Mental Health In Primary Schools - Classroom Teacher .50

Mental Health in Primary Schools - Classroom Teacher .50

Applications close Wednesday 2 April 2025 at 11.59PM

Overview

Salary : Salary not specified

Grade : Classroom Teacher

Occupation : Education and Training

Location : Tatura

Reference : 1469969

Location Profile

Situated in the small rural community of Rushworth, Victoria, Rushworth P-12 College offers potential staff the chance to work in a small community minded environment with a heritage school building and a picturesque ironbark forest. Building relationships with students is of paramount importance to all members of the college community, which allows educators to have a positive impact on the lives of young people in the community and make a meaningful difference to their future lives.

With a new science and technology building which opened in 2024 and significant investment in a free lunch program delivered as part of our VCE Vocational Major program, this is an opportunity to join our team in a time of growth and share our success in nurturing better student learning, wellbeing and engagement outcomes.

Selection Criteria

• SC1 `Content of teaching and learning'. Demonstrated ability to inform and influence the work of others involved in the engagement, mental health, wellbeing or learning of children and young people.
• SC2 `Teaching practice'. Demonstrated ability to input into the development, implementation and evaluation of processes and strategies relating to mental health, wellbeing or learning.
• SC3 `Assessment and reporting of student learning'. Demonstrated ability to support a student's mental health, wellbeing or learning by developing and maintaining connection with external services.
• SC4 `Interaction with the school community'. Demonstrated high level interpersonal skills and communication skills. Demonstrated high level of capability to establish and maintain collaborative relationships with students, parents, other employees and the broader school community to focus on student learning, wellbeing and engagement.
• SC5 `Professional requirements'. Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate by gaining buy-in and ownership for ideas, gaining agreement to proposals, or involving experts or other third parties to strengthen a case.

Role

The Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System highlighted that primary schools provide opportunities to identify children with mental health and wellbeing challenges, who can then be referred to treatment, care and support. The Mental Health in Primary Schools initiative is being expanded to every government and low-fee non-government primary school in Victoria. Scaling up across the state from 2023, by 2026 every primary school will be able to employ a Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader to implement a whole-school approach to wellbeing.

Participating schools receive funding to employ a Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader, a qualified teacher, to work across the school to implement a whole-school approach to mental health and wellbeing for students, staff and families based on a broad knowledge of the needs of the school community.

Responsibilities

• Promote a whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing to students, staff and families.
• Support teachers and school staff to expand their capacity to embed evidence-based mental health strategies, interventions and programs and build mental health literacy to identify and support primary school students with mental health concerns.
• Collaborate with school staff to inform, influence and provide input into teaching and learning relating to mental health and wellbeing.
• Work with school leadership and wellbeing teams to embed whole school approaches to mental health into school planning and strategic processes.
• Contribute to the school's existing wellbeing team.

Who May Apply

Teachers currently registered or eligible for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching and qualified to teach and/or have demonstrated experience in the curriculum area(s) specified for the position.

Child Safe Standards

Victorian Government Schools Are Child Safe Environments. Our Schools Actively Promote The Safety And Wellbeing Of All Students.

Please Ensure That Your Application Includes

• A resume including relevant experience as well as personal details (name, address and contact numbers).
• A section addressing the selection criteria and the requirements for application under the Who May Apply section.
• Names and contact numbers of two referees who are able to attest to the claims made in your application.

Applications close Wednesday 2 April 2025 at 11.59PM