Ed Support Level 1-Range 3 - Social Worker:

Kensington Community School (KCHS) is a small secondary school with the capacity to enrol approximately 100 students, enrolled across 5 classes between years 7 and 12. KCHS is a special-purpose setting designed for the inclusion of young people who have experienced difficulty in their previous educational settings. The school specialises in providing significant learning and wellbeing supports for the needs of these students. Many of the young people who choose to enrol at our school have not experienced learning success, or a sense of connectedness, to mainstream schools for a range of reasons.

The school's ethos is centred on five Key Values: Community, Achievement, Respect, Effort and Safety (CARES). Working collaboratively, staff and students have developed specific expectations for each value that are the basis of teaching and learning, with participation in and around the wider community.

In our school we endeavour to build positive relationships between adults and our young people so that they might flourish and realise their potential. To facilitate these relationships, we run smaller class sizes and utilise a co-teaching to ensure our students learning and wellbeing needs are fully supported.

The Role:

As a part of the Kensington Community High School Wellbeing Team, this role will predominantly be based on a Multi-Tiered System of Support approach (MTSS). The role will focus on working with the teaching and learning staff in and out of the classroom to support student's social and emotional needs. Under the leadership of the Assistant Principal and guidance of the Student Wellbeing Team Leader, this includes but is not limited to:

To enable students to function to the best of their ability and circumstances within and beyond the school system.

Support the identification and implementation of Tier 2 and Tier 3 interventions.

Supporting students learning and social & emotional wellbeing in the classroom.

To contribute to engagement with education, this could include addressing barriers to regular attendance.

Supporting the engagement program.

To achieve a seamless service delivery through the coordination of and collaboration between external service providers

To actively involve and empower the student(s) and their parents/caregivers in decision-making processes.

To assist teachers and school staff in their work with students.

Act as an advocate for students or ensuring that students have advocacy within the school or with outside agencies when needed.