About this job
About the School:
Windera State School is a wonderful small school community, located about 20 mins from Murgon, 55 Minutes from Kingaroy and 1hr 30 mins from Gympie. Windera State School was established in 1920 amidst the surrounding farming community. Beef cattle, dairy cattle and sorghum are the main produce for the area. The school is considered the hub of the community and many social functions take place on its grounds. The community takes great pride in its school. Currently we have 27 students from prep year to year 6 in a multi-age class.
About the Role:
The key responsibilities of this role are:
- Assisting teachers and students with sporting activities and with school excursions.
- Communicating effectively and displaying high level of interpersonal skills to function as an effective team member.
- Displaying respect and empathy for students with high level needs.
- Displaying confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitively to students and their families.
- Assisting in the supervision of education activities, under the direction of a teacher.
- Assisting teaching staff with playground and bus supervision.
- Assist students with special needs, this may in certain circumstances extend to moving disabled pupils, assisting with positioning, assisting with meals, toileting and dressing of pupils unable to care for themselves. Suitable training is essential.
- Other suitable duties, consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the position as directed by the supervisor or nominated delegate.
This position is a part time role, 12 hours a week, over 2 days or FTE 0.32.
Please view the Role Description for a full list of responsibilities.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested? To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
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Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
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When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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