School Learning Officer - Student Engagement (Parental Leave Cover) - St Therese's School, Bent[...]

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School Learning Officer - Student Engagement Commencement Date: Monday 10th March 2025Employment Type: Term Time, Fixed Term until March 2026 (Parental Leave Cover)Hours of Work: 35 hours per school weekSalary Range: SOF Level 4 - $35.90 to $37.03 gross per hourClosing Date for Applications: 7:00am, Monday 24th February 2025St Therese's School Bentley Park St Therese's Parish School is an integral part of the Cairns Diocese and the Edmonton Parish. Located just 20 minutes south of Cairns City, St Therese's provides Catholic Education to an area that is currently referred to as the 'growth corridor' of Cairns. Today, it has an enrolment of approximately 620 students, Prep to Year 6.About The Role The School Learning Officer - Student Engagement's role is specifically to support student engagement in learning. This will include assisting students to regulate their emotions, responding to student escalations, and exploring challenges that impact students' abilities to engage across learning environments. This assistance may also extend to planning and resourcing interventions for students, delivered by the School Learning Officer - Student Engagement and/or other staff members. The majority of work will occur within a team context 'The Engagement Team' and under the supervision of the Leader of Engagement.Typical duties of a School Learning Officer include, but are not limited to: Assist student engagement and well-being, either individually or in groups, where discretion and judgement are involved in evaluating and assessing (under minimal supervision of an academic staff member) the well-being needs of students. Respond appropriately and effectively to the immediate needs of teaching staff and students to aid in creating and maintaining safe and supportive learning environments. Develop and maintain proactive strategies and programs to support student well-being and report to Position of Leadership – Engagement. Carry out liaison between school, the student, and the student’s family where some discretion and judgement are involved. Under minimal supervision, perform tasks of complexity associated with developing, preparing, implementing and supervising well-being programs and relevant materials. Support students in relation to their physical needs, social and emotional needs, where some discretion and judgement are required. Collaborate with other specialist support staff actively working to enhance academic and well-being outcomes for diverse learners across a broad range of learning and social capacities. Provide administrative support to leadership of the school where discretion and judgment are required. Organise/schedule/arrange appointments for members of the Engagement Team. Contribute to planning for individual student needs e.g. Individual Behaviour Plans and Safety Plans. Manage incoming and outgoing correspondence. Manage phone and email correspondence with staff and parents. Maintain work filing system for Engagement Team. Apply knowledge of advanced functions of computer software packages to manage data input for Engagement Team. Work Requirements Hold a Working with Children Blue Card. Be fully supportive of the ethos of Catholic Education. What we offer Annual Leave with 17.5% leave loading. 12.75% Employer Superannuation Contributions. Access to Employee Assistance Program. For further information about the role, please download the Position Description .Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation.Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.For more information please contact:Morgan CrispHuman ResourcesPhone: 4081 3400Email: #J-18808-Ljbffr