Social Worker
4 days ago
Role
The Youth/Social Worker will join a team that includes the Student Wellbeing Leader, Student Engagement Coordinator and Psychologist. Situated in the school¿s wellbeing hub, the youth/social worker acts as the first point of contact for students seeking immediate wellbeing support, triaging them to the relevant member of the wellbeing team as appropriate.
The Youth/Social Worker will take a case management role with students identified as needing support to achieve success. Students are referred by teaching staff or self-refer to the wellbeing team and are allocated a member of the wellbeing team to manage their case load based on individualised suitability. The Youth/Social worker will work with students and liaise with teachers, families, and external support agencies to best support students to achieve social and academic success.
The Youth/Social Worker works with the wellbeing team and year-level coordinator to identify the needs of specific cohorts and groups within the school. They take a proactive role in engaging external agencies to provide support for these groups. For example: Engaging, coordinating, and supervising the delivery of the La Mana program for Pacifica Islander students.
Responsibilities
Liaise effectively with external service providers and assist teachers, students and their families to access these services. Support the Wellbeing Team to monitor the social, emotional, and learning progress of students and provide reports the Student Wellbeing Team and other relevant members of staff. Implement and evaluate intervention programs to support school curriculum and the needs of identified groups of students. Provide or facilitate counselling and guidance to students. Work with students and their families to develop pathways to success at school. Ensure the safety of the young people whilst under their supervision. Facilitate and assist young people to develop skills and achieve goals. Support and advocate for young people to progress and move towards success. Engage young people in activities that are of both a social and learning opportunity to advance their skills. Assist in creating an environment that facilitates learning, growth and change. Use appropriate boundaries, processes and structures that allow young people to learn from their experiences and choose appropriate ways to meet their needs. Perform duties in accordance with DE guidelines, accepted practice and College policy being respectful of confidentiality, mandatory reporting requirements and observing necessary boundaries. Be responsible to the Wellbeing team in the development of programs and in the day-to-day identification of students in need, and of caseload management. Be a team player who has excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and ability to develop positive working relationships with students, especially those at risk. Work with students individually, and in groups, to encourage emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills and a social awareness. Identify students who need to be referred on to other services and work within school processes to take appropriate action to make referrals. Work as a mentor where appropriate, modelling appropriate positive behaviours and relationships. Provide information and feedback to Advisory teachers, Leading teachers and Principal class regarding individual needs, issues, concerns and assist in the development of effective learning programs that can be implemented for students at risk. Develop links with Students Support Services, school networks and relevant support agencies with a view to optimising and coordinating service provision to students as risk. Provide regular confidential feedback and updates to the Principal, Assistant Principal and team leaders regarding students being assisted. Implement and evaluate intervention programs to support school curriculum and the needs of identified groups of students. Other duties as directed by the Principal or Business Manager.
Who May Apply
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position Its recommended that Social Work applicants, hold membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers and an Accredited Social Worker Trade Mark.
EEO AND OHS Commitment
The Department values diversity and is committed to workforce diversity and equal opportunity in schools and all education workplaces. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces.
Child Safe Standards
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the Department’s exemplar available at
DE Values
The Department’s employees commit to upholding DET’s Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. DET’s Values complement each school’s own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the DET values is available at
Other Information
Applications must include:
1. A cover sheet providing contact information including home address, email and phone number
2. A CV with a summary of experience and qualifications
3. Address all the Specific Key Selection Criteria questions
4. The names, email addresses and contact details for three referees
Also ensure that you name is included in the header of all documents (cover letter, CV and key selection criteria responses) and that your personal profile information on Recruitment Online is up to date.
Conditions of Employment
All staff employed by the Department and schools have access to a broad range of employment conditions and working arrangements. Appointment of successful applicants will be made subject to a satisfactory pre-employment conditions check. A probationary period may apply during the first year of employment and induction and support programs provided. Detailed information on all terms and conditions of employment is available on the Department's Human Resources website at
Location Profile
Point Cook Senior Secondary College is a 15 year old school for students in Years 10-12, located in the fast growing and multicultural Point Cook area of Wyndham in Melbourne’s west. We opened our doors for the first time to an intake of 100 year 10 students on 29th January 2008. At the time of writing the College has 750 students in Years 10, 11 & 12 and the three stages of our building program have all been completed.
At Point Cook Senior, we emphasise positive relationships, success in a multitude of pathways and the development of the whole person. As a dedicated senior school, we offer a broad range of VCE subjects, acceleration opportunities, select entry academic programs and applied learning in VET and VCE.
Our college offers pathways into many different areas of life – higher education, a wide number of professions, sporting endeavours, performing arts and a variety of highly skilled trades to name a few. Students learn inside and beyond the classroom, helping to ensure they leave as young adults, well prepared for life after secondary college.
A key value of our College is the strong emphasis we place on relationships and on developing the whole person. This is evident in our Advisory program which operates for 30 minutes each day and is based around a program which embraces Pathways counselling, literacy, study skills, mental health and adolescent wellbeing activities.
Through our SWPBS program we place an emphasis in:
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