About the Role

Student Support Officers work within the school community to enhance student wellbeing and learning outcomes in partnership with the wellbeing team and the school counselling service. Student Support Officers provide individual and targeted wellbeing support and whole of school wellbeing initiatives and programs that are evidence-based. They have a pivotal role in working collaboratively with external agencies and creating referral pathways for students and families to child and family support agencies.

Essential Requirements

- A completed diploma or higher qualification in social work, youth work, welfare or related discipline must be attached along with your application
- Knowledge of and commitment to the Department’s Aboriginal education policies
- Valid and current Working With Children Check (WWCC).

Talent Pool

A talent pool may be created through this recruitment process. A talent pool is a group of candidates who have undergone an assessment process and have been identified as suitable for this role or similar roles for a period of 18 months. Being part of a talent pool means that you may be considered for ongoing or temporary employment for a range of similar roles. This offers exciting opportunities for you to gain a wide range of experiences to build your public service career.

The new Wentworth Point High School is a high rise six-level school in a high-density property area comprising only apartment residences. The school commenced operations in 2025 with year 7 and has a staggered start to year groups year-on-year. There are five Autism (AU) support classes. The school is designed to serve the dramatically growing demographic in the area and is expected to cater for 1530 students with an average year group of 255 students. The school has close links with Wentworth Point Public School, as a partner school as well as sharing a geographical boundary. The school has diverse feeder public schools including Wentworth Point Public School,



Newington Public School, Concord West Public School, Lidcombe Public School and Victoria Avenue Public School. The school has a highly diverse student population. Students are born in over 20 different countries and speak over 23 languages at home. Mongolian, Arabic, Mandarin and Korean are the most prominent. Approximately 25% of students are on Temporary Resident Visas, mostly from Mongolia and Saudi Arabia. The socio-economic status of families is broad. The school is committed to establishing high expectations for learning and behaviour, within a supportive framework that ensures students feel known, valued and cared for. Our school motto, Courage to Grow, Strength to Connect , underpins all that we do as we endeavour to guide students to grow academically, socially, and emotionally, while building robust connections with their peers, staff, families, and the wider community. The school shares a rear field with the community. There is limited car parking onsite. Staff are encouraged to make use of the end-of-trip facilities and public transport routes. Staff have access to paid parking at Marina Square at a discounted rate.

About the NSW Department of Education

The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. 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. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage .

📌 Student Support Officer (Sydney)
🏢 NSW Department of Education
📍 Sydney