Job Description
Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time / until 19 January 2024
Organisation: Department of Education
Salary: $91,418 - $103,725
Occupation: Health and Allied Health
Reference: VG/DE/RSG/20007198
An exciting opportunity exists for a highly motivated Social Worker to work in the Southern Melbourne Area, SEVR. Social Workers provide advanced interventions to support students and schools, work collaboratively with a range of professionals in respect to complex cases, build capacity of school staff, and support teachers in the development of educational programs to improve student learning, particularly for students with additional needs.
A Full Time AH3 position is available until 19 January 2024, for an experienced Social Worker.
The position will be based within the Student Support Services team (SSS), across the Southern Melbourne Area.
SSS work collaboratively with schools and an Area multi-disciplinary team to support student emotional health and wellbeing.
Peer supervision and support is available within the team structure.
For further details please contact: Sue Walker 0477 763 930
For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.
The Department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website , HRWeb and our Diversity and Inclusion page
The Department of Education (the Department) is committed to, so far as is reasonably practicable, providing and maintaining a working environment for its employees that is safe and without risks to health and that other persons are not exposed to health and safety risks arising from the Department's activities. The Department COVID-19 Vaccination Policy (Policy) requires its employees to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Department's Policy outlines the requirements for all employees, prospective employees who (or may need to) work outside of their ordinary place of residence and attend a workplace of the Department or workplace of another Employer on behalf of the Department and its portfolio agencies. Subject to exceptions, only employees, and prospective employees with up-to-date vaccination status (see definitions section of the policy) against COVID-19 and who provide evidence of their Vaccination Status are permitted to work for the department outside their ordinary place of residence.
For this role, you are required to submit proof of full vaccination as part of the recruitment process and prior to commencement employment. Please refer to the above link for more information. This role requires onsite attendance at one or more Department work locations.
Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be obtained from the following websites: www.education.vic.gov.au and http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/Pages/default.aspx.
Applications close 1 June 2023.
