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About this job
Position Information
Redbank School is a School for Specific Purposes (SSP), on the grounds of the Westmead and Nepean Hospital Precincts, catering for students with complex and diverse mental health needs from Years 7–12.
The school works in close partnership with families, community schools, community agencies and allied health professionals to support successful transition, engagement and reintegration as appropriate.
The successful applicant will demonstrate the capacity to:
- Plan, implement and evaluate differentiated teaching and learning programs aligned to NESA syllabus requirements while meeting individual social, emotional and learning goals.
- Create and maintain a safe, predictable and trauma-informed classroom environment.
- Collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including school counsellors, psychologists, external mental health services and families.
- Apply proactive wellbeing and de-escalation strategies to support students with complex presentations.
- Contribute to whole-school wellbeing initiatives and continuous improvement processes.
This position involves participation in case management meetings, risk assessment processes and transition planning for students returning to mainstream settings or post-school pathways.
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.
Specific Selection Criteria
Approval to teach Emotion Disturbance (Secondary).
Proven capacity to plan and implement individualised learning programs for students with complex mental health needs.
Ability to create and support a safe, inclusive, and trauma-informed classroom environment, whilst maintaining high expectations for learning.
Demonstrated capacity to work collaboratively with families, allied health professionals, and external agencies to support students with complex and diverse needs.
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.
Special Notes
This advertisement is for three teacher positions
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 all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, neurodiverse people and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better help you shine, please contact the hiring manager using the contact details provided above. For more information, visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion
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 initially based at the Westmead 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.