About Pimpama State Secondary College
Pimpama State Secondary College is an exciting place to work and learn with highly dedicated, professional and innovative staff. Our students are kind, creative and focussed on improvement and achievement. We value parents and carers as partners in their child's education and know that working in collaboration with families sets our young people up for their greatest success.
Your Role
As the Youth Support Coordinator you will work with at risk students to maximise their engagement and refer them to appropriate agencies on an as needed basis.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Identify barriers to young people achieving education and training outcomes and identify referral to appropriate support services
- Develop and foster relationships between the college and students' families to assist at risk students to remain engaged
- Develop and implement programs to support social and emotional wellbeing
- Support students to achieve satisfactory learning outcomes
- Identify and provide assistance to students experiencing difficulties at school and home which may put them at risk of leaving school prematurely.
Mandatory Requirements for and Identified Role:
It is a genuine occupational requirement for Identified roles that the position be filled by an Aboriginal person or a Torres Strait Islander person as set out in Section 7 of the Anti Discrimination Act 1991 for the purposes contained in Section 25 of that Act.
Verification of Aboriginality and/or Torres Strait Island heritage
For administrative purposes, in relation to an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role, an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person is a person who identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and is either:
- of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent;
- accepted as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community in which he or she lives.
By definition a person who is not an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cannot be employed (on any basis) to perform the duties of an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identified role.
Applicants to this position may have to provide confirmation of their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage. Requesting proof of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage from applicants helps to make sure that this intention is honoured.
How to Apply
- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- A 2-pg written statement about how you achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role.
- Attach evidence of the mandatory requirements outlined in the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.