AddressSomers School Camp – Woorabinda Campus is located on the banks of Lake Narracan at Yallourn North and caters for up to 100 Victorian State School students in a bushland residential setting.
Our program offers our resident students the opportunity to participate in a range of outdoor pursuits, challenges and environmental immersions.
Facts in Brief
Location: North Shore Road, Yallourn North 3825 – approx 2 hours from Melbourne
Features: Set in a lush temperate rainforest, on the shores of Lake Narracan. 145 hectares in a combination of open pasture, waterholes, fern gullies and natural forest.
Strategic focus: Values based teaching and learning with a focus on personal development, sustainable practice and community building
Nearest town: Yallourn North – 8 kms – 5 minute drive Moe – 15 kms – 15 minutes drive
Accommodation: Up to 80 students and 10 staff in two heated and well maintained bunk houses - Rooms of 2 with shared bathroom facilities.
Catering: Fully catered by trained / experienced DEECD employed staff.
Program:
* Adventure based learning – Ropes, initiative games, zip wire, canoeing, bush cooking, orienteering, archery, hut building.
* Environmental education – mini beasts, rainforest exploration, sustainable living, local wildlife.
Duties:
As part of the Grounds/Maintenance team, maintain the buildings, gardens and grounds of the campus to a high standard.
Selection Criteria: Applicants must:
Demonstrate a strong worth ethic.
Be able to work independently and as part of a team.
Possess highly developed interpersonal skills.
Have highly developed organisational skills.
This position requires attendance during school holidays. A leave purchase allowance will be paid.
An education support class position at this range will perform tasks that are carried out in accordance with guidelines, accepted practice, and school policy under supervision and direction. This may include coordination of other education support class staff within the work area or educational program.
An education support class position supports the educational services being provided to students but must not include duties of a teacher as defined in clause 2.6.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic) or its successor. Supervision of students can be required individually or in groups up to 4 in controlled circumstances and where the responsibility for students remains clearly with a teacher.
Certification and/or qualifications of up to three years can be required at this level (noting that Registered Nurse is not included at this level, the first level for which is Level 1 range 3).
A role at this range may include:
- Specific support tasks to achieve outcomes. Typically, this will involve accountability for a single function, (e.g. ensuring data is properly maintained) or the co-ordination of a work area under the direction of the principal or a manager.
- Assisting teachers, within an educational program, by undertaking specific support tasks or the coordination of the support function.
- Supervised health and wellbeing support tasks, medical intervention support tasks, or other specialised student/teacher support roles (e.g. enrolled nurses performing the role as described in schedule 3). These roles require specific qualifications and/or training, including roles where further training must be undertaken from time to time. The role is for a specific purpose, for which there will be direct accountability as opposed to support roles that are carried out by a range of staff performing routine tasks under direction.
- Technical tasks that require a sound knowledge of basic technical and/or scientific principles that are used to develop and adapt work methods and make judgements where there are clear guidelines and limited options. Routine technical support in libraries, science, and information technology would be typical examples.
An education support class position at this range commencing at the base will initially be limited to undertaking routine tasks that are carried out under close supervision and direction. Work that carries some degree of independence will generally involve a limited number of tasks performed on a regular basis where priorities are clear, procedures are well established, and direction is readily available. Subject to any specific qualification and/or training requirement, an education support class employee employed in this range may be progressively required to undertake coordination, specialised student/teacher support tasks, or technical tasks as experience in the role is gained.
- Manage the use and maintenance of equipment within a work area.
- Ensure security is maintained within a work area.
- Manage procedures relating to the maintenance of buildings and grounds
- Evaluate and select equipment and materials and make recommendations to senior management if required.
- Develop procedures relating to the use and maintenance of equipment and materials.
- As part of a team, coordinate the purchase of equipment and materials.
Individuals with the aptitude, experience and/or qualifications to fulfill the specific requirements of the position.
The Department of Education is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, and diversity and inclusion for all. We value diversity and inclusion in all forms – gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for roles within the Department. The Department recognises that the provision of family friendly, supportive, safe and harassment free workplaces is essential to high performance and promotes flexible work, diversity and safety across all schools and Department workplaces. It is our policy to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability (see Workplace adjustment guidelines).
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants can contact Brett West, Yamatji man, in the Koorie Outcomes Division to talk about the recruitment process, the Department and supports for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the Department. Mobile: 0477 726 *** or email on: **********@education.vic.gov.au
Victorian government schools are child safe environments. Our schools actively promote the safety and wellbeing of all students, and all school staff are committed to protecting students from abuse or harm in the school environment, in accordance with their legal obligations including child safe standards. All schools have a Child Safety Code of Conduct consistent with the Department’s exemplar available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/health/protect/Pages/childsafestandards.aspx
The Department’s employees commit to upholding DET’s Values: Responsiveness, Integrity, Impartiality, Accountability, Respect, Leadership and Human Rights. DET’s Values complement each school’s own values and underpin the behaviours the community expects of Victorian public sector employees, including those who work in Victorian Government Schools. Information on the DET values is available at http://www.education.vic.gov.au/hrweb/workm/Pages/Public-Sector-Values.aspx
