Wellbeing Leader and Student Re-engagement Leader

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time / From 28/01/2025 - 26/01/2026

Organisation: Schools (Government)

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training

Reference: 1455459

**Selection Criteria**:
**SC1 **Demonstrated high level counselling experience to support adolescent wellbeing
**SC2** Demonstrated high level oral and written communication skills
**SC3** Demonstrated experience identifying and analysing students wellbeing issues and coordinating appropriate external support where needed.
**SC4** Demonstrated experience leading a team.
**SC5** Demonstrated experience leading and implementing re-engagement programs for students at risk

**Role**:
Objectives will, generally, be clearly defined; guidelines will be broad and day-to-day direction mínimal. Management responsibility extends to ensuring appropriate support levels are maintained across the school. Range 4 generally provides key support and timely advice to the leadership team and school council and liaises with the general school community, the Department and other government agencies and service providers.

Specialised professional roles will carry a high level of independence and accountability where suitable scope is provided to achieve objectives.

An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students, but must not include duties of teaching as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students cannot be required except where it is an integral part of the employee¿s position or involves supervision of students individually or in small groups, in controlled circumstances, where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.

**Responsibilities**:

- Leading the wellbeing team with support from the assistant principal when needed.
- Respond to school crisis situations as required
- Identify, develop and implement flexible social skills programs to suit the individual client needs, addressing such issues as school retention, negative peer pressure, conflict resolution, anger management, personal and social development and relationship issues including grief and loss
- Provide strategies to enhance and promote skills to improve relationships between family members, educators and young people.
- Identify needs unique to staff, students, parents and the education community to ensure ongoing, long term sustainable relationships with external networks and welfare providers.
- Provide advice and support to college staff members with regards to students health and wellbeing.
- Communicating with external agencies and organisations.
- Provide in-school support and counselling to young people who are identified as being at risk of not remaining in the school system or who have fully disengaged
- Create personalised re-engagement and attendance improvement plans for students
- Design and implement small group programs designed to re-engage students
- Collaborate and communicate with families, services and the broader school community to ensure students are supported
- Track attendance, learning and engagement data of students to monitor progress of re-engagement plans

**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 working arrangements.

**Location Profile**:
2004 saw the establishment of Carrum Downs Secondary College with its inaugural group of students graduating year 12 in 2009. Situated in a vibrant and rapidly growing community 42km southeast of Melbourne, the College currently has an enrolment of 880 students with 95 teaching and education support staff.
CDSC fosters a supportive learning environment where every young person is empowered to grow as responsible and creative members of our community, valuing Respect, Effort and Integrity.
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