VET Trainer - Community or Health Services (Part-Time)

Applicants must have

- TAE Certificate IV to deliver Community or Health Services
- VIT Permission to Teach (or capacity to attain this with River Nile School’s support).
- Availability on a Friday (0.2 FTE) for classes delivered on-site at our school in the CBD

BACKGROUND The River Nile School (RNS) is a specialist, independent, inclusive, senior-secondary school, delivering Applied Learning curriculum to young refugee and refugee-like background, who have had disrupted schooling or are struggling to cope with mainstream school. We are also a registered charitable organisation that delivers everything we do with our students for free.

RNS provides a high-challenge, high-support learning workplace with a strengths-based approach. It offers small class sizes and teachers, and student support staff work collaboratively to achieve the best possible outcomes for each student with individualised learning and wellbeing programs for all students. RNS adopts a holistic model for supporting the unique educational and support needs of each student, so developing strong student-staff relationships is essential.

As our students come from backgrounds where they may have experienced significant trauma and torture, we adopt a trauma-informed approach to our practice.

River Nile School is committed to providing a safe environment for all young people. We have zero tolerance for child abuse and expect all staff to uphold our Child Safety and Wellbeing policies, maintain professional boundaries, and actively promote the safety, wellbeing, and inclusion of every student. View our Code of Conduct and other related policies via our website.

School website: www.rivernileschool.vic.edu.au

POSITION DESCRIPTION The River Nile School (RNS) is seeking a Teacher, Trainer and Assessor to deliver Vocational Education and Training (VET) Community Services or Health Services certificate program to young refugee women. Proactive, personalised student engagement, flexibility and trauma-informed (healing) practice are integral to the role.

Position Reports to: RNS Principal, Assistant Principal (Teaching and Learning) or VET Coordinator.

Specific Responsibilities and Duties

- Training

- Delivery of quality training to learners that is reflective of industry standards, particularly to young people in a school environment.
- Preparation of all class material, lesson plans and additional resources as per compliancy requirements.
- Demonstration of full commitment to the compliance requirements of Skills Victoria and a clear understanding of training package requirements; Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) VET Guidelines and Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) 2010 conditions and regulations.
- Completion of all VETiS reporting requirements for RNS and the RTO IVET.
- Submission of all required documentation including attendance records, assessment evidence,



trainer matrix and professional development logs within RNS/IVET timelines.
- Attendance at curriculum/validation sessions (internal & external) as required.

2. Administration, Reporting & Data Collection
- Management of student enrolment and transition process including referrals to relevant pathways, competency tracking, attainment and exits.
- Develop and maintain a student data collection process and procedure to provide information as required on a monthly basis to the RTO (i.e. IVET).
- Other duties as identified by the Principal, Assistant Principal (Teaching and Learning) or VET Coordinator.

3. Stakeholder management
- Engagement with referring agencies including schools, parents, young people, education provides and community agencies.
- Program promotion at relevant networks and with relevant stakeholders.

4. Professional Development
- VET Trainer, Assessors and Teachers are responsible to ensure that they maintain currency in the vocational area in which they train. RNS will provide trainers with information on professional development opportunities. Trainers/Teachers are strongly encouraged to attend these sessions. Alternatively, trainers/teachers may identify their own professional development opportunities. A record of the Professional Development activities participated in must be recorded on the Professional Development (PD) log provided by IVET (or relevant RTO).

Key Selection Criteria

- Demonstrated previous experience in VET delivery in a secondary school or alternative settings.
- Understanding and knowledge of VET curriculum.
- Demonstrated ability to manage the implementation of youth education programs and a passion to work with young people as well as an understanding of the learning needs of people facing multiple barriers to accessing and participating in educational programs.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in the engagement of young people who have high needs including the ability to manage challenging situations and resolve conflict.
- Ability to be innovative and creative including a proven ability to set up, run and manage programs with minimal supervision.
- Highly developed verbal and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate to a wide range of stakeholders including youth workers, education providers, teachers, parents and young people.
- Experience in evaluating and reporting on program outcomes in an organised and timely manner.
- High standard of organisation and administrative skills including planning, record-keeping, attention to detail.




- Knowledge of the key issues which underpin vocational education and training provision in post-compulsory schooling and the secondary school system in particular the VCE/Vocational Major, Victorian Pathways Certificate and VET programs.
- Commitment to Child Safety: Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of appropriate behaviours when engaging with children, and of children with diverse needs and/or backgrounds.
- The successful applicant must complete DET Mandatory Reporting / Child Safety training within the first month of work. A DET link to on-line training for non-government schools will be provided. If the applicant has evidence of completing this training at another school within the last 12 months, that can be provided prior to commenced and then refreshed at the appropriate annual time.

Your Mindset

- You believe every young person deserves a thriving future.
- You respect and value the perspectives of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) young people and are interested in working with those with complex needs to help them achieve their potential.
- You are extremely comfortable working in a flexible, evolving, changing work environment, staying focused on outcomes and adapting your approach as needed.
- You are collaborative, valuing and respecting relationships within and across our entire team and with our external partners.
- You take the initiative, solve problems and have close attention to detail.

Qualifications, Experience, Credentials and Checks

1. Permission to Teach (PTT) from the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT). RNS will assist the successful applicant to apply for this, if needed.
2. Current Working with Children Check (WwCC) - Employee Check. RNS is to be added as one of your employers on the WwCC portal and your address and contact details on this portal are to be kept up-to-date.
3. Vocational Qualifications and/or industry experience as required by the RTO - IVET
4. TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or its successor. It is your responsibility to maintain your compliance with the above registrations and qualifications.
5. Relevant experience, including working with Culturally or Linguistically Diverse (CALD) students or communities with complex needs.
6. Knowledge and understanding of the Victorian Child Safe Standards.
7. We warmly welcome applications from individuals with a refugee or asylum seeker background.

Employment Conditions

- Competitive salary, access to tax-effective salary packaging, training and development opportunities and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Appointment of the successful candidate will be subject to:
- Reference check and National Police Check
- A satisfactory Pre-Employment Disclosure Declaration
- A 6-month probationary period will apply, and induction and professional support will be provided.

Application Instructions

Applications including a cover letter and resume should be emailed to **@rivernileschool.vic.edu.au for further information.

📌 VET Trainer - Community or Health Services (Melbourne)
🏢 River Nile School
📍 Melbourne