Student Wellbeing Advisor

Are you passionate about fostering a supportive and inclusive school environment? Join our highly skilled team to make a difference.

MacKillop Education Waranara School is an Independent Special Assistance School in Annandale. It caters for students in Years 9 to 12 who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from mainstream education. The students referred to MacKilllop Education Waranara School have a history and/or ongoing experience of trauma, mental health and or other disabilities such as mild learning difficulties, ASD and ADHD.

This is a Full-time ongoing opportunity based in Annadale NSW at MacKillop Education Waranara School.

About The Role:

We are seeking a dedicated Student Wellbeing Advisor to provide support to students supports in regulating themselves and empowering students to thrive. The Student Wellbeing Advisor supports students to meet educational and wellbeing needs to achieve high school qualifications.

This position will require you to support the student by liaising with families, healthcare professionals and staff and will involve working closely with the broader team, MacKillop Education staff, community stakeholders and partners to achieve positive outcomes for students.

The role is also responsible for ensuring that Mackillop Education Waranara School is child safe, complies with all regulatory and funding requirements and manages risk within the school.

If you are passionate about supporting student success and well-being, we encourage you to apply.

Our Offer:

• Generous salary and leave entitlements
• Salary packaging up to $18,500 (helps increase your take home pay).
• Discounted workplace health and fitness program available to you and your family.
• Paid on-site training that contributes to your professional development.
• Regular supervision.
• Great and Supportive Team
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Formal qualifications in one of the following: Counselling, Psychology, and/or Social Work, or equivalent significant demonstrated experience.
• Professional history of working with young people who have a lived experience of complex trauma and/or mental health within a school.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of adolescent development and trauma informed practices.
• Ability to demonstrate professional agility and empathy in a school context.
• Ongoing commitment to strong self-care, boundaries, insight and self-awareness.

Please address the full Key Selection Criteria outlined in the Position Description in a Cover Letter as part of your application.

Requirements

• Valid and current Driver's Licence
• Valid and current Working with Children Card
• Valid and current NDIS Worker Check (for NDIS risk assessed roles)
• Satisfactory criminal history check conducted by MacKillop Family Services

Our Commitment:

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person's ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.

Child Safe Standards

MacKillop Education 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.