Job Description
Location: North East Region | Shepparton
Job type: Part time / From 28/01/2025 - 19/12/2025
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Education and Training
Reference: 1449979
Location Profile
Tallygaroopna Primary School, with a 2024 enrolment of 71 students, is situated 17 kms north of Shepparton.
Students come from the township of Tallygaroopna and surrounding farms.
The entire school community works in a caring and supportive environment to promote success as the result of partnership.
The philosophy of 'consider the feelings of others at all times' has been strongly endorsed within the school.
Our classes are based on the Kagan philosophy where teamwork and cooperation is integral to learning.
Tallygaroopna Primary School has a strong emphasis on Social & Emotional Learning and our Respectful Relationships and Resilience Project Programs complements this.
This year our school was successful in securing funding to employ a Student Wellbeing worker two days per week, as well as a Chaplain one day per week.
Our school values are used to support our students, teachers and parents in becoming positive citizens within their community.
These values are: Inclusion, Respect and Honesty.
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 role of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Leader is to:
build capability of the whole school with regard to mental health and wellbeing (identification, promotion and prevention),
provide support to staff to better identify and support students with mental health needs,
establish clear pathways for referral for students requiring assessment and intervention, and monitor and evaluate student progress.
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.
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.
Coordinate clear referral pathways internally and externally for students identified as requiring further assessment and intervention.
Proactively work with and support regional staff, school wellbeing and leadership teams, teachers, parents/carers and other external agencies to coordinate targeted mental health support for primary school students.
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.
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