Job posted: 25/10/2024
Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time / From 22/04/2025 - 21/04/2032
Organisation: Schools (Government)
Salary: Salary not specified
Occupation: Health and Allied Health
Reference: 1446444
Selection CriteriaKSC 1: Demonstrated experience in leading the development and implementation of evidence-based individual support including assessments, group programs, and targeted initiatives focused on the wellbeing and inclusion of young people.KSC 2: Demonstrated ability to collect, monitor, and assess data at the individual, cohort, and wider community level; and to use this data to inform evidence-based approaches and strategic planning.KSC 3: Highly developed communication, interpersonal, and networking skills with a commitment to working collaboratively with young people, parents, and other professional agencies.KSC 4: Demonstrated knowledge and experience to design, deliver, broker, and/or evaluate professional development focused on mental health, wellbeing, health promotion, and disability inclusion.KSC 5: Demonstrated capacity to reflect critically upon their own professional practice and apply the knowledge derived from ongoing professional learning.KSC 6: Knowledge, understanding, and implementation of Child Safe Standards.RoleThe Mental Health Practitioners (MHP) initiative was announced by the Minister for Education in late 2018 to expand mental health and wellbeing support in government schools. This role involves:
Enhancing mental health prevention and promotion activities in the school.Providing early intervention services for individual students and groups identified as at-risk.Coordinating supports for students with complex needs both within and external to the school.The successful applicant will be responsible for the development and implementation of professional support programs within an educational environment.
Who May ApplyQualified as a psychologist, social worker, mental health nurse, occupational therapist, or counsellor.Demonstrated direct counselling experience.A current Working With Children Check.EEO AND OHS CommitmentThe Department of Education is committed to equal opportunity and diversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Child Safe StandardsVictorian government schools are child safe environments committed to protecting students from abuse or harm.
Conditions of EmploymentThis vacancy is to replace an employee on parental absence and is for a period of seven years or until the employee returns to duty.
Location ProfileElisabeth Murdoch College (EMC) is a coeducational secondary college located in Langwarrin with a current student population of 1620. The College focuses on developing each student as a whole child and has key priority areas including Literacy and Student Engagement in Learning.
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