Department for Education
Job reference: 425621
Location: 5112 - ELIZABETH SOUTH
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

The Behaviour Support Coach is a member of a multidisciplinary team and works with children and young people with significant behavioural difficulties and their families. This position works with preschool children to ensure early intervention and with children and young people through their school years. The Behaviour Support Coach is placed in a team but may be required to provide services elsewhere. The Behaviour Support Coach works in partnership with preschool and school staff, and families to develop and implement evidence based behavioural interventions that include proactive and situational management strategies that can be adapted for learning and home contexts. This position is required to have a sound understanding of the underlying causes of behaviour, apply comprehensive assessment processes to determine the aetiology and function of behaviours, learning methodologies and educational contexts.

Essential Qualifications
Current full teacher registration

Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must hold a current full teacher registration to teach in South Australia.

If not permanent with the Education Department, applicants must meet the department’s minimum employment requirements before taking up an appointment.

Minimum departmental employment requirements for teachers include recognised teaching qualifications and registration as a teacher in South Australia and, in addition, for all applicants who are not permanent teachers with the department will include an active on-line application in the Employable Teacher Register (ETR), a cleared Education Department Employment Declaration, Australian residency or current work permit, Reporting Abuse and Neglect training (previously known as Mandatory Notification), and an approved First Aid Certificate.

Special Conditions
The successful applicant is required to gain a prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry. A current DHS child-related employment screening will be recognised as a WWCC until it expires. The incumbent will be required to undertake Responding to Abuse & Neglect (RAN) full day/online training course every three years. For all other Special Conditions please refer to the Role Description.

Requirements
Applicants are required to submit a CV, the Application Cover Sheet, Employment Declaration, and a written statement of no more than 1500 words. Written statements should address the key selection criteria outlined in the Role Description. Applicants should include the name, address and contact number of three (3) referees, one being your current line manager.

Remuneration
STL2 - $120,488 pa

Special Note:
This is a temporary vacancy up until 24 January 2023.

Enquiries
Kylie Richards
Senior Educator
P: (08) 8204 8200
E: kylie.richards2@sa.gov.au

Application Instructions
Applications must be submitted online.
Applications close: 19/02/2021 5:00 PM

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Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Government of South Australia