Position Overview
Redbank School is a NSW School for Specific Purposes (SSP) located within the Westmead and Nepean Hospital Precincts. It supports students in Years 7-12 with complex and diverse mental health needs.
The school provides a safe, supportive and individualised learning environment where education and wellbeing are closely connected.
Responsibilities
* Work in partnership with families, community schools, allied health professionals and mental health services to support students to re-engage with learning, build resilience and develop positive pathways for the future.
* Engage effectively in multidisciplinary environments across three school locations, including adolescent inpatient wards within hospital settings.
* Adapt teaching practice, support strategies and learning programs to meet the diverse educational and wellbeing needs of students with complex mental health needs.
* Collaborate with families, health professionals, external agencies or multidisciplinary teams to support a student's learning, wellbeing and successful educational outcomes.
* Support students experiencing significant barriers to engagement and implement strategies that positively impact their learning, wellbeing and future pathways.
* Manage a dynamic workload involving students with diverse needs, changing priorities and varying levels of engagement.
Qualifications & Requirements
* Unconditional full approval to teach under the NSW Department of Education.
* Capacity to adapt teaching practice to meet the needs of students with complex mental health needs.
* Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with families, health professionals, external agencies or multidisciplinary teams.
* Experience in engaging students with significant barriers to learning.
* Experience managing a dynamic workload for students with diverse needs.
Remuneration Package
Remuneration valued up to $156,253.00, with base salary ranging from $90,177 to $137,861 per annum, plus leave loading and employer's contribution to superannuation. Base salary rates above the minimum are available depending on experience.
Conditions
Applicants must hold, or be in the process of obtaining, an unconditional full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education.
Applicants must include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of the application.
Special Notes
This advertisement is for two (2) classroom teacher positions. Staff may be based at either the Westmead or Nepean campus.
EEO Statement
The Department of Education welcomes 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. Adjustments to the recruitment/interview process may be made to better support candidates.
Vaccination Requirements
Staff working in schools within hospitals and youth justice centres must follow the vaccination requirements of NSW Health and the Department of Communities and Justice, respectively.
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