Social Worker

**Opportunity to work as part of a highly collaborative school learning support team with diverse roles and responsibilities**:

- **Permanent part time role (3 days a week)**:

- **Develop an individual work plan to support your career development**:

- **Increase your take home pay with PBI salary packaging**:

- **Working for Aspect Therapy, based across the campuses of Aspect South Coast School, Corrimal**

**About Aspect**:
At Aspect we recognise a different brilliant®, where we seek to understand, engage and celebrate the strengths, interests and aspiration of people on the autism spectrum.

**About the role**:
As a member of the Aspect Therapy team, you will be part of a learning support team consisting of teaching staff and allied health professionals including Psychologists, Speech Pathologists and Occupational Therapists. You will provide support to students and their families to navigate some of the social complexities they face. This will then support their ability to access the school environment and curriculum so they can achieve their hopes and aspirations. You will work across the 5 campuses that are part of Aspect South Coast School.

**What we offer**:

- **$78k to $116k p.a. **FTE salary package inclusive of superannuation + **phone + laptop**:

- **Tax-effective salary packaging options to increase your take home pay**:

- **8+ week **induction program that supports you as you gradually build your caseload
- Opportunity to work as part of a **highly collaborative school learning support team** with **diverse **roles and responsibilities
- A strong **individualised support and supervision **structure
- Permanent, part time contract (22.8 hours/week)
- **Excellent internal and external professional development opportunities**:

- **Leave entitlements **including paid parental leave, generous sick/carer's leave, and an **annual personal day for wellbeing**:

- **Training in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)**:

- Discounted **fitness passport** membership options
- Perkbox App that offers access to a wide range of discounts on everyday retail, household and lifestyle purchases

**What you bring**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Social Work
- Eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (Social Workers)
- Current driver’s licence, use of own vehicle for business purposes (reimbursed per km) and willingness to travel across your local community
- NDIS Worker Screening Check clearance
- NSW Working with Children Check for paid employment
- NDIS Worker Orientation Module ‘Quality, Safety and You’ certificate. If you have not already completed the free module, click here to access it.
- You may be required to provide an international police clearance

Click here to view the Position Profile

**To apply**

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.

The COVID-19 Vaccination is a condition of employment for all staff in Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect). The minimum requirement is 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine unless otherwise exempted. As part of the recruitment/interview process Aspect will verify your vaccination status.

**Enquiries should be directed to**:
Elle Harris Operational Leader - 0434 300 842

**_Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) is committed to providing an environment free from abuse, neglect and exploitation of the people we support._