Wellbeing Worker, Berry Street School (Shepparton Campus)
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Job Location:
Shepparton - Australia
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Help young people Thrive Achieve and Belong.
At Berry Street School youll work with young people who have experienced trauma disruption and disadvantage and help them rediscover safety connection and a belief in their own potential.
You wont just teach the curriculum.
Youll rebuild trust.
Youll create belonging.
Youll open doors to futures that once felt out of reach!
- Shepparton Campus Country
- Full Time Permanent position - Starting Term 2 2026
- Base salary $95K pa Super & Salary Packaging
About Us
Berry Street is one of Australias largest child and family service organisations supporting over 35000 children young people and families across Victoria each year.
Berry Street School is a specialist independent secondary school that supports students at risk of disengaging from education.
We offer:
- Years 710 adapted Victorian Curriculum
- Years 1112 VCE VM and VPC
Our classrooms are small flexible and deeply relational. Our work is grounded in the Berry Street Education Model (BSEM) trauma-informed practice and strong partnerships with families and support services ensuring learning is safe relational and responsive to each young persons needs.
Wellbeing Worker
As a Wellbeing Worker you will support students social emotional and educational engagement. Working alongside teachers and wellbeing staff you will help create calm inclusive classrooms and support students to regulate participate and remain connected to learning.
You will:
- Provide wellbeing and engagement support to students
- Assist with Individual Education Plans and Ready to Learn Plans
- Implement trauma-informed strategies using the Berry Street Education Model
- Support attendance engagement and positive behaviour
- Liaise with families staff and external services as needed.
About You
You are calm compassionate and relationship-focused with:
- Experience supporting young people with complex social emotional or behavioural needs
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Ability to build positive relationships while maintaining clear boundaries
- Confidence supporting student engagement regulation and participation in learning
- Commitment to trauma-informed inclusive and culturally safe practice
- Ability to remain calm and solutions-focused in challenging situations
What Youll Receive
- Full Berry Street Education Model training
- Coaching reflective supervision and professional growth
- Salary packaging (up to $15900 meals/accommodation)
- 10 weeks paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program and well-being supports
- A team that has your back and a culture that genuinely cares
Our Commitment
Berry Street is a child-safe inclusive organisation. We actively welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA.
Apply Now!
Submit your resume and a brief cover letter by 11pm Wednesday 1st April 2026.
Contact Rachael Coulbourn Assistant Principal on for further information on the role.
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 Police Check and Worker Care Exclusion Scheme 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 LGBTIQA. 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.
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Organizational skills
- Classroom Management
- Behavioral Health
- Classroom Experience
- Mediation Experience
- Special Education
- Conflict Management
- Teaching
- Experience with Children
- Public Speaking
- Word Processing
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,…
