Teacher Aide

**Estimated start date**:February
**Position tenure**:Full Time | Fixed Term
**Weeks worked**:School term weeks only (holidays unpaid)
**Tenure duration**:12 months
**Total Paid Hours (per week) & days required**:30 hours per week
**Salary level, range or hourly rate**:School Officer Level 3(School Salary Scale)/(Services Salary Scale)

**Employment conditions**: Diocesan Catholic Education Employing Authorities in Queensland Single Interest Agreement

St Patrick's is a Parish Co-educational Secondary College of approximately 520 students in Gympie. Gympie is located approximately 40 minutes from the Sunshine Coast. The College provides a values-based education that fosters and applauds students' talents and potential. The College aims to develop students' self-worth, social, academic and sporting skills, religious and ethical formation, so that students can achieve to their potential and live the College motto "Let your light shine". The College has been an integral part of the St Patrick’s Parish educational precinct and Gympie community for more than 135 years, during which time students have achieved outstanding academic and sporting results as well as success in many other arenas. **Explore**our school website** to learn more about us.**

St Patrick's College is seeking 2 Teacher Aides to assist in our classrooms.

**Responsibilities include**:

- Administrative duties including photocopying and preparing classroom resources as required by the classroom teacher.
- Supervision of students, undertaking specific learning activities designed by the classroom teacher.
- Gathering of applicable resources, in cooperation with teachers.
- Supervision of students during playground and bus duties, during sporting activities and school excursions in partnership with a teacher.
- Contributing to the welfare, health and safety of students.
- Inclusion and Diversity
- Assisting students with special needs in the classroom.
- Maintaining anecdotal records on students in Engage for use in reviewing students’ development.
- Displaying respect and empathy for students with high level needs and confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitively to students and their families.
- Providing support to teachers in behaviour management programs, learning support programs and to students requiring specific therapy programs.
- Possess a high level of time management and work organisation skills.

**Other responsibilities (as required)**
Other suitable duties, consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the position as directed by the supervisor or nominated delegate.

**A mandatory requirement of this role is**:
In accordance with the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 a person is prohibited from working in regulated child-related employment unless the person holds a current Working with Children Check clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

**How you will be assessed**
Within the context of the role described above, the ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key capabilities:

- Supports strategic direction
- Knowledge of or ability to rapidly acquire knowledge of, classroom activities, procedures, use and maintenance of resources and College policies.
- Achieves results
- Demonstrated willingness to undertake specific training to enhance student support.
- Supports productive working relationships
- Understanding of occupational health and safety, equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination as applied in a work environment.
- Displays personal drive and integrity
- Possession of a Certificate III level qualification or ability to demonstrate skills and knowledge consistent with
- Australian Qualifications Framework Certificate III or higher.
- Communicates with influence
- Demonstrated high level communication skills, sound personal qualities of tact, reliability and an ability to work with others both individually and as a member of a team.

We all have a role in making our workplace one that embraces and values diverse backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences, creating a workplace where we all belong.

**To be eligible to be considered for this role you will**:

- hold a Paid Employee Positive Notice Blue Card prior to commencement;
- be eligible to work in Australia for the duration of the appointment; and
- have a commitment to and understanding of the ethos and traditions of Catholic Education.
- Have a commitment to Safeguarding
- The Archdiocese of Brisbane has standards of conduct for workers to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children. Our commitment to these standards requires that we conduct Working With Children (WWC) and background referencing for all persons who will engage in direct and regular involvement with children and young people and/or adults-at-risk. The organisation is fully committed to child safety and has a zero tolerance to abuse of children or adults-at-risk.

**Contact**: Jillian Wells
**Contact number**: 0