Guidance officer - yarrabilba state school (0.80 fte) (logan city)

About the Department of Education

The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.

About Yarrabilba State School

Yarrabilba State School first opened its doors in 2018 welcoming 375 foundation students on day 8. As foundation principal I am working closely with the Yarrabilba community to bring the vision of the new state school into fruition. We are creating a school that will be the pride of the fast growing community of Yarrabilba and the immediate surrounding areas. Students at Yarrabilba State School are privileged to be educated in a modern facility ensuring they have what they need to be successful 21st century learners. Our facilities are state of the art, including innovation workshops for robotics and science, dedicated music rooms, resource centre with green room for video recording and up-to-date flexible classroom learning spaces with kitchenettes for practical learning.

About the Role

Priorities of the role include:

• Identification, support and therapeutic intervention planning for students' mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Provide advice and counselling on educational, behavioural, vocational, personal, social, family and mental health and wellbeing issues for students with mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
• Provide support and ensure safety plans for the school context are implemented for students who are self-harming and/or at risk of suicide.
• Support promotion, prevention, awareness and capability building regarding mental health and wellbeing within the school community and school leadership teams.
• Collect data relevant to the role of Guidance Officer – Student Wellbeing, including pre‐ and post‐intervention data and recording this data on a tracking tool for regional and state‐wide data collection purposes.

The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace.

When working in regulated employment, a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services is required.

Salary rate shown is reflective of full‐time (1.0 FTE).