Wellbeing Manager - Ed Support Level 1-Range 4

Description:

Overview

Work type: Full time

Salary: Salary not specified

Grade: Ed Support Level 1-Range 4

Occupation: Education and Training

Location: Northern Metropolitan

Reference: 1468557

Buckley Park College has provided exceptional learning opportunities to students from Essendon and surrounding suburbs since 1963. ¿Build Your Wings¿, the school motto, symbolises the important role the school plays in nurturing the academic and personal development that prepares young people for successful and happy futures. Many former students have gone on to become leaders within industry, the professions and the community.

Buckley Park College is a medium sized, single campus, co-educational school for students from years 7 to 12. Large enough to offer a challenging and diverse curriculum, the school is small enough to foster individual development.

At Buckley Park College, students have a comprehensive and cohesive learning experience. The knowledge, skills and understandings they require to successfully progress and go on to further study are systematically developed over the course of their secondary education. At every step, highly qualified and committed teachers challenge, encourage and support students to achieve high academic results in both core and co-curricular programs while fostering their growth into adulthood and citizenship.

The school¿s commitment to ongoing professional development of staff ensures that learning remains vibrant and relevant to the world which students will enter after graduating.

1. Demonstrated experience in assessing, conceptualising and analysing wellbeing issues, based on the knowledge of mental health/wellbeing and the challenges that affect young people, and providing evidence-based practice.

2. Capacity to provide leadership within multidisciplinary professional teams that fosters collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for students¿ wellbeing, while taking responsibility for team management and direction of work, team wellbeing and actively encouraging professional growth for self and others.

3. Demonstrated high level interpersonal, organisational and communication skills. Demonstrated high level of capability to establish and maintain both internal and external stakeholder relations.

4. Demonstrated experience in coordinating supports for young people with complex needs including referrals to a range of specialist services as appropriate.

5. Proven understanding of youth development, the mental health sector, and relevant Child Safe policies in order to design, deliver or broker professional learning both independently and with other professionals.

6. High level demonstrated ability to provide evidence based and expert advice and consultation to staff relating to student wellbeing and engagement.

Role Title: Wellbeing Manager

Role Purpose: The core role of the Wellbeing Manager is to lead the student wellbeing services across the college. The Wellbeing Manager has an important role in providing feedback in to the college wellbeing strategic direction and overseeing the effective deployment of service provisions.

Strategic Intent: Engagement: To provide wellbeing services so our students have reduced barriers so they can reach their maximise their participation in schooling

Achievement: To ensure our students are supported to be happy and healthy

Role Accountability: The Learning Specialist: Numeracy reports directly to the Assistant Principal and the Principal. The Principal will manage the PDP process.

Role Relationships: The Wellbeing Manager will:

1. Provide high-level coaching and leadership in building staff capacity

2. Provide collaborative leadership to Student Wellbeing

3. Lead a group in the annual PDP process

4. Provide active membership and advice to the Student Engagement and Wellbeing Executive

In recognition of the importance of exemplary practice for improved student wellbeing outcomes, the key roles of the Wellbeing Manager may include but are not limited to:

1. Lead the college student wellbeing team

2. Oversee the management of the college student wellbeing referrals

3. Oversee the college student wellbeing case allocation and partner with the college Mental Health Practitioner

4. Oversee the consistent implementation/development of college support plans

5. Consideration and Provision of student financial support plans

6. Provide Student Wellbeing Support

7. Coordinate the college supports for Out of Home Care Students

8. Lead and manage the college University Wellbeing Placement Program and their ongoing supervision requirements

9. Provide feedback to the strategic direction of college wellbeing

10. Be an active member of the Student Engagement and Wellbeing Executive in delivering improvement as outlined in the School Strategic Plan and Annual Implementation Plan.

11. Work with the Department of Education and External Service Providers to secure additional resources/services for students

12. Support the Tier 2 and Tier 3 Disability Inclusion processes to ensure students can participate in learning

13. Support as a school based expert in participating within the Disability Inclusion Profile processes.

14. Connect with our feeder primary schools to support student transition as the Student Wellbeing lead

15. Lead Staff Professional Learning in areas of Student Wellbeing and changes in Department of Education policies/programs

16. Overseeing First Aid team members and workloads

17. Oversee the management of the Wellbeing Subprogram budgets

18. Provide feedback on the needs and development of the Education Support Class

19. Participate in the College Leadership team to support connecting wellbeing and learning through schoolwide actions and initiatives

20. At all times, represent the Buckley Park College community with pride and integrity

21. Other duties as directed by the Principal

Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.

Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.

The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).

Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via marrung@education.vic.gov.au

Victorian government 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. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy

The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:

https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview

Summary Statement:

This role will be a direct field Supervisor for our Victoria University Placement students

MUST HAVE REQUIREMENTS FOR OVERSEEING PLACEMENT PROGRAM:

Minimum 3 years counselling practice required

This vacancy is to replace an employee on parental absence and is for a period of seven years or until the employee absent on leave returns to duty at the school.

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Applications close Thursday 20 March 2025 at 11.59PM