, professional team and contribute significantly to the achievements of the team.SC4 Demonstrated capacity and experience to provide counselling to students and parents individually and in group settings, as well as experience in the delivery of student and family wellbeing services.SC5 Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain networks that enhance the provision of effective internal and external services for students at risk.
**Role**:

- The specific duties will consist of, but not limited to:

- Provide support to vulnerable families.
- Support whole school initiatives such as Breakfast Club, State Schools Relief, student Uniform Programs, lunch time co-curricular activities, etc.
- Liaise between the school and community agencies including facilitation of referrals to community agencies and health and wellbeing supports.
- Work as a key member of the school and inclusion team to ensure uniformity of action and purpose across the school in matters relating to student welfare and wellbeing.
- Contribute to the school's existing Welfare, Inclusion and Wellbeing team

Case Management:

- Provide high quality case management and support for families.
- Coordinate clear referral pathways internally (within school) and externally (to community services) for students and their families identified as requiring further assessment and intervention.
- Participate in decision making conversations around referral pathways for families.
- Provide support for critical incident management.
- Communicate with external support services/community groups to improve outcomes for students.
- Keep thorough and extensive case notes to create transparency and accountability.
- Other duties as directed by the Principal Class team.

Program Support:

- Organise and facilitate programs for minority/vulnerable families and students.
- Develop and design programs for families to connect with community and services.
- Establish systems of support for families to access school supports.
- Undertake individual and/or group counselling and therapeutic interventions with students to assist them in enhancing their capacity to self-manage their social, emotional and educational needs.

Building Staff Capacity:

- Support teachers and school staff to expand their capacity to embed evidence-based mental health strategies, interventions and programs and build mental health literacy to identify and support primary school students with mental health concerns.
- Provide advice in the identification and analysis of emerging student wellbeing issues and coordinate specialist advice on the range of appropriate interventions for staff to use in classrooms.
- Actively participate in professional development activities/ programs and share knowledge and expertise with other staff.

**Responsibilities**:

- This position will attend to the duties required within the ES-3 range. The Social Worker will provide high quality advice and support to staff, students and parents at Westgrove Primary School. They will support and comply with DE and the school's policies and procedures in order to best support the welfare and wellbeing needs of the community.

**Who May Apply**:

- Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

**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 Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
**Other Information**:

- All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and work