Education Support Worker
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Job Location:
Noble Park - Australia
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
14 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Berry Street is one of the largest independent agencies within Australia providing diverse programs to over 35000 young people children and families across Victoria each year. We pride ourselves on our ingenuity evidence based and multi-dimensional thinking to provide the best outcomes for our young people.
We believe children young people and families should be safe thriving and hopeful and strive to make this happen each day!
- Noble Park location Boonwurrung Country
- Part Time (0.4 FTE) Fixed Term position (until 30th June 2026)
- $83K pa (pro rata) Super & Salary Packaging
Your Opportunity
The young people who live in residential care and have complex needs leading to some difficulties in the education setting; therefore the young people require assistance to re-engage with education along with providing trauma informed strategies and support. Assistance may include building rapport initiating meetings attending care team meetings collating and initiating the signing of enrolment paperwork building relationships with stakeholders filing and reporting and data collection.
Education Support Workers provide support for students living within a residential care home. This is achieved through:
- Building rapport supporting home staff care team interactions tutoring school and learning readiness education assessments educational planning enrolment support and liaising with education bodies.
- Creative and adaptive strategies that support a young persons learning (specific to their goals and needs) while assisting in vocational learning or school connections.
- Consistent collaboration with other professionals in a wide variety of settings to obtain new connections re-connections and positive outcomes for students.
Your Skills and Experience
A self-motivated flexible professional that thrives when collaborating with others in a wide variety of settings with the purpose of supporting students to re-connect and create positive educational outcomes. With trauma informed practices and experiences this role requires a passionate person who can be a creative thinker and adaptable to cater to our diverse young peoples needs.
Experience in the following setting are desired:
- Alternate/Wellbeing learning settings.
- Justice settings.
- Working with remote or marginalised communities.
- Schools that have specialised settings for young people.
Berry Street Benefits
- Regular reflective supervision
- $15900 pa (pro rata) Salary Packaging Additional Salary Packaging for meals/accommodation
- Access to the Employee Assistance Program with access for staffs immediate family
- Flexible working environment
Apply now!
Applications including resume and cover letter addressing your suitability for the position to be submitted by midday Friday 7th of November 2025
Queries to Chad Cooper - Manager Education Support Services on
Please Note; the successful applicant will be subject to comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment including a Working with Children Check and National and International Police check if required and Worker Carer Exclusion Schemeclearance if applicable.
Berry Street is committed to being a child safe child friendly and child empowering everything we do we seek to protect children. We are committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; children from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds; children with a disability; children who identify as LGBTQIA. We aim to ensure every individual is treated with dignity and respect regardless of their cultural background ability ethnicity gender identity sexual orientation spirituality or religion.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability are encouraged to apply.
Key Skills
- Nursing Home Experience
- Developmental Disabilities Experience
- Direct Support
- Computer Operation
- Caregiving
- Case Management
- Special Needs
- Training & Development
- Child Protective Services
- Experience with Children
- Word Processing
- Addiction Counseling
About Company
We believe that children, young people and families should be safe, thriving and hopeful. Berry Street provides programs to more than 35,000 children,…
