Community Counsellor

2 weeks ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Education Full time

**About the Role**:
Being a Community Education Counsellor (Identified) gives you the opportunity to provide educational counselling and support services within schools to ensure that the best possible assistance services are available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children, students, families and communities.
- As the Community Education Counsellor (Identified) your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

- Provide educational counselling and support services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and students across a number of schools.
- Participate in the development of activities, in and out of school, likely to enhance the involvement in education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their families.
- Develop and undertake support service programs designed to meet the needs of the school/s that will encourage the educational participation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and students.
- Establish and maintain links with out of school sources of information and support services to assist in the advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and students.
- Provide information to the school community about Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander social and cultural perspectives.

Please refer to the Role Description for a full list of "Your Role".

**A mandatory requirement of this role is**:

- For this position, it is a genuine occupational requirement that it be filled by an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander person as set out in Section 7 of the Anti Discrimination Act 1991 for the purposes contained in Section 25 of that Act.

When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.

**How to Apply**:

- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history).
- Attach a maximum A 2-page document answering the following four questions:

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- Describe the processes you have put in place to build a culturally safe and aware school environment for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students?
- How have you assisted in the development of activities (in or outside of a school context) that have influenced the engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in their education?
- Describe how you build and maintain networks and connections that facilitate your ability to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
- Outline any additional information that you believe will help you excel in this role.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.

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