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Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan
Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025 - 19/12/2025
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Teacher
Reference: 1454208
Glenroy Special School provides a stimulating, caring and safe learning environment for students with physical disabilities/health impairments. We provide for students who are aged from 5 to 18 years and currently have an enrolment of 134.
Many students have multiple disabilities with visual impairment, hearing impairment and epilepsy in addition to their physical disability. We also have students with high-support health care needs. Three nurses manage the general wellbeing and health support. Glenroy Special School staff work together to provide students with a comprehensive program within an integrated curriculum.
The school environment is designed with an extensive hoist system, internal & external play areas, hydrotherapy & nursing facilities, and a transport hub for the fleet of buses that transport the students to and from school. A refurbished performing arts precinct was opened in February 2024, allowing the students to participate in music, visual and performing arts in a world class facility.
The school operates in a Team Around the Learner model where all stakeholders working with the student work in a collaborative manner to ensure the student succeeds at school. The school has a team of Therapists (Speech, Occupational, Physiotherapist & Music Therapist's) to support the students to access their learning.
The school is divided into three sub-schools each with a sub-school leader. Sub-schools are age based with individual classes formed to cater for student academic and social abilities. School specialist teaching rooms include art, library, music/music therapy, performing arts, physiotherapy and OT spaces, sensory rooms, and a hydrotherapy pool. All staff support students in education, therapy & recreation programs. All staff participate in personal care programs and are involved in manual handling.
Our vision at Glenroy Specialist School is to educate in an inclusive, respectful, compassionate, and creative learning environment. This provides the opportunity for our community to feel empowered, happy, resilient, and proud. The school values are - Respect, Inclusion, Compassion and Creativity. The school motto of 'Working Together To Achieve' acknowledges the strong partnerships that underpin all that is achieved by the school and our students.
1. Demonstrate successful experience in working as a team to support students with significant physical and multiple disabilities to engage in classroom learning and to actively participate in all school programs.
2. Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with a range of individuals including teachers, therapists and students including the ability to accept direction and feedback.
3. Demonstrate a high level capacity to work in an aquatics program with students who have multiple disabilities and the understanding of the important considerations when doing this work.
4. Demonstrated ability to be physically involved in programs across the school including aquatics, physiotherapy, mobility training, manual handling and student personal care as required.
An education support class position at this range will perform tasks that are carried out in accordance with guidelines, accepted practice, and school policy under supervision and direction. This may include coordination of other education support class staff within the work area or educational program.
An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students but must not include duties of a teacher as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students can be required individually or in groups up to 4 in controlled circumstances and where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.
Certification and/or qualifications of up to three years can be required at this level (noting that Registered Nurse is not included at this level, the first level for which is Level 1 range 3).
A role at this range may include:
An education support class position at this range commencing at the base will initially be limited to undertaking routine tasks that are carried out under close supervision and direction. Work that carries some degree of independence will generally involve a limited number of tasks performed on a regular basis where priorities are clear, procedures are well established, and direction is readily available. Subject to any specific qualification and/or training requirement, an education support class employee employed in this range may be progressively required to undertake coordination, specialised student/teacher support tasks, or technical tasks as experience in the role is gained.
Glenroy Specialist School is a school for students with physical and multiple disabilities. Teacher assistants work alongside teachers, therapists and nurses to support students physical and educational programs.
With the necessary training, teacher assistants are expected to undertake duties that include:
Pushing children in wheelchairs including engaging and disengaging brakes.
Transferring students to and from buses including harnessing wheel chairs in buses.
Lifting and hoisting students.
Transferring students into standing frames, walking frames, onto bikes and onto classroom furniture
Physically supporting students in walking and bike riding programs
Dressing and undressing students.
Physically supporting and working with students in the pool
Physically supporting and working with students in classroom and therapy programs including floor physiotherapy programs
Supporting student communication including using specialised equipment
General educational support including coactive assistance to access programs
Preparation of teaching aides and equipment
Set up of large equipment for specialised programs
Mealtime assistance
1:1 care of students with high medical needs following procedures determined by RCH Home and Community Care team, and after appropriate training
Supporting students on excursions and camps including all aspects of personal care
Maintaining personal hygiene of students including attendant care as required.
Playground duty including supporting students in recreational activities
Maintaining the cleanliness of classrooms and children's outside play areas and setting up of portable playground equipment.
Maintaining displays
Administration duties
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
Applicants seeking part-time employment are encouraged to apply for any teaching service position and, if they are the successful candidate, request a reduced time fraction. Such requests will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and will be subject to the operational requirements of the school.
The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Additional support and advice on the recruitment process is available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders from the Koorie Outcomes Division (KOD) via marrung@education.vic.gov.au
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the department's exemplar available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/child-safe-standards/policy
The department's employees commit to upholding the department's Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. The department's Values complement each school's own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the department values is available at:
https://www2.education.vic.gov.au/pal/values-department-vps-school-employees/overview
Part time / From 28/01/2025 - 19/12/2025
Ed Support Level 1-Range 2
Aynsley Frazier | 03 9304 2263