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About this job
Position Information
Redbank School is a NSW School for Specific Purposes (SSP) located within the Westmead and Nepean Hospital Precincts, supporting students in Years 7–12 with complex and diverse mental health needs. The school provides a safe, supportive and individualised learning environment where education and wellbeing are closely connected.
Working in partnership with families, community schools, allied health professionals and mental health services, Redbank School supports students to re-engage with learning, build resilience and develop positive pathways for the future. The school is committed to fostering student wellbeing, successful transitions and reintegration into mainstream education, further study or employment where appropriate.
Applicants must demonstrate the capacity and flexibility to work across three school locations, including adolescent inpatient wards within hospital settings. The school operates across Westmead and Nepean Hospitals, providing specialised educational programs to students with complex mental health needs. As part of this role, successful applicants will be required to engage effectively in multidisciplinary environments and adapt to the unique demands of inpatient education.
General Selection Criteria
1. Successful teaching experience with capacity to initiate improvement in teaching, learning and classroom practice
2. Knowledge of curriculum, assessment and student welfare with the ability to lead and design quality, inclusive teaching and learning programs
3. Educational leadership skills to build the capacity and manage the performance of individuals and teams
4. Well developed communication and interpersonal skills with the capacity to build relationships and engage students, staff and parents
5. Ability to plan and manage resources effectively and equitably to support teaching and learning
6. Knowledge of and commitment to the Department's Aboriginal education policy
Specific Selection Criteria
In addition to the general selection criteria,
- Experience working within multidisciplinary teams in special education and/or mental health inpatient settings
- Demonstrated experience supporting students with mental health related needs through the development, implementation and evaluation of personalised, trauma-informed and evidence-based practices that promote student wellbeing, engagement, inclusion and positive educational outcomes
- Capacity to lead, mentor and develop staff through collaborative professional learning, instructional leadership and specialist support, fostering a positive, inclusive and reflective culture that strengthens staff capability in supporting students with additional and complex needs
- Demonstrated leadership capacity to contribute to whole-school improvement through strategic planning, data-informed decision making, effective resource management and collaboration with families, external agencies and school teams to enhance inclusive practice and student outcomes
Conditions
An unconditional full approval to teach is a requirement. If you do not hold a full approval to teach with the NSW Department of Education, you are required to commence the application process at the same time as you apply for this teaching opportunity.
All Department of Education employees working in an SSP are required to be vaccinated as outlined at Vaccination requirements for school sites (nsw.gov.au). The successful candidate for this position will be required to confirm vaccination status prior to the department finalising their appointment and entry on duty. Find the department’s latest advice on COVID-19 (coronavirus) at https://education.nsw.gov.au/covid-19.
Special Notes
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
About the NSW Department of Education
The Department of Education is the largest provider of public education in Australia with responsibility for delivering high-quality public education to two-thirds of the NSW student population. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including but not limited to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people of any age or gender, people from culturally and linguistically diverse groups and/or from the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, people with disability, people with sensory differences, and neurodiverse people. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please reach out to the contact person for this recruitment, details listed above. For more information, visit the NSW Department of Education’s Diversity, equity and inclusion webpage.
Merit selection application guidelines for classroom teachers, executives and principals provide clear advice for applicants and selection panels. The guidelines are available here.
The successful applicant will be appointed to Redbank School and may be based at either the Westmead or Nepean campus.
Staff working in schools within hospitals and youth justice centres must follow any vaccination requirements of NSW Health and Department of Communities and Justice respectively.
To meet the page limits outlined in the guidelines, all application attachments must be submitted in PDF format. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.