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Social Worker
Employment
Full time, Temporary
Subject
General Teaching
Sector
Government
Teaching level
Primary
Salary range
Closing date
17 May 2026
Posted 5 May 2026
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Role description
The Team
The Back on Track Team undertake meaningful outreach with young people who have not transitioned from year 10 to year 11 and/or 12 and are not currently meeting the requirements of the Education Act (2016). The primary purpose of the team is to support young people to navigate their barriers to learning to assist young people to re-engage in education or training.
Back on Track provides access to:
- A multidisciplinary team, and connection to the broader Student Support team
- A government car for use when providing outreach
- Individual and whole-team professional learning
- Supervision and an extensive range of staff wellbeing services within DECYP
About the Role
Within this context the incumbent will work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to provide a social work service which supports young people and their families. The Social Worker will contribute to building the capability and capacity of young people to improve student transition, retention and attendance.
We are offering
- ASAP until 31 Dec 2026
- Full-time - 76 hours per fortnight
- We are a child-safe organisation
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