Community Engagement and Behaviour Specialist

St Mary's School - Greensborough

GREENSBOROUGH, VIC 


Social Worker

Contract Type: Contract Position Full Time

Applications Close: 29 January 2025


St Mary's Primary School is seeking a Community Engagement and Behaviour Specialist to enhance the emotional wellbeing of students and parents by providing support and strategies that increase the emotional wellbeing of the broader school community and positive behaviour of the students.

<p>The successful applicant will have the ability to connect with students and their parents/carers, thus supporting their engagement in education and with the community at St Mary&#39;s. They will instil confidence in the students and parents/carers enabling trust, engagement and sense of belonging thus improving behavioural and academic outcomes through the provision of effective behavioural strategies, initiatives and research based advice.</p><p>The successful applicant will have knowledge of, and or experience in implementing; the Berry St Model, Resilience First Aid, Positive Behaviour in Learning, The Resilience Project, Rock and Water Program, Be You and or Headspace resources. The successful applicant will be eager to and have confidently worked with, students displaying maladaptive behaviours.</p><p>St Mary&#39;s has zero tolerance towards Child Abuse.</p><p>The successful applicant will have a qualification as either a social worker, teacher, psychologist or similar profession or as a minimum a Certificate IV in Youth Work or an equivalent qualification that must include competencies in mental health and responding to client needs (incorporating making appropriate referrals).</p><p>Application Instructions</p><p>After having read the attached Community Engagement and Behaviour Role Description, MACS Code of Conduct, and the St Mary&#39;s Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy, please complete the Application for Employment Information document.<br /> </p><p>Applications should be made in writing and forwarded via email to the<br /><strong>Principal Marisa Matthys</strong>, at the following email address: <strong>principal&#64;smgreensborough.catholic.edu.au</strong>.</p><p>Please include the names and contact numbers, including mobile phone numbers, of three referees able to comment on your suitability for this role.<br /> </p><p>If you have previously worked in a school the current and then most recent Principals will be contacted in reference to your application, please include contact details. <br /> </p><p> </p>

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