School Learning Support Officer - Full Time - Highlands School *****BCR1)
Location
Highlands School, Renwick, near Mittagong, Southern Highlands.
Highlands School is situated on Gundungurra Country, and pays respect to the Gundungurra people, the traditional custodians of the land on which the school is located.
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Number of Positions
1
Total Remuneration Package: The salary range for this position is $***** - $***** per hour.
The total salary package will include employer's contribution to superannuation and leave loading
Principal Network Wollondilly
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Closing Date
19-Aug-****, 6:00:00 AM
Job Category
SASS
Organisation
School Administrative and Support
Position Information
The NSW Department of Education provides, funds and regulates education services for NSW students from early childhood to secondary school, delivering world-class education through its public schools and providing funding support to non-government schools.
We employ, develop and support teachers, leaders and other staff to deliver the best outcomes for students and to advance the wellbeing of Aboriginal people.
About the Role
School Learning Support Officers provides support for students with identified diverse learning needs including disability in classrooms and other learning environments under the direction and supervision of a teacher to support the achievement of educational outcomes.
This support includes student welfare, health and wellbeing activities as required.
In addition School Learning Support Officers may provide specific support for students in the following streams or settings: pre-school, vision support, hearing support, and bilingual.
Student Learning Support Officers working in these streams/settings have specific additional duties,



in addition to the general duties for School Learning Support Officers that are required to be performed.
Essential Requirements
Working with Children Check Clearance
Completion of mandatory training required by the Department of Education and a willingness to undertake first aid training relevant to the School Learning Support Officer role.
Administration of Medications - training to be provided based on student needs.
Health support training to be provided based on student needs (subject to transition provisions).
The Highlands School is a School for Specific Purpose (SSP), is situated on Gundungurra Country, and pays respect to the Gundungurra people, the traditional custodians of the land on which the school is located.
The school focuses on Positive Education and is located in a semi-rural setting in Renwick, near Mittagong in the Southern Highlands.
The school has a current enrolment capacity of 42 students (21 identified Behaviour Disorder (BD), 21 Multi-Categorical (MC)), from schools in Wingecarribee Shire and Wollondilly in Years 5-10 who exhibit challenging behaviours, emotional disturbance and/or autism spectrum disorders and the effects of adverse childhood experiences.
Our students are placed at the school through a Regional Placement Panel held once per term into one of our six classes.
The school is well-resourced with a science laboratory, working industrial kitchen and cafe, basketball court, school hall, playing field, music room, art room and a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) laboratory.




Our wellbeing programs, including Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL), are underpinned in whole-school trauma-informed practices and are the key-drivers to ensure students have a solid sense of belonging and inclusion and are ready to learn.
Staff are trained in the Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) and adjust practice to ensure the five domains: body, stamina, engagement and character, all anchored by relationships, are the pedagogical lens through which daily classroom teaching and learning is informed.
Student goals for attendance, behaviour and learning are set through a strong collaborative process that involves a positive relationship with parents/carers, culminating in an Individual Education Plan (IEP) and Personal Learning and Support Plan (PLaSP) that is reviewed regularly.
Parents attend a review meeting multiple times a year to set/adjust goals, monitor progress and challenge students to continuously improve their emotional, social, cultural and academic performance.
Specific Selection Criteria
Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team.
Ability to work with students with emotional, physical or intellectual disabilities.
Awareness of the needs of students with emotional, physical or intellectual disabilities.
Effective communication skills.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people.
We pay respect to the Traditional Custodians and First Peoples of NSW, and acknowledge theircontinued connection to their country and culture.
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📌 School Learning Support Officer – Full Time - Ongoing- - Highlands School (Wollongong)
🏢 Nsw Government
📍 Wollongong