The purpose of Student Support Services (SSS) is to assist children and young people facing a range of barriers to learning to achieve their educational and developmental potential through the provision of a range of strategies and specialised support at individual, group, school and Area levels.

About the Department

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services.

The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres.

About the Division

Schools and Regional Services comprises 17 Areas within four regions across the state, as well as four central Divisions. The responsibilities of Regional Services include:

- Service delivery including performance, contract management, funding delivery and acquittal
- Program implementation including detailed implementation planning and delivery
- Local area engagement, advice, support and partnerships
- Workforce capability development, professional practice leadership and delivery
- Emergency management including critical incident response

The Area-based regional operating model is designed to:

- Provide greater responsiveness, innovation and joined-up responses to local needs
- Enable a focus on place as an organizing structure for schools and other services
- Enable regional staff to engage more effectively with our service providers, schools, students and learners, families and local communities, and to understand what they need
- Facilitate better relationships and cooperative networks that more effectively support learners to move more seamlessly through our education system and beyond
- Enable complex issues to be addressed through more targeted, integrated and coordinated responses

About the Role

The purpose of Student Support Services (SSS)



is to assist children and young people facing a range of barriers to learning to achieve their educational and developmental potential through the provision of a range of strategies and specialised support at individual, group, school and Area levels.

SSS comprises a broad range of Allied Health professions including psychologists, speech pathologists, social workers and visiting teachers. SSS staff work as part of a multi-disciplinary health and wellbeing team within Areas, focusing on providing group-based and individual support, workforce capacity building, and the provision of specialised services.

SSS do vital work in supporting students' health and wellbeing - particularly our most vulnerable students - and are critical to building an excellent education system that reduces the impact of disadvantage.

Fixed term contract until January 2027

Attributes

- Suitable experience in the initiation, development and implementation of programs, procedures and policies that foster resilience in children and young people and address their physical, social and emotional needs to support their educational needs
- Capacity to provide a leadership within a multi-disciplinary team delivering a range of wellbeing support services to school students
- Ability to provide professional learning that informs and influences the work of others involved in the engagement and wellbeing of students, such as other wellbeing support staff and teachers
- Highly developed capacity to assess, conceptualise and analyse student wellbeing issues that translate to improving student support services
- Highly developed communication, networking and interpersonal skills including the ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of people in the education community and beyond

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

- Provide high level support services to school age students to improve student learning
- Undertake advanced wellbeing interventions that support students and schools
- Assist the coordination of student support services within a multi-disciplinary team




- Contribute to student wellbeing policy development
- Provide leadership, professionally and operationally, within a multi-disciplinary student support team
- Support teachers in the development of educational programmes, particularly with respect to students with additional needs
- Provide authoritative professional advice in relation to issues involving student wellbeing
- Collaborate with and provide advice to other student support services team members in respect of complex cases
- Contribute to the professional development of other psychologist support service team members
- Liaise with community service organisations, DHHS, hospitals, specialist programmes and other professionals regarding the support needs for students

Further Information

Please see the attached position description for the capabilities required in application.

The department values 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 more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page.

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at http://www.education.vic.gov.au.

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Betty Evtimovski – SSS Team Leader via 0448 281 365 or [email protected].

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Please let us know via phone or email if you require any adjustments to ensure your full participation in the recruitment process or if you need the ad or any attachments in an accessible format (e.g. large print) due to any viewing difficulties or other accessibility requirements.

Applications close 11:59pm on 17th July 2026.

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📌 Student Support Services Practitioner (Melbourne)
🏢 State Government Of Victoria, Australia
📍 Melbourne