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.

- 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.

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).

Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College Tumbi Umbi Campus

Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College Tumbi Umbi Campus is one of three campuses in our college that work together to provide inclusive, high-quality education for every learner. While each campus has its own unique strengths and character, we are united by a shared purpose: to inspire every student to reach for current horizons, stand tall in who they are, and aim for the stars. Tumbi Umbi Campus follows the four expectations of respect, responsibility, fairness and integrity. These expectations drive all learning and relationships within our faculty and whole school.

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. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education's Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage .

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📌 School Learning Support Officer (Newcastle)
🏢 NSW Department of Education
📍 Newcastle