Teaching - Primary (Education & Training)About usWe are a proud Western Australian success story and a family-centered practice.
TSH (formally Telethon Speech & Hearing) provides integrated services for children with hearing loss and/or speech and language difficulties from newborns to 18-year-olds.
A team of education professionals work collaboratively alongside allied health professionals to empower children to hear, communicate, connect and learn.About the roleWe are seeking a specialist Teacher to join our highly regarded Outpost Program – a program which provides comprehensive in-school support for students with hearing loss who use oral communication from K-12 at our partner primary and secondary schools around the Perth Metropolitan area.This part-time role (0.8 FTE) will partner with a highly skilled team of professionals (including psychologists, speech pathologists, audiologists, and occupational therapists) to support students both within the classroom as well as away from the mainstream classes to focus on specific areas including extra language, speech, auditory, social/emotional, and academic support.Responsibilities:Partner with a multi-disciplinary team that focuses on maximising the classroom and playground participation of individual students of varying ages with a hearing loss.Be provided with the time to teach individual students - supporting them socially, therapeutically, emotionally, and academically.Grow your knowledge with support from a leadership team that is committed to evidence-based practice.About youThe successful candidate will be an experienced and/or qualified Special Needs Teacher with highly developed numeracy, literacy, and language skills.
Extensive knowledge of childhood social and emotional development is required as well as the ability to create an inclusive and nurturing environment that recognises every person's unique talent and fosters positive outcomes.The successful candidate will also have a history of building strong relationships with external stakeholders and families, be adaptable to different expectations and environments and be able to coordinate and utilise the resources and knowledge around them to provide exceptional support to individual students.TSH is committed to providing a child-safe environment and promoting practices which provide for the safety, wellbeing, and welfare of our children, clients, and families.
Therefore, in addition to the above selection criteria, shortlisted applicants will also be assessed against their ability to support and maintain a child-safe environment.Interested?For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity in our Outpost Program, please contact Richard Wright, Deputy Principal, on 9387-9888.Please submit your application via SEEK by 9am Monday 26th November 2024.TSH is an equal opportunity employer and we encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, and people with disabilities.#J-18808-Ljbffr