Learning Teaching Support Officer jobs

School Administrative and Support

The NSW Department of Education provides, funds and regulates education services for NSW students from early childhood to secondary school, delivering world-class education through its public schools and providing funding support to non-government schools. We employ, develop and support teachers, leaders and other staff to deliver the best outcomes for students and to advance the wellbeing of Aboriginal people.

About the Role

School Learning Support Officers provides support for students with identified diverse learning needs including disability in classrooms and other learning environments under the direction and supervision of a teacher to support the achievement of educational outcomes. This support includes student welfare, health and wellbeing activities as required. In addition School Learning Support Officers may provide specific support for students in the following streams or settings: pre-school, vision support, hearing support, and bilingual. Student Learning Support Officers working in these streams/settings have specific additional duties, in addition to the general duties for School Learning Support Officers that are required to be performed.

Essential Requirements

Westmead Public School is a large multicultural school with a student population of over 650 students K-6, 96% of whom come from a Language Background other than English. The school has an outstanding reputation within the community for excellence in student academic achievement and growth. Guided by the NSW Plan for Public Education, we are diverse, equitable and inclusive of all students and their families. As a school we are committed to delivering quality, evidence-based teaching and learning programs and a well-balanced curriculum that caters for the whole child. Our vision is to collaboratively empower all students to become confident, resilient, self-directed learners. The school currently has one Inclusive Education class, an Autism K-2 class, which this position will support.

About the NSW Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.

To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.

Describe the skills and attributes that you will bring to the role of School Learning Support Officer for children with Autism.

Outline how you would support children who are non-verbal to access appropriate learning opportunities, as well as their daily wellbeing and self-care needs.