Your main responsibilities:

• Provide adequate level of support that will allow students to begin to re-engage with learning generally and in a nurturing manner.
• Assist with maintaining order in the classroom/work environment by working with students with behavioural problems or working with counsellors already engaged with students.
• Consult with other professionals regarding evidence of learning disabilities; drug or alcohol abuse; problems of social adjustment or child abuse.
• Practice trauma informed strategies and techniques for working with youth-at-risk (i.e. Berry Street Education Model)
• Triage high-needs students for psychological support or referral to external agencies
• Deliver ancillary activities that complement traditional curriculum
• Provide one-on-one tutoring in Literacy & Numeracy
• Collect and collate student progress notes from staff.

The successful candidate will have:

• Relevant qualification in youth work, social work or education.
• High level of written and oral communication skills as well as IT skills.
• Proven experience working with young people who are either disengaged or youth at risk of disengaging from school.
• Proven capacity to develop and deliver programs for at-risk youth
• Proven ability to be very flexible in the management and/or delivery of support to students.
• Proven experience utilising trauma-informed practice and techniques (i.e. BSEM)