Ferny Grove State High School is seeking an experienced and dedicated Head of Special Education Services (HOSES) for a full-time temporary position, commencing 6 May 2025 until 26 June 2026, unless otherwise determined.
As the HOSES at Ferny Grove SHS, you will play a key leadership role in supporting students with diverse learning needs. You will lead a committed team in delivering inclusive education programs, ensuring high-quality curriculum differentiation and personalised learning support. Your expertise in special education, collaboration with staff and families, and ability to foster an inclusive school culture will be essential to student success.
At Ferny, our values of Respect, Learning, Community, and Creativity guide everything we do. We are seeking a leader who embodies these values and is passionate about creating an inclusive and supportive learning environment.
About The Department
The Department of Education is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
About The Role
You will have responsibility for leading the following activities and delivery of the following key tasks:
* Manage and coordinate the delivery of high-quality advice and support provided by the Special Education Program.
* Lead and manage the Special Education Program to provide advice to classroom teachers for students with disability as needed.
* Provide high quality advice to the school leadership team, classroom teachers and other school staff to develop, plan and implement effective reasonable adjustments for students with disability.
* Coordinate and provide intensive targeted teaching for students requiring intervention.
* Provide, support and/or coordinate case management for students who require extensive or substantial adjustments.
* Support classroom teachers and other school staff to access departmental or other external specialist services, professional development, and supports as needed.
* Participate in school decision making processes as well as professional development to contribute to school goals, vision and planning.
* Implement and coordinate school-wide systems including data systems to monitor students with disability and record the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability.
* Form and maintain partnerships with parents, other government agencies, and community groups to support students with disability.
* Manage human, financial, facilities and curriculum resources to achieve goals.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
Interested? To Apply:
* Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history).
* Attach a 2-page written statement in response to the attached role description.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.
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