Student Support Worker
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Skennars Head
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Temporary
- Start date:
- For the 2020 School Year
Job overview
Student Support Worker
National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP)
Part-time Temporary (10 hours two day per week)
For the 2020 School Year
The role of the Student Support Worker is to support the emotional wellbeing of students. The NSCP supports schools to provide a school based role that is recognised as part of the whole school approach to pastoral care.
Selection Criteria:
- Meet the NSCP’s minimum qualification requirements (a Certificate IV in Youth Work or Pastoral Care (or equivalent) which must include competencies (or equivalent) in ‘mental health’ and ‘making appropriate referrals’). www.csnsw.catholic.edu.au/national-school-chaplaincy-program-2020-2022/
- Experience in providing support to children and/or young people to address social and emotional needs.
- Ability to support schools and teachers to identify and develop educational, social and emotional programs to support children and young people who are vulnerable or at risk.
- Ability to liaise with community service organisations.
- Experience in mentoring children and/or young people.
- Well-developed organisational and time management skills with the capacity to work effectively both independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary pastoral care team.
- Have a demonstrated commitment to personal faith practice
This position will be for the 2020 school year (with possibility of extending to three years).
Applications: Forward written applications as a single document addressing the selection criteria, including your qualifications, experience and suitability for the role of Student Support Worker, along with names and details of two referees.
Principal:
Murray Deeps – Principal
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
Skennars Head NSW 2478
Ph: (02) 66875311
Email: murray.deeps@lism.catholic.edu.au
Applications must be emailed and received by 3.00pm Friday 17 January 2020
Child protection legislation requires preferred applicants to be subject to employment screening.
An Equal Opportunity Employer.
Information on how to Register for Employment in the Lismore Diocese is available on the Catholic Schools Office website http://www.lism.catholic.edu.au/employment/employment-information/
About Holy Family Catholic Primary School
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School
- 40 Isabella Drive, Skennars Head
- New South Wales
- 2478
- Australia
Holy Family School, Skennars Head is K-6 a Parish primary school servicing the East Ballina and Lennox Head areas in Skennars Head, New South Wales. The Parish is situated within the Diocese of Lismore.
The school was established by Richard Foley in 1997, whose vision was that it would be “a place where everyone is seen as a person created in the image of God and treated as a person of unique and enormous value."
The school is set in a beautiful environment and its community is active in planting native trees and enhancing the school grounds.
Principal
Murray Deeps
Facilities
Holy Family School prides itself on proving all the tools conducive to 21st century teaching and learning. These include interactive whiteboards, iPads, iPods, scanners, digital cameras, lap tops, flat screens, memory sticks, wireless technology, and learning areas.
Curriculum
The school provides a curriculum based on the Board of Studies and Teaching and Educational Standards (BOSTES) syllabuses for Primary Education. The Key Learning Areas (KLAs) are English, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Human Society and its Environment, Creative Arts and Personal Development, Health and Physical Education.
School ethos
Holy Family aspires to be true to its motto ‘Life to the Full in Christ’. It is committed to the promotion of wellbeing and quality teaching and the delivery of a meaningful curriculum, ensuring that learners are inspired and challenged to achieve their personal best. The school hopes to empower the children in its care to become collaborative lifelong learners prepared to make a positive difference in an ever-changing world.
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