**Experienced Professional Sought | Fixed Term - Full Time Prospect**
The purpose of Student Support Services (SSS) is to work as a part of a broader Health and Wellbeing and Inclusion Workforce (HWIW) to support schools to address the barriers that impact on student (s) access, participation, and progress to achieving their educational goals and developmental potential.
SSS comprise the Allied Health professions of psychologists, speech pathologists, social workers, occupational therapists and behaviour analysts.
SSS staff are part of an Area based multi-disciplinary health, wellbeing, and inclusion team and, together with the Area school improvement team, help build the capability of schools to support student achievement, engagement, and wellbeing. To achieve these outcomes, SSS work in a multidisciplinary way to plan and deliver services in collaboration with schools in a multi-tiered system of support. SSS staff may also be required to work in a transdisciplinary way particularly in support of regional roles such as the Health and Wellbeing Key Contact or in support of other regional or Area service delivery initiatives. SSS play a vital role in the response to IRIS alerts and supporting emergency management.
SSS services include consultation, provision of a range of strategies and specialised support at individual, group, classroom, school, and Area levels. SSS staff build a strong understanding of all DET resources to ensure they support schools holistically as well as utilising their discipline specific skills.
The SSS workforce uses the Department's Student Support Services Handbook to inform their priorities and processes of work. The Health, Wellbeing and Inclusion Workforces Practice Model guides their practices.
**Additional information is also available on the Departments website via this link**DET Allied Health Careers**
For more details regarding this position please see attached position descriptions.
**Applications close 11:59pm on 21-JUL-2025.
📌 Ah4 Student Support Services Practitioner
🏢 Department Of Education
📍 Melbourne