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SalaryOur purpose is to make skills, education and employment accessible to every person, so they can create their own world of unbounded possibilities.
About The BUSY Schools…
The BUSY Schools are part of The BUSY Group, a not-for-profit organisation presenting over 45 years as a community partner providing employment services, vocational education and training, apprenticeships, mentoring, NDIS, disability employment support, and allied health services.
The BUSY Schools are independent Special Assistance Schools with 7 campuses across Cairns, Brisbane, and Gold Coast/Coolangatta, providing an alternative program for Year 11 and 12 students who are disengaged or at risk of disengaging from education.
Each campus provides a supportive and safe learning environment for young people by providing them with an education program that includes vocational education and training (VET), work experience and opportunities for school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. Our team support the students to gain employability and transferability skills to increases their sense of wellbeing, resilience, belonging, academic achievement, career exploration and employment outcomes.
Our teams’ focus is centred at re-engaging our students to learn, remain eligible for a Queensland Certificate of Education (QCE) and gain employment or further training outcomes upon student’s graduation from Year 12.
About the position
The BUSY School actively engages young people who have disengaged or are at risk of disengaging from mainstream schooling or other educational programs. The Teacher Aide role will support Teachers to maximise learning outcomes for young people who need significant adjustments and interventions to their learning program along with providing administrative support to the BUSY School.
This is a permanent part time role based at our Brisbane Campus, working 44 weeks in a year, paid every fortnight on an annualised salary. You are only required to work the school term weeks.
BUSY Benefits:
- Annualised salary; Circa $30/hr + 12.5% super
- Paid Parental Leave program
- Be paid every fortnight, not just during school terms
- 13 weeks long service leave
- 12.5% superannuation
- NFP Salary Packaging (up to $15,900 per year) PLUS meal and entertainment card!
- Training and Professional development commitment
- Career progression and internal transfer opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
About you...
- Demonstrated ability to communicate with diverse groups (i.e. students, parents, employers, school personnel, training providers and government departments)
- Previous experience in a similar role within youth support services and/or education sector
- Analytical and problem solving skills including the ability to conduct qualitative and quantitative research
Next steps...
This role will actively commence recruitment from the date of advertisement. The closing date of this ad is dependent on the appointment of the role.
The BUSY Group is an organisation that prioritises the safeguarding of children and all vulnerable people by actively adopting strategies that embed a culture of zero tolerance for abuse of any kind. The appointment of successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory employment screening including criminal history and relevant working with children checks.
The BUSY Group is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from First Nations People, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disabilities.
