Education Assistant - Special Needs

Employment

Full time/Part time, Permanent or Temporary

Subject

General Teaching

Sector

Government

Teaching level

Secondary

Closing date

2 November 2026

21 days remaining

Posted 11 Oct 2026

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About Hampton Senior High School

School type

Co-educational

Year range

7-12

School staff (FTE)

129.5

82.5 teaching · 47 non-teaching

Students per teacher

13.2:1

teaching FTE basis

Total enrolments

1,092

Indigenous students

5%

Language other than English

41%

Girls vs boys

539 girls · 553 boys

49%
51%

Socio-educational background

Around the Australian average

More disadvantage Average More advantage

Source: ACARA My School data

Role description


We are seeking to establish a pool of Special Needs Education Assistants 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.

The Hampton Senior High School (SHS) vision is to develop culturally responsive, high impact educators who foster student aspiration, innovation and achievement.

Hampton SHS is continuing our improvement focus with our strong culture of collaboration and consistently high expectation of standards for staff and students. Our journey of school excellence embraces the Department's Quality Teaching Strategy. This strategy supports the development of teaching excellence through evidence-based practice in quality teaching and improvements in teaching practice.

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

The Role

Suitable applicants will ideally have considerable interest in learning evidence-based approaches to working with students with a range of special needs, in particular ASD, combined with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with teachers, Student Support Officers and other Education Assistants.

Our Learning Support faculty is led by a highly experienced Program Coordinator and is supported by a team of learning support teachers, Student Support Officers and Education Assistants. In collaboration with the team, suitable applicants will provide and initiate support in the classroom to implement programs and pedagogy to meet the…

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