Department for Education
Job reference:
******
Location:
**** - ELIZABETH SOUTH
Job status:
Short Term Contract
Eligibility:
Open to Everyone
Why work with
us
Every
child and young person deserves a great education.
We have a
strategy that aims to unlock every child's potential now and into
the future, one that in partnership with learners, students,
parents and the wider South Australian community will build a
world-leading public education system.
One that is equitable and
prioritises learning and wellbeing.
Together
we will make our education system the best it can be.
When our
children and young people thrive, so do our communities and our
state.
About the
role
Student
Support Services works with schools and preschools to provide
support to assist them in meeting the needs of all children.
The
role requires the incumbent to positively lead and participate in
the ongoing development and review of a service model that supports
the provision of integrated, proactive and targeted services to
sites to assist them in meeting the needs of children and young
people with additional needs.
The trend of increasing learner complexity is well documented in the literature.
Increasing numbers of children and young people are being identified with complex learning difficulties and disabilities often with co-existing conditions such as autism and
attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Increasing numbers of children are in schools who have difficulties arising from
premature birth, have survived infancy due to advances in medical interventions, have rare neurological disorders and foetal alcohol syndrome.
Behavioural issues are becoming increasingly more challenging and complex with a range of co-morbidity factors (including mental health) that require skills and expertise to




identify underlying causes to better address the needs of the children and young people.
The Senior Educator provides delegated line management, professional support and supervision to inclusive educators, teachers of the
deaf and hard of hearing and behaviour support educators and works with children and young people with developmental, cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural and physical difficulties, and
exceptional needs (including giftedness) and their families.
The Senior Educator is placed in a team and works closely with the team
manager, other senior educators, inclusive educators, teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing, behaviour support educators, other Student Support Services Staff, preschool and school staff, and
parents to develop evidence-based interventions that include proactive, targeted and intensive strategies that can be adapted for learning and home contexts.
This position will have a greater focus on proactive whole site and Partnership approaches.
The role
requires the recruitment, retention, induction and skilled support, development and supervision of inclusive educators, teachers of the deaf and hard of hearing and behaviour support
educators with a focus on meeting professional and service delivery standards.
Student
Support Services are on a cultural response journey, as such we
value and prioritise Aboriginal ways of knowing, doing and
being.
Qualifications
Essential:
Current full teacher registration
Desirable:
Nil
Special conditions
The




successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human
Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being
employed which is required to be renewed every five years before
expiry.
The
incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN –EC (Responding to
Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead
(Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course
which will be required to be updated every three
years.
For all
other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position
Description.
Remuneration
STL3
$152,287 per annum (1.0 FTE) + superannuation (12%)
Enquiries
Enquiries
can be directed to Kinga Cornish, Team Manager, via mob: **********
or email: ******
Application
instructions
Applications should be
made through the IWorkForSA website.
Applicants are required
to submit a CV, the Application Cover Sheet, Employment
Declaration, and a cover letter of no more than two pages
addressing the key competencies in the attached position
description.
People of
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have
a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.
Additional note
This is a
full-time contract position (1.0 FTE), offering an initial
fixed-term contract of 6 months.
Applications close:
30/08/2026 11:30 PM
Attachments:
- Application Cover Sheet - STL.pdf
CURRENT
position description
Senior Educator
STL3
November ****.pdf
- How to Apply - STL.pdf
- Job Application Guide - STL.pdf
- VL233 Pre-employment declaration.pdf
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time.
Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

📌 Stl3 - Senior Educator (South Australia)
🏢 Department for Education
📍 South Australia