Education Assistant - Special Needs

Employment

Full time/Part time, Permanent or Temporary

Subject

General Teaching

Sector

Government

Closing date

16 October 2026

22 days remaining

Posted 23 Sep 2026

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About Meadow Springs Education Support Centre

School type

Co-educational

Year range

K-6

School staff (FTE)

53

16 teaching · 37 non-teaching

Students per teacher

5.6:1

teaching FTE basis

Total enrolments

89

Indigenous students

10%

Language other than English

20%

Girls vs boys

21 girls · 68 boys

24%
76%

Socio-educational background

Around the Australian average

More disadvantage Average More advantage

Source: ACARA My School data

Role description


Suitable applicants from pool process IPS/SS1038872 need not re-apply.

We are seeking to establish a pool of Education Assistant - Special Needs for permanent and fixed term, full-time and part-time vacancies which may arise during the 2027 school year. Appointments may be offered at any time for vacancies that commence during this period.

Meadow Springs Education Support Centre (ESC) caters for students from Kindergarten to Year 6 who have an Intellectual Disability and or Autism. Currently we have 102 students in our school from Kindergarten to Year 6. Based on current enrolments 90% of our students have a primary diagnosis of Autism and 60% of our students have complex communication needs. The Education Support Centre has 10 classrooms that are integrated throughout the Meadow Springs school site. At Meadow Springs our shared belief is that we are two schools but one School Community to which all staff, students and parents belong.

Find out more about our school by visiting meadowspringsesc.wa.edu.au or Schools Online.

The Role

As an Education Assistant – Special Needs you will be responsible for assisting in the delivery of planned education programs and have the ability to work with individual students or groups of students with direction from the teacher. Suitable applicants will ideally be friendly, approachable, flexible, and have a genuine interest in supporting students with high educational needs. Our school is seeking Education Assistants who take personal responsibility for their impact and model calm, regulated, and compassionate behaviour, especially in moments of…

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