Description:
Department for EducationJob reference: 663922
Location: 5343 - BERRI
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
Why work with us:
Every child and young person deserves a great education.
We have a strategy that aims to unlock every child’s potential now and into the future, one that in partnership with learners, students, parents and the wider South Australian community will build a world-leading public education system. One that is equitable and prioritises learning and wellbeing.
Together we will make our education system the best it can be.
When our children and young people thrive, so do our communities and our state.
About the role:
The role requires the incumbent to provide strong leadership that supports the provision of integrated and targeted services to meet the needs of children and young people with additional needs.
The trend of increasing learner complexity is well documented in the literature. Increasing numbers of children and young people are being identified with complex learning difficulties and disabilities often with co-existing conditions such as autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Increasing numbers of children are in schools who have difficulties arising from premature birth, have survived infancy due to advances in medical interventions, have rare neurological disorders and foetal alcohol syndrome.
Behavioural issues are becoming increasingly more challenging and complex with a range of co-morbidity factors (including mental health) that require skills and expertise to identify underlying causes to better address the needs of the children and young people. The Team Manager will lead and manage a team of multidisciplinary staff in the delivery of high quality, integrated and coordinated services across a number of Partnerships and who are engaged in the identification of needs, provision of proactive, targeted and intensive interventions, complex case coordination/management, complaints and grievance management. The Team Manager will identify priority needs against available resources and opportunities and ensure the delivery of services within allocated resources. The role requires the recruitment, retention, induction and professional development of staff with a focus on meeting service delivery standards and the achievement of a range of key performance indicators that result in improved service delivery. The Team Manager is responsible for the
effective leadership and operational management of the team and of referral processes, allocation, workload management, records management and other re levant processes and procedures.
This position will work with sites and Partnerships to support the implementation, trialling and evaluation of key elements of the Student Support Services Service Delivery Model.
Student Support Services are on a cultural response journey, as such we value and prioritise Aboriginal ways of knowing, doing and being.
Eligibility :
Appointments made under section 121 of the Education and Children's Services Act 2019 may provide health, social or other non-education services to schools, preschools and children's services centres.
Positions will require the application of specialist education related skills and knowledge required for managing education programs, or administration of education standards requiring specific knowledge of site functions and operations.
Special conditions:
The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry. The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN –EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.
For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.
Remuneration:
S121 4 $147,519 per annum (1.0 FTE) + superannuation (11.5%).
Enquiries:
Enquiries can be directed to Jacqueline Boylan, Assistant Director, High Performing Teams, via tel: 0407 092 853 or email: jacqui.boylan@sa.gov.au .
Application instructions:
Applications should be made through the IWorkForSA website.
Applicants are required to submit a CV, the Application Cover Sheet, Employment Declaration, and a cover letter of no more than two pages addressing the key competencies in the attached position description.
People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.
Additional note :
This is a full-time contract role (1.0 FTE), 18-month term contract.
Applications close: 20/04/2025 11:30 PM
Attachments:
- Application Cover Sheet - S121.pdf
- How to Apply S121.pdf
- Position Description - Team Manager - S121-4.pdf
- VL233 Pre-employment declaration.pdf
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.