School Support Officer jobs in Sydney NSW

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

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.

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This position will involve working in the school's Inclusive Education Support Unit (IESU). The IESU caters for children with complex needs, including autism and intellectual disability.

Sherwood Grange Public School, located in a quiet suburban area in Merrylands West, with current enrolment at 269 students. The school has a three-class Inclusive Education Support Unit, and a new preschool will be opening in Term 4 this year.

The school has a positive, settled school tone, where children feel happy, safe and supported. Highly skilled and inspirational teaching and administration staff foster an atmosphere in which students are encouraged to care for others and give their best. Proactive wellbeing programs and practices are a high priority.

Staff, parents and students share high expectations, and excellence is promoted across all aspects of school life. Quality teaching, student engagement, differentiation and inclusion are the focus of every classroom. Teachers provide well planned and explicit learning experiences designed to ensure equity, cater for individual needs and maximise outcomes across Key Learning Areas.

The school promotes and fosters the important social values of care, fairness, excellence, inclusion, integrity, and participation. Parents, carers and community members are an integral part of the learning community. Emphasis is placed on maintaining a warm, welcoming and harmonious school environment where everyone has a sense of belonging.

The School’s Purpose is to meet the academic, social, emotional, creative and physical needs of every child in our care. This is through consistent explicit, evidence-based teaching within a culture of collaborative practice, accompanied by a relentless focus on the wellbeing of the whole child.

Every student is known, valued and cared for within a culture of high expectations where students connect, succeed, thrive and learn.