Position Vacant
POSITION VACANT
BOWEN STATE SCHOOL
TEMPORARY COMMUNITY EDUCATION COUNSELLOR (IDENTIFIED) 30 Hrs a week – 23/01/2020 to 11/12/2020
A temporary position exists for a Community Education Counsellor (Identified) for Bowen State School for 30 hours a week.
A Community Education Counsellor is employed under the CEC 1-3 Teaching in State Education Award – State 2016. This is a temporary funded position for the 2020 school year.
As the Community Education Counsellor (Identified) you will have responsibility for the following:
- Provide educational counselling and support services to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and students across a number of schools.
- Participate in the development of activities, in and out of school, likely to enhance the involvement in education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students and their families.
- Develop and undertake support service programs designed to meet the needs of the school/s that will encourage the educational participation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander children and students.
- Establish and maintain links with out of school sources of information and support services to assist in the advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and students.
- Provide information to the school community about Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander social and cultural perspectives.
- Utilise, in an accountable manner, state and commonwealth funded school based programs that focus on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students and communities.
- Provide advice and information to school administrators regarding Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander social and cultural protocols in order to meet the needs of schools and their communities.
- Ensure that relevant information concerning Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander social and cultural issues is readily available to all members of the school community.
- Participate in activities to develop productive partnerships between members of the school community.
Applicants are to provide a resume together with a one page letter addressing the key capabilities outlined in the Role Description. Role Descriptions can be collected from the Bowen State School Administration Office between 8am and 3:30pm Monday to Friday.
If you are successful in your application for this position, you can only commence employment with Queensland Transport if you have submitted your Blue Card Application to the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian or you are a holder of a current Blue Card.
Applications close Friday the 6th December, 2019. Applications are to be emailed through to the Business Manager, Kimberley Gregory at bsm@bowenss.eq.edu.au no later than 5pm Friday the 6th of December, 2019. Late applications will not be accepted.