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About this job
Position Information
Rivendell School is a joint NSW Ministry of Health and Department of Education (DoE) facility. It is located within the historical Thomas Walker Estate at Concord West and shares the site with the Rivendell Child, Adolescent Mental Health Service. The school has a current enrolment of 65 students, including four First Nations students.
Rivendell School provides the educational component for students admitted to the Yaralla and Lawson programs of the Rivendell Adolescent Mental Health Unit. The school also has two DoE programs for students with an emotional disorder. The Paterson program caters for students in Stages 4 and 5. The Sulman program is a Stage 6 program.
There are two learning centres staffed by Rivendell School on off-site campuses. One is within the Walker Adolescent High Severity Psychiatric Unit in the Concord Centre for Mental Health. The other learning centre is at Gna Ka Lun Acute Adolescent Mental Health Unit attached to Campbelltown Hospital.
The school provides a broad academic curriculum, individualised education and wellbeing programs, targeted vocational programs, and the opportunity for students to participate in a range of extra curricula activities. The school has a committed staff with a strong ethos of communication and collaboration with the wider school community.
Specific Selection Criteria
1. Approval to teach emotional disturbance and autism and/or willingness to teach geography (7-10), emotional disturbance and autism.
2. Successful experience supporting academic improvement and transition opportunities through explict teaching and differentiated evidence based learning.
3. Demonstrated impact engaging families, community and student voice in implementing and evaluating personalised learning and support plans through high level communication and interpersonal skills.
4. Demonstrated experince using trauma informed pedagogy to establish a physcially and psychologically safe learning environment through collaboration and co-regulation.
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
Applicants are to include details of their WWCC clearance number as part of this application.
This advertisement qualifies for permanent part-time employment; therefore, applicants seeking either permanent full-time or permanent part-time work are encouraged to apply. Candidates must indicate their desired FTE (up to the maximum FTE of the advertised position) in their application prior to submission.
Please note:
• The FTE selection is final.
• No changes (increase or decrease) will be permitted at the point of offer if you are the recommended applicant.
• If no FTE is indicated, it will be assumed you are seeking the full FTE of the advertised role.
Recommended applicants seeking part-time employment will be appointed at their nominated FTE. Any remaining FTE may be offered to applicants on the eligibility list, who are not obliged to accept. Further information can be found on the merit selection webpage.
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.
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.