Student Support Officer, Glenala State High School

6 days ago


Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Education Full time

**About our school**:
Glenala State High School offers students the opportunity to excel academically, culturally, in service to others and on the sporting fields. The school is a growing, modern and dynamic high school with high expectations for all students and staff. A strong culture of learning is evident across the school. Glenala caters for a diverse range of learners from a variety of cultural backgrounds. We take pride in our physical environment with beautiful grounds and modern, well maintained and equipped classrooms.
Our motto 'Believe and achieve' and four values, 'Respect and responsibility, commitment to learning, pride and perseverance' guide us as to how we conduct ourselves and provide a common language in which to go about school business. These values are explicitly taught to our students and guided by the school wide positive behaviour philosophy which looks to bring the best out in our students. We have high expectations of our students in behaviour, effort and academic progress. We value input from parents and caregivers and believe the stronger the relationship between the school, the home and the student, the more likely the students will succeed.

**Your role**:
As the Student Support Officer you will have responsibility for the following:

- Innovate data capture management systems and develop subsequent intervention strategies.
- Build and sustain positive relationships with students, parents, community and elders, and provide input into local decision making to ensure optimum outcomes.
- Liaise with families and conduct home visits to encourage school attendance and to motivate students.
- Liaise with students and families to recognise any educational, social, emotional or behavioural issues.
- Work within a team based management approach as a contact for students, families or community members regarding any concerns.
- Monitor the behaviour and wellbeing of students to identify issues and organise intervention.
- Lead and implement initiatives to encourage a positive, caring and supportive environment at the school for students, families and community members.
- Act as an independent mediator between the school, students, families and community members to enhance open communication.
- Develop innovative and effective strategies for building relationships among students, families, community members and stakeholder groups to promote communication and resolve issues of concern.

**Mandatory requirements**:

- 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 2-pg response to the "How you will be Assessed" section of the attached role description.

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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